The Tale Ofjohnny Town-Mouse

by Potter, Beatrix

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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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… Read more about this item
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UK: Warne and Co, 1918. First Edition . Pictorial Cover. Good ++. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Beatrix Potter. 1st Edition 1918. 2nd state with the N in London present. p.39 with quotes before first line and p.51 without quotes before first line, Dated by endpapers. Book is good++ and quite bright. Repaired crack… Read more about this item
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F. Warne & Co. 1919 (1st.ed. ,2nd issue). 16mo. Grey stiff pict.paper covers with col.plate on fr.cover. Nice clean copy. Two tiny mark on rear board. Two faded private stamp on first blank page. Private name stamp & dated inscription on verso of frontis dated Xmas 1919. Inside generally clean & tight. Coloured plates. 85 pp; There is no… Read more about this item
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POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse. London: Frederick Warne [1919]. 16mo, 81pp. Gray boards stamped in black with color pictorial label affixed to front. Color pictorial endpapers; 27 full-page color illustrations. Spine a bit sunned with some rubbing at ends, else an internally clean, bright copy. First edition, second printing, having open quotes at the start of p. 39… Read more about this item
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London: Frederick Warne & Co. LTD, 1919. First edition. Hardback. Near Fine. 5.5" by 4". Beatrix Potter. A very early reprint of one of the charming tales of Beatrix Potter, following a town and a country mouse and their adventures together. A very early reprint, with no date to the title page, first edition endpapers, and 'N' to… Read more about this item
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London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co, 1918. Very good plus.. First edition, first issue of this story of the differences between city and country living, a very Beatrix Potter retelling of Aesop's "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse." "Miss Potter need not worry about rivals. She has none," proclaimed THE BOOKMAN's review of THE TALE… Read more about this item
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Gloss colour pictorial cover on this reprint of the original Frederick Warne edition, beautifully illustrated, no markings, 59 pp
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1-4 Bedford Court, Bedford Street, London : Frederick Warne & Co., Limited , 1918. Early printing; unstated. Only statement at copyright page is: "Copyright 1918 by Frederick Warne & Co." No other dates, indications. Code 63.749 at dj front flap and at final colophon page with printer detail. Light green smooth with moderate sheen pictorial… Read more about this item
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London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1918. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 5.5" by 4". Beatrix Potter. A first edition Beatrix Potter tale, a charming retelling of Aesop's 'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse'. First edition, first printing, 2nd issue, with the 'N' present to the publisher location to the title page and dots in O's to the… Read more about this item
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London: Frederick Warne and Co.,, 1918. A fine copy, with the exceptionally scarce promotional wraparound band First edition, first impression, with the dropped "N" from London on the imprint. With the exceptionally scarce promotional wraparound band. Sextodecimo. Original pale green boards, spine and front cover lettered in dark green, front cover with pictorial label. With the printed glassine wraparound… Read more about this item
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New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Inc., 1918. [1918] Hardcover and dustjacket. Published in New York, the same year as the first edition published in England (date on copyright page); "85 pages" including front matter and color plates (unusual way of pagination by publisher). Written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. Green binding, pale-white lettering, illustrated endpapers, colored frontispiece and 26… Read more about this item
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London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd Book. Fair. Grey Boards. Reprint. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Undated edition. 59pp illustrated throughout with colour drawings. Endpapers decorated with 12 colour drawings of animal characters. Colour picture glued to top board. Binding slack, hinges showing. Stain to bottom corner of top board, backstrip missing, boards slightly bowed… Read more about this item
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Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd., 1951. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated by Potter, Beatrix. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Pale grey boards, green lettering, pictorial onlay to front cover. 59pp. Dustwrapper is grubby.
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New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1922. Early printing of this later Beatrix Potter classic, based on Aesop's fable of the county mouse and the city mouse. First published in 1918, with a US price of 50¢, this example has a price of 85¢ on the jacket flap and lists two titles first published in French in 1921 on the… Read more about this item
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London: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket; Childs name. Minor wear to jacket. Hardcover. 072320604X . 150gms weight; Color Illustrations; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 60 pages .
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New York, NY: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [1918]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST US EDITION. Sextodecimo (14 x 11cm), pp.85; [1]. With a chromolithographic plate by the author facing every page of text. No 'Ltd.' to title page; endpapers match plate XV in Quinby. Publisher's brown paper-covered boards with white titles and bevelled square chromolithographic plate laid onto upper… Read more about this item
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UK: Warne and Co, 1947. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good ++/Very Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Beatrix Potter. Dated 1947 in inner page. Book is very good++ and very bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good and quite bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. Light soiling to wrapper. Small loss to rear edge.… Read more about this item
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Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Hardback. Fair/Poor. Illustrated by Potter, Beatrix. Fair condition with no wrapper. Pictorial onlay to covers; white titles. 84 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Split nearly all way down front side of spine; so webbing etc. underneath can be seen. Marks and wear to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. A few… Read more about this item
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London: Frederick Warne & Co. LTD, 1919. Hardback. Good. 5.5" by 4". Beatrix Potter. A very early reprint of one of the charming and beloved tales of Beatrix Potter, complete with her original colourful plates. A very early printing of the first edition, with no date to the title page, first edition endpapers of Plate XV in Quinby,… Read more about this item
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FREDERICK WARNE & CO., 1985. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 59pp, 4 x 5 inches, p.o.n., ex-lib
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