The Tale of Two Bad Mice
$1,227 · Offered by Biblio
First edition
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1904. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 5.5" by 4.5". Beatrix Potter. A very smart first edition of this delightful illustrated tale from Beatrix Potter. First edition. Quinby No. 7, endpapers Plate II as called for. Rebacked, with the publisher s original boards laid down and renewed spine.Illustrated in Potter s distinct charming style with a colour frontispiece, title page vignette, and twenty-six colour plates. Collated, complete. A classic tale from the world of Beatrix Potter, which follows two mice causing mischief in a dolls house.Potter took inspiration for the tale from two mice caught in a cage-trap in her cousin s home and a doll s house being constructed by her editor and publisher Norman Warne as a Christmas gift for his niece Winifred. Rebacked, with renewed spine and original boards laid down. Inner hinges reinforced. Externally, with mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Slight discolouration to boards and a few minor damp marks to the rear. Contemporary gift inscription to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with a few small bleeds from the boards to the endpapers and the odd spot. Very Good
- Publisher: Frederick Warne and Co.
- Year: 1904
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: hardcover
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