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Beatrix Potter first edition sells for £43,400
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First edition Beatrix Potter expected to fetch £35,000
The rare 1901 edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit will go under the hammer to mark the 150th anniversary of the author's birth.
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Beatrix Potter's stamp on UK letters
Beatrix Potter's most popular creations will grace the front of letters and parcels up and down the UK from today.
Ten stamps have been issued to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the author who grew up in the Lake District.
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Exhibition reveals Beatrix Potter’s debt to north Lakes
A new exhibition reveals how some of Beatrix Potter’s best-loved characters own their existence to the northern Lake District.
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Beatrix Potter's creations brought to life on stage
The tales of Beatrix Potter have been told at firesides and bedsides for over a hundred years, and now they're being sung on stage.
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The World Of Beatrix Potter™ Attraction in Bowness-on-Windermere and National Trust in The Lakes are the first places in country you can receive a special Petter Rabbit 50p circulating coin in your change.
The coin has been created to mark Beatrix Potter's 150th anniversary, and will go into the tills in the Lake District on Easter weekend from Saturday 26 March 2016.
It is the first time a children's book character has appeared on a coin.
Where can you get one?
The coins will be going into the tills at the following attractions;
- Hill Top
- Beatrix Potter Gallery in Hawkshead
- Wray Castle in the Lake District
- The World Of Beatrix Potter™ Attraction in Bowness-on-Windermere
When Beatrix Potter first published Peter Rabbit, back in 1902, the income from the sales of the book allowed her to buy Hill Top, in 1905, so it is fitting that the first coins will only be available in the Lake District.