A rare collection of letters by Lake District author and illustrator Beatrix ... Peter Rabbit. Dawson's Auctioneers The letters were sent to agriculture professor Alec Hanley, who advised Potter ...

Beatrix Potter originally wrote the story of Peter Rabbit in a letter to her ex-governess's son, Noel, to cheer him up when he was ill 20. Some of Beatrix Potter's most enthusiastic fans were ...