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Published by Penguin Books Ltd, 1985
ISBN 10: 0723233462ISBN 13: 9780723233466
Seller: Book Realm, Wanneroo, WA, Australia
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First thus. Internally fine, no previous owner marks or name, very mild shelf wear.
Published by Warne, London, 1987
ISBN 10: 0723250707ISBN 13: 9780723250708
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition Four miniature books (card covers) in slipcase. Books in fine unmarked condition in Very Good slipcase. No dust jacket.
Published by Frederick Warne & Co, London
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. This is a Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's original green boards with darker green title lettering to both spine and upper cover.measures 14 by 10 cm with pictorial inlay plate to upper cover of Johnny carrying a briefcase.Their is some wear and rubbing to boards with a minor chip to the head of spine (approx 3-4mm loss)This copy has No previous inscriptions present.Contents remain generally pretty clean internally,12mo early edition Circa 1920's 83pp Reprint 12mo - over 4¾" Tall.
Published by Frederick Warne, New York, 1987
ISBN 10: 0723234728ISBN 13: 9780723234722
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. New colour reproductions, new plates from original illustrations. ; Peter Rabbit; 5.70 X 4.33 X 0.33 inches; 64 pages.
Pictorial Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Beatrix Potter (illustrator). Reprint. Early edition Printed in 1949 using the original authors illustrations. Book is very good with bright boards. Small name to endpaper. The complete wrapper is very good+ and quite bright. The white wrapper is slightly soiled/marked. Edges quite rubbed and nicked. More images can be taken upon request. Ref15841 Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, London, 1918
Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
First Edition
Paper Boards + Inlaid Picture. Condition: Good (BELOW AVERAGE). No Jacket. Illustrated By The Author (illustrator). This IS a Reprint Circa 1944. Stained boards , Contents Very Good.Please Email for further details Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾". Not Signed or Inscribed. Hardback.
Published by Warne, London, 1987
ISBN 10: 0723234728ISBN 13: 9780723234722
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition Thus; Early Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; Peter Rabbit; 5.7 X 4.3 X 0.3 inches; 64 pages.
Pictorial Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Beatrix Potter (illustrator). Reprint. Reprint C1925. Dated by endpapers and no publisher number. Un-common early edition and very bright. Book is very good+ with light rubbing to edges, Spine slightly age toned. Contents are good. A lovely early example and rare in this bright condition. More images can be taken upon request.Ref16160 Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.
Pictorial Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Beatrix Potter (illustrator). Reprint. Reprint C1925. Dated by endpapers and no publisher number. Un-common early edition and very bright. Book is very good++ with light rubbing to edges, Contents are good. A lovely early example and rare in this bright condition. More images can be taken upon request.Ref16160 Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.
Pictorial Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Beatrix Potter (illustrator). Reprint. Reprint C1920. Dated by endpapers. Un-common early edition and very bright. Book is very good++ with light rubbing to edges, Contents are good. A lovely early example and rare in this bright condition. More images can be taken upon request.Ref16161 Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.
Published by London Warne & Co, 1918
Seller: J & S WILBRAHAM, LONDON, United Kingdom
First Edition
24mo, pp 85, colour plates by the author throughout, original grey-green boards with pictorial on-lay, light wear to spine ends and rubbing to corners, minor spotting to boards, and early name on half title, else a very good clean tight copy internally, FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE, with the 'N' correctly print ed in London on the title page, date, of course, on verso only for the first printing of this title.
Published by Frederick Warne & Co., New York, 1918
Seller: Rareeclectic, Pound ridge, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. 1st Edition. This is the First American edition, without "Ltd." on the title page. There are twenty-seven color illustrations, including the frontispiece. The same color pictorial inside covers and end papers are used twice, front and rear. 1918 is the only date on the copyright page. The front cover has the color illustration inset. It is in excellent condition. You can see the covers in the photos. The white lettering on the front is fairly bright. That's also the case on the spine (see first and second photos). The covers are pretty clean, a couple of spots, or small darkened areas, on the rear. The corners have rub-through, but the edges do not. Most of the wear is around the spine. There are two areas of loss. They can be best seen in the photo of the front cover and the photo of the rear cover. There is also small loss at the spine ends, though not reaching the lettering. The page edges look clean. The book is quite square, not slanted. It is also pretty solidly bound. There are no cracks/spaces between the inside covers and end papers. There is a very thin space at the gutter between the copyright page and the facing blank verso of an illustrated page. Both pages are tightly bound. Impressively, that is the only space between any of the pages and after that the binding is quite good to excellent. I'll reference the imperfections and try to be comprehensive because this is not an inexpensive book (although quite a lot less costly than the one that sold for $500.00 at Christie's in 1997, a First American Edition identical to mine and with a condition description that seems fairly similar, mine has a better binding). So the only imperfection of real significance is a scuff on the rear inside cover just inside the outer edge that lifted up the surface paper (no holes) over a 2 3/4 by 2 1/4" area affecting two of the illustrations. The illustrated rear end paper has a couple of thin creases. Both pages are clean. The illustration on the front inside cover and front end paper are not worn. The former has a thin strip of darkening. On the whole the pages are pretty clean. The majority have no soiling or spotting. On the pages where there's a bit of something it's usually one or two small pale spots, likely light foxing. That's the case off the top edge of the frontispiece and title page, small spots. And mostly far from the print. There are no losses or tears. There are two instances where there are small scuffs on two blank facing pages. And between the last two pages, 84 and 85, there's also a small scuff on both sides of the gutter just off the top page edge, each 3/8th's" across by 1/8th" down. In all three instances, long ago, these small areas on these pages likely got lightly stuck together and were scuffed in the separation. Visually, it's quite minor to my eye. The bottom corner of page 85 has a crease. That crease is pretty unusual which tells you that the pages are in quite good condition. Finally, there are no markings on any of the pages. No attachments in the book. And no one has written their name or anything else anywhere. 'The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in December 1918. The tale is based on the Aesop fable, "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse", with details taken from Horace's Satires 2.6.79-117. It tells of a country mouse and a city mouse who visit each other in their respective homes. After sampling the other's way of life, both express a decided preference for their own. The book was critically well received. The Johnny Town-mouse character appeared in a 1971 ballet film, and the tale has been adapted to a BBC television animated series. Johnny Town-Mouse was the only book of her later years for which Potter prepared a whole set of new drawings. The book was published bearing the dedication, "To Aesop in the shadows".'.
