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The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
by POTTER, BEATRIX:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
F. Warne & Co., 1918 (1st.ed. 2nd issue). Hardback, 16mo. approx 5.5 x 4 ins. (14.3 x 10.8 cm) Grey paper covers with white lettering and colour plate to front. Colour pictorial endpapers. In very good condition. Nice clean copy. A couple of white spot marks on bottom edge of rear board, small pink mark to front edge. Some minor rubbing to edges and corners. Endpapers clean and bright, neat inscription to verso of front endpaper “Jim, from Auntie May.” Small rubbed mark and tiny chip to bottom corner of halftitle page. Inside generally clean & tight. 85 pp. Coloured illustrated plates throughout. (approx 36.) There is no year on the title-page. The first copies to be printed (Dec. 1918 had the letter "N" missing from the end of "London" in the imprint. (Dec.1918: 30,000 copies/ June 1919: 5,000 copies/ March 1920: 5,000 copies). This copy has the “n” in the imprint. The endpapers are correct for the first edition of this title, - they were for the first time used in December1918, with the figures of Johnny Town-Mouse in the centre of one endpaper, and the figure of Timmy Willie in the centre of the other endpaper. (L. Linder).
Synopsis
To celebrate Peter's birthday, Frederick Warne is publishing new editions of all 23 of Potter's original tales, which take the very first printings of Potter's works as their guide. The aim of these editions is to be as close as possible to Beatrix Potter's intentions while benefiting from modern printing and design techniques. The colors and details of the watercolors in the volumes are reproduced more accurately than ever before, and it has now been possible to disguise damage that has affected the artwork over the years. Most notably, The Tale of Peter Rabbit restores six of Potter's original illustrations. Four were sacrificed in 1903 to make space for illustrated endpapers, and two have never been used before. Of course, Beatrix Potter created many memorable children's characters, including Benjamin Bunny, Tom Kitten, Jemima Puddle-duck and Jeremy Fisher. But whatever the tale, both children and adults alike can be delighted by the artistry in Potter's illustrations, while they also enjoy a very good read. Because they have always been completely true to a child's experience, Potter's 23 books continue to endure.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89241
- Title
- The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
- Author
- POTTER, BEATRIX:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- F. Warne & Co., 1918 (1st.ed. 2nd issue)
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books Beatrix, potter, tale, johnny, town, mouse, townmouse, childrens, first edition, 1918, illustrated, colour plates, peter rabbit,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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