The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

by Beatrix Potter

$1,926 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

Londo [London]: Frederick Warne , 1918 . First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 6" by 4.5". Beatrix Potter. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates, this is the first edition of Beatrix Potter s charming retelling of Aesop s The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse . The first edition, first impression of this work, in the uncommon first state, lacking the n of the London to the title page tail. Quinby No. 25Beautifully illustrated in colour in Potter s typical style, with a frontispiece and twenty-six colour plates. Collated, complete.Rebacked, with back strip laid down, retaining original endpapers. The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse is based on Aesop s fable The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse , following a country mouse and a city mouse who visit one another in their own homes. Rebacked, in the publisher s original paper covered boards with back strip laid down, retaining original endpapers. Light handling marks to board perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Neat repair to large vertical closed tear to page 77. Pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good Indeed

• Publisher: Frederick Warne
• Year: 1918
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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