Pictorial Cover. Condition: Good++. Beatrix Potter (illustrator). First Edition. 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 to front cover. Blank reverse with partial ink manuscript inscription, some finger-soiling or marks, one plate with corner crease. Contents are quite good. Slight opening of gutters on internal front endpaper. More images can be taken upon request.Ref16160 Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.
Hardback. Condition: Good. Beatrix Potter (illustrator). First edition. A first edition Beatrix Potter tale, a charming and colourfully illustrated 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 front board, and first edition endpapers.'The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse' is a tale based off Aesop's brilliant 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 colour frontispiece and twenty-six colour plates.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart. Loss to the head of the spine and rear joint. Some light marks to the boards. Spine is lightly discoloured. Hinges are starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Small chip to the rear endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Chip to the half-title. Gift inscription to the recto of the frontispiece. Good. book.
Published by Published by Frederick Warne and Co., London, 1918
First Edition
, 85 pages, first edition first printing from December 1918 but with the "n" of London present, inscription date of February 1919 dates it to before the second printing in June 1919 (Linder p 430). Endpapers are design 8 and 9 (Linder), first used for Johnny Town-Mouse First Edition , small chip to top of spine, 1cm chip to tail of spine, splits along joints and small dark mark to front joint, some rapirs to spine, small mark and graze to inlaid picture, corners lightly bumped, hinges intact and binding firm, small white mark to rear board, neat inscription to half title, light finger marks to some pages, pages mostly clean, very good condition , grey boards, white titles to front and spine, inlaid picture to front, illustrated endpapers , 14.5 cm x 11 cm Hardback ISBN:
Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Beatrix Potter (illustrator). First edition. 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 'London' on the title page, but with 'Ltd' to the publisher's imprint.'The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse' is a charming tale based off Aesop's brilliant 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 colour frontispiece and twenty-six colour plates.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few very small marks to the boards. Bookseller's label to the rear paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. book.
Published by Frederick Warne, London UK, 1919
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse. First edition, second printing with "London" on the title page as per Quinby No 25 p93. Original light green boards with pictorials and illustrated end papers. Fading to the spine. Colour plates throughout. 84pp 16mo.
Published by Frederick Warne & Co New York
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Frederick Warne & Co, New York 1918. First American Edition / First Printing. Dated 1918 on the copyright page. Illustrated in color. Book Condition: Near Fine, lightly rolled spine.
Published by Frederick Warne, London UK
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A lovely first edition, second issue of The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse in very good condition. "London" in the title page imprint. Original green boards with mounted colour illustration. Minimal wear to the edges and light rubbing. Pictorial endpapers and 26 colour plates. The front paste down with "Neele book 14" written in ink. Clean contents. Quinby No. 25. P.90, Plate XV.
Published by New York, NY: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [1918], 1918
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
[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 board. Slight wear to board edges; a couple of chips from spine head and tail. Very good. Quinby does not give an American example of this title in her bibliography, simply noting that it was published in 1918 at 50 cents. Not in Quinby.
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Beatrix Potter (illustrator). First edition. 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 front board, and first edition endpapers.'The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse' is a tale based off Aesop's brilliant 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 colour frontispiece and twenty-six colour plates.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, smart. Crack to the tail of the spine to the rear joint with a very small amount of loss, and a small amount of lifting. Very marginal loss to the head of the spine. A few minor marks to the boards. Light bumping to the extremities. Faint tide mark to the margin of the front paste down and front endpaper, and to the following two leaves. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with a few minor marks. Very Good. book.
