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THE ART OF BEATRIX POTTER. With an Appreciation by Anne Carroll Moore.
by POTTER, Beatrix [Illustrator]. MOORE, Anne Carroll
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. , [1976].. Revised Second Edition. Hardcover. Reprint of the Second Edition, Revised, first issued as such in 1972. Large octavo, original greyish-brown cloth, top page edges dyed reddish-brown, gold lettering on spine and a small gold mouse stamped on front panel. 336 pp., Appendix. Lavishly illustrated throughout with colour and black & white reproductions of her paintings and drawings. Fading to top edge stain, a near fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket. A nice, attractive copy.
¶ With over 300 reproductions in colour and monochrome.
¶ With over 300 reproductions in colour and monochrome.
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- Bookseller
- Thompson Rare Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 313185
- Title
- THE ART OF BEATRIX POTTER. With an Appreciation by Anne Carroll Moore.
- Author
- POTTER, Beatrix [Illustrator]. MOORE, Anne Carroll
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Second Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1976].
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- Illustrated Books;
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