BP
's first and most famous book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, already privately printed, had its first regular edition from the publishing firm of Frederick Warne
.
Richardson, Barbara. “Beatrix Potter: Her Early Editions Continue to Fetch Large Sums”. Book and Magazine Collector, Vol.
183
, June 1999, pp. 4-17.
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Grinstein, Alexander. The Remarkable Beatrix Potter. International Universities Press, 1995.
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Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes by BP
was published to help out the firm of Frederick Warne
(threatened with bankruptcy after its head was convicted of forgery).
Grinstein, Alexander. The Remarkable Beatrix Potter. International Universities Press, 1995.
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Today the once gentleman-like, personal, and family publishing firm of Frederick Warne
has become the property of an international conglomerate, Pearson
, which owns Penguin
, Longman
, Ladybird
, tv and software development companies...
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In 1966, BP
's Letters to Children was published by Walker
more than twenty years after the author's death. Letters to Children from Beatrix Potter was issued by Warne
in 1992.
Zaidman, Laura M., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 141. Gale Research, 1994.
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Leslie Linder
bequeathed his extensive collection of BP
's papers, paintings, and first editions to the National Trust
. The trust holds its Potter manuscripts at Near Sawrey in the Lake District; others are...
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Rumer Godden
She was commissioned to write this book by Frederick Warne and Company
, Potter's publishers, having established herself as a Potter admirer by talks, an anniversary New York Times article, and her friendship with Leslie Linder
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Kate Greenaway
KG
continued to pursue her interest in flowers in several books of the mid-1880s. In 1882 Marcus Ward and Co.
published Flowers and Fancies: Valentines Ancient and Modern by B. M. Montgomerie Ranking
,