(CHILDRENS LITERATURE) Potter Beatrix The Fairy Caravan

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(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) Potter, Beatrix. The Fairy Caravan. Illustrated by Potter, with several color plates. Thick 8vo, gilt-lettered green cloth with pictorial cover onlay, bright; three-inch crack to front hinge; original dust jacket, minor soiling around edges, short clean tear on lower front panel, only minor loss at spine ends and tips; overall a nice copy. Philadelphia: McKay, (1929)

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first edition of a charming work of tales that were very personal to Potter. She illustrated it with images she had been thinking about for some time as well as creatures based upon her farm animals. The book was written at the request of her publisher David McKay and published in America before the limited edition was printed in London a few months later. Its thicker, larger format is quite different from the Peter Rabbit series she is best known for. Quinby 29a; Linder p. 292-305.