Published by Frederick Warne, London UK, 1918
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A near fine copy of a first edition, first printing, second issue with the "n" present in imprint "London". A bright copy of Beatrix Potter's, The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse. Also with quotes before the first line of page 39 and on page 51 without quotes before the first line. Green boards with some mild discolouration on the top front edge and rear of the boards. Very little wear to the spine ends and edges of the book. Colour illustrations throughout the book. Clean end papers. As per Quinby page 92. 16 mo.
Published by Frederick Warne & Co., Limited, 1-4 Bedford Court, Bedford Street, London, 1918
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. 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 boards, sharp dark green impressed cover and spine titles, light shelf wear, toning. Front cover feature features Beatrix Potter illustration plate of Johnny town-mouse briefcase in hand, with blind-stamped borders. Heavy stock coated pages, near fine. Collage of characters color illustrated endpapers at front and back. Includes vintage custom bookplate adjacent dedication page: "From Hill Top, Beatrix Potter's House at Sawrey." Dedication at page adjacent plate: "To The Aesop in the Shadows." In 1905 Potter bought Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey, a village in the Lake District, in the county of Cumbria (then Lancashire).Fine string-bind, square; endpapers intact. Rare original pictorial dust wraper in off-white, moderate edge wear, rub; unclipped 3/6 NET, protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel matches boards in design with title and illustration of Johnny Town-Mouse. Front and back flaps feature adverts for prints of Potters imagery; Potter titles available in French, Welsh, Spanish, and German. Back panel features list of Peter Rabbit titles. Near fine classic in same wrapper. Charming 4 1/4" x 5 3/4" design. Printed for the Publishers by Edmund Evans, Limited. Rose Place, Globe Road, London. 59 pages. Insured post. Do you ever feel that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence? Well, so did Johnny Town-Mouse and Timmy Willie. One was a townie and one was a country mouse, and when they end up in each other's worlds they soon discover they were much happier where they started! Presented here is the 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 in 1918 (quoted in Linder, 244). Certainly this title carries all the hallmarks of Potter's talent: beautiful countryside, well-dressed animals, prose that is both efficient and evocative. It was also to be one of her final books for Warne, as she became more focused on the care and keeping of her Lake District farm. Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycologist, and conservationist who is best known for her children's books featuring animal characters such as Peter Rabbit. Born into a wealthy household, Potter was educated by governesses. She had numerous pets and through holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developed a love of landscape, flora, and fauna, which she closely observed and painted. Her parents discouraged intellectual development, but her study and paintings of fungi led her to be widely respected in the field of mycology. In her thirties, Potter published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse is number 13 in Beatrix Potter's series of 23 little books. In her forties, she married a local solicitor, William Heelis. She became a sheep breeder and farmer while continuing to write and illustrate children's books. Potter died in 1943 and left almost all of her property to The National Trust in order to preserve the beauty of the Lake District as she had known it, protecting it from developers. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.
Published by Frederick Warne and Co, London and New York, 1918
First Edition
Condition: 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 OF JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE in 1918 (quoted in Linder, 244). Certainly this title carries all the hallmarks of Potter's talent: beautiful countryside, well-dressed animals, prose that is both efficient and evocative. It was also to be one of her final books for Warne, as she became more focused on the care and keeping of her Lake District farm. 5.5'' x 4.25''. Original light brown paper boards with color pictorial center panel and brown lettering. Color decorative endpapers of other Beatrix Potter characters. Illustrated in color throughout. 86 pages. Contemporary owner's name to verso of front flyleaf, "Elizabeth." Binding with light edgewear, small bump to front joint; minor lean. Leaves bright and clean.
Published by Frederick Warne and Co., Londo[n], 1918
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Potter, Beatrix (illustrator). 1st Edition. Potter, Beatrix. THE TALE OF JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE. Londo[n]: Frederick Warne and Co., [1918], (1918). First edition, first printing with the terminal letter N missing from London on the title page. 24mo - 4-5/16" x 5-5/8". Gray paper covered boards with dark gray lettering to the upper board and spine; full color pictorial paste-on set within a blind stamped frame on upper board; slight spine lean for what, all in all, is a brilliant copy of the book. Color pictorial endpapers. 84 pp. Printed on coated paper and illustrated with color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates by Potter. The condition of the book is FINE. SCARCE.
Published by London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1918, 1918
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first impression, with the dropped "N" from London on the imprint. With the exceptionally scarce promotional wraparound band. Linder p. 430; Quinby 25. Sextodecimo. Original pale green boards, spine and front cover lettered in dark green, front cover with pictorial label. With the printed glassine wraparound band. Housed in a custom green quarter morocco and cloth folding box. Frontispiece and 26 colour illustrations by the author. A fine copy.
Published by London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1918, 1918
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first impression, with the dropped "N" from London on the imprint; rare with the glassine jacket. This was the final unified book published in the small Peter Rabbit format. Linder p. 430; Quinby 25. Sextodecimo. Original brown boards, titles to front cover and spine in white, pictorial label to front cover. With the glassine dust jacket. Housed in a custom green quarter morocco and cloth solander box. Frontispiece and 26 colour illustrations by the author. A fine copy in the slightly creased jacket with some nicks to extremities.