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A Near-Fine copy of the Third Edition, 1964. Heavy Octavo, green cloth boards, top edge stained green, gilt decoration and title to front, gilt details to spine. 336pp. Tight, bright, and clean without marks, inscriptions or annotations. Dustwrapper UNCLIPPED (84/- NET), complete, bright and clean. Very small indeed crease and chip/loss to rear bottom corner, very small closed tear left of spine bottom (but one has to look closely for these). Near Fine/Near Fine. CONTENTS: Appreciation. PART I, Beatrix Potter - The Artist. 1, Early Work (1876-1882); 2, Interiors (1882-1903); 3, Houses, Village Scenes and Landscape; 4,Garden, Plant Studies and Still Life; 5, Microscopic Work and Fungi Drawings; 6, Animal Studies. PART II, Beatrix Potter - Her Art in relation to her Books. 7, Imaginary happenings in the Animal World; 8, Early ideas for Illustrated Books; 9,Her Books-Some Preliminary Sketches and Finished Work; 10, Miscellany. PHOTOGRAPHS of Hill Top and Sawrey associated with Beatrix Potter and her work. Appendix. Contains 167 reproductions in colour and 73 in monochrome. A particularly good copy. In removable, clear protective wraps. Seller Inventory # 0066
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