The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

Beautifully illustrated with colour plates, this is an early edition of Beatrix Potter's charming retelling of Aesop's 'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse'. First published the year prior, this is an early edition of this work, published in 1919 but prior to the month of May, when Warne became a limited company.With Quinby plate XV endpapers, as called for.'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.Beautifully illustrated in colour in Potter's typical style, with a frontispiece and twenty-six colour plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Joint heads and tails starting, with boards firmly held. Handling marks to perimeters of front board. Back strip age toned, with loss to tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good.