Female : Children's writer. C of E. Engaged to Norman Warne (son of the publisher) but he died. She spent more time in the Lake District and married solicitor, William Heelis in 1913. Her books made the publishers Warne very wealthy and successful. After 1913 she wrote less, turning her time to breeding sheep and farming. Over 4000 acres were bequeathed to the National Trust. The Beatrix Potter Gallery at Hawkshead displays many of her original illustrations

Nationality : English Place of Birth : Kensington, London

Date of Birth : 1866 Date of Death : 1943 Age : 77

Pseudonyms : Mrs William Heelis

PETER RABBIT SERIES
All Frederick Warne & Co
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
(1901 - privately printed. Undated) - 250
Olive green boards printed in black. Flat Spine. Colour frontis. Black & white line drawings.
White endpapers
A Copy sold at auction in 2004 for £13.950
(1902 - privately printed. ) - 200
Feb 1902 printed on title page. Olive green boards printed in black. Rounded spine.
Colour frontis, black & white line drawings. White endpapers
Estimate of value in 1999 is £20,000 +
(1902 Undated) - 8000 copies
Dark brown boards stamped in white with rectangular coloured printed label. Colour illus.
Grey lead pattern endpapers. Glazed d/w with the price 1/-

The Tailor of Gloucester
(Dec 1902 - privately printed) - 500
Pink boards printed in black. Rounded spine. Colour frontis & illus.
White endpapers with chain marks across the page
Estimate of value in 1999 is £10-12,000
(1903) - 20,000 copies
Dark green boards (a maroon variant is known) printed in white, with rhomboid
coloured printed label. Colour illus. Endpapers decorated with vignettes of Peter Rabbit,
mice, a squirrel, a cat and an owl. The 2nd printing also bears 1903 date

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
(1903) - 10,000 copies
Dark grey or dark blue boards, printed in white, with circular coloured printed label. Colour illus.
Endpapers as for Tailor of Gloucs. The first three printings all bear the date 1903

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
(1904) - 20,000 copies
Lavender, grey or tan boards, gilt stamped, with oval coloured printed label. Colour illus.
Endpapers a redrawn version of Gloucester & Nutkin. Reprint of 10,000 thought to be identical

The Tale of Two Bad Mice
(1904) - 20,000 cpies
Grey or maroon boards, stamped in white, with rectangular coloured printed label. Colour illus.
Endpapers as in Benjamin Bunny. Reprint of 10,000 thought to be identical

The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle
(1905) - 20,000 copies
Green or brown boards, stamped in white with rectangular coloured printed label. Colour illus.
Endpapers as in Bad Mice. Reprint of 10,000 thought to be identical

The Pie and the Patty Pan
(1905) - 17.500 copies
Maroon, brown or light blue cloth, stamped in white with circular coloured printed label.
Colour illus. Mottled light blue endpapers. Larger format, just over 7 x 5.5.
First ed title page bears the date

The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher
(1906) - 20,000 copies
Red or grey boards, stamped in white, with oval coloured printed label. Colour illus.
Endpapers as on above. Reprint of 5,000 copies thought to be identical

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
(1906) - 10,000 copies
In wallet (panoramic) form, grey-green cloth bearing rectangular illustration and lettered in white.
Colour illus. Printed in book form 1916

The Story of Miss Moppet
(1906) - 10,000 copies
In wallet (panoramic) form, grey cloth bearing rectangular illus and lettered in white.
Colour illus. Printed in book form 1916

The Tale of Tom Kitten
(1907) - 20,000 copies
Green-grey or beige boards, stamped in white, with rectangular coloured printed label. Colour illus.
Endpapers a variation of Benjamin Bunny. Reprints of 5,000 & 7,500 thought to be identical

The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck
(1908) - 20,000 copies
Grey or green boards, stamped in white with rectangular coloured printed illus

The Roly Poly Pudding
(1908) - 7,500 copies
Dark red cloth with bevelled edges, stamped in green and gilt with rectangular coloured printed label. Endpapers depict mice in and around sack. Title page of first printing bears words "All rights reserved"

The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
(1909) - 20,000 copies
Green or brown boards, stamped in white, with triangular coloured printed label. Colour illus.
Endpapers a fourth variation on those in Benjamin Bunny

Ginger and Pickles
(1909) - 15,000 copies
Tan or mid-green boards, stamped in green or white, with rectangular coloured printed label.
Colour illus. Endpapers are four new illus. Reprint of 10,875 copies thought to be identical

The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse
(1910) - 25,000 copies
Blue or cream boards, stamped in gilt with hexagonal coloured printed label. Colour illus.
Endpapers a fifth variation

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.
10,000 reprint thought to be identical

Peter Rabbit's Painting Book
(1911) - 20,000 copies
Green limp cloth, with 12 colour illus And 12 outline drawings

