The Tale of Mr. Tod
by Potter, Beatrix
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About This Item
New York: Frederick Warne & Co, 1912. First American edition. Original gray boards decoratively stamped and lettered in dark green on front cover within a brown single rule border and decoratively stamped and lettered in brown on spine. Large color pictorial label on front cover within a blind rectangular panel surrounded by a broad brown single rule border. Color pictorial endpapers (Quinby Plate XI). 93, [1]. Color frontispiece and fourteen color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page and forty-one black and white vignettes in the text. A very fine copy in the original (very slightly chipped) glassine wrapper.
"Beatrix Potter, writer of some of the most beloved children's books of all time, was a woman of immense talent, indefatigable spirit, and a generous heart...Although she grew up in London, she was deeply influenced by long family holidays in the countryside, first in Scotland and later in the English lake district. As was the custom in families of her class, she was educated at home by governesses. An eager student of languages and literature, she grew up loving classic folk and fairy tales...Her talent for drawing and painting was discovered early and encouraged" (Beatrix Potter Society). Her career began with the release of the now-beloved Tale of Peter Rabbit; and her subsequent works expanded into a magical world of anthropomorphic animals such as Tom Kitten, Squirrel Nutkin, and Benjamin Bunny.
Quinby 21a. Linder, p. 429 (UK edition).
"Beatrix Potter, writer of some of the most beloved children's books of all time, was a woman of immense talent, indefatigable spirit, and a generous heart...Although she grew up in London, she was deeply influenced by long family holidays in the countryside, first in Scotland and later in the English lake district. As was the custom in families of her class, she was educated at home by governesses. An eager student of languages and literature, she grew up loving classic folk and fairy tales...Her talent for drawing and painting was discovered early and encouraged" (Beatrix Potter Society). Her career began with the release of the now-beloved Tale of Peter Rabbit; and her subsequent works expanded into a magical world of anthropomorphic animals such as Tom Kitten, Squirrel Nutkin, and Benjamin Bunny.
Quinby 21a. Linder, p. 429 (UK edition).
Synopsis
The Tale of Mr. Tod (The World of Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit) Beatrix Potter puts aside the cute anthropomorphic creatures she generally sets in her stories to tell the tale of two disagreeable characters, Tommy Brock and Mr. Tod.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3702
- Title
- The Tale of Mr. Tod
- Author
- Potter, Beatrix
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
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