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
(1911) - 25,000
Dark green or brown boards, stamped in white, with arched coloured printed label. Colour illus.
Endpapers as in Mrs Tittlemouse. 10,000 reprints thought to be identical

The Tale of Mr Tod
(1912) - 25,000
Tan boards (rounded spine) stamped in brown, with rectangular coloured printed label. Colour Illus.
Endpapers are new with Potter characters clustered around a hoarding advertising the books.
10,000 reprint thought to be identical

The Tale of Pigling Bland
(1913) - 25,000
Maroon or green boards (rounded spine) stamped in white with rectangular coloured printed label.
Colour illus. Endpapers as in Mr Tod. 10,000 reprint thought to be identical

Appley-Dapply's Nursery Rhymes
(1917) - 20,000
Green boards stamped in dark green with rectangular printed label. Colour illus.
Endpapers a variation on Mr Tod. 10,000 identical reprint

Tom Kitten's Painting Book
(1917) - 5,000
Brown limp cloth, 8 colour illus & 8 outline drawings

The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
(1918) - 30,000
Brown or grey boards, stamped in white with irregularly shaped coloured printed label.
Colour illus. Endpapers a sixth variation of Benjamin Bunny. First bears no date,
but the 'n' of London is missing in the imprint

Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes
(1922) - 20,000
Red boards, stamped in white with rectangular coloured printed label. Colour illus
Endpapers slight variation of Appley-Dapply. No date on title page
Jemima Puddle-duck's Painting Book
(1925) - 10,350
Limp grey cloth with 8 coloured illus and 8 line drawings

Peter Rabbit's Almanac for 1929
(1928) - 15,000
Tan boards, stamped in brown with egg-shaped coloured printed label. Endpapers have
a lettuce bordered by rabbits

The Fairy Caravan
(1929 McKay, US)
Green boards stamped in dark green. Frontis and 5 coloured illus. An oddity about which is little known, incl number printed. Ltd Ed of 100 put out in same year in grey boards and deckle-edged paper.
First trade ed by Warne in 1952 (7,500 copies)

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
(1930) - 5,000
Blue boards stamped in gilt and brown, with coloured vignette. Endpapers brown and white vignettes

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
(1930 McKay, US)
Green cloth with light green label. Cream endpapers with green vignettes as in British ed.
Has more illus than the Warne ed

Sister Anne
(1932 McKay, US)
Blue cloth stamped in gilt and bearing vignette. White endpapers, Unknown quantity printed

Wag-by-Wall
(1944)
Light green cloth. Limited to 100 numbered copies. Amer ed publ in same year by the Horn
Book Inc, and with decorations by J J Lankes. Tan buckram, stamped in red

The Tale of the Faithful Dove
(1955)
Light Green cloth. Ltd to 100 numbered copies. Illus Marie Angel.
Trade Ed publ 1956 of 2500 copies UK, and 1500 in US

The Tailor of Gloucester
Facsimile of the Original MS and Illustrations
Black cloth, boxed. Ltd to 1500 numbered copies, and sold at 8 guineas

The Tailor of Gloucester from the Original MS
(1968)
Based on the above, first publ in US (12,000 copies), and in UK 1969 (5000 copies)

The Sly Old Cat
(1971)

The Tale of Tuppenny
(1973) - Marie Angel

READING
Magaret Lane : The Tale of Beatrix Potter - A Biography (1946 Warne) (1968 Revised ed)
Jane Quinby : Beatrix Potter - A Bibliographical Check List (1954 PP) - Ltd Ed 250
(1954 Author, NY) (1954 Sawyer, London)
(1983 Ian Hodgkins, Stroud - Ltd Ed 450)
(Ed) Leslie Linder & W A Herring : The Art of Beatrix Potter (1955 Warne) (1972 Revised ed)
Marcus Crouch : Beatrix Potter (1960 Bodley Head)
Leslie Linder : The Journal of Beatrix Potter from 1881 to 1897 : Transcribed from her Code Writing
(1966 Warne)
Leslie Linder : A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter (1971 Warne)
Margaret Lane : The Writings of Beatrix Potter (1971 Warne)
Margaret Hutchings : Toys from the Tales of Beatrix Potter (1973 Mills & Boone)
The History of 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' (1976 Warne)
Judy Taylor : Beatrix Potter - Artist, Storyteller & Countrywoman (1987 Warne)
Judy Taylor : That Naughty Rabbit - Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit (1987 Warne)
Taylor, Whalley, Hobbs, & Battrick : Beatrix Potter 1866-1943 - The Artist and Her World
(1993 NT/Warne £15.95)
Leslie Linder : The Journal of Beatrix Potter (trans from her code writings) (1993 Warne £25)
Beatrix Potter's Letters : A Selection by Judy Taylor (1993 Penguin £9.99)