THE TALE OF MR. TOD
by Potter, Beatrix
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Yarmouth, Maine, United States
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About This Item
1912. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1912. Original light grey paper-covered boards with front cover color plate.
First Edition of Beatrix Potter's eighteenth book, and the first title to appear in the "New Series" that was unfortunately issued in a binding almost as fragile as the earlier titles. Unlike Beatrix Potter's earlier books, the principal characters are villains! and in the opening paragraph we get a hint of this fact. When sending Warne some of the book drawings, Beatrix Potter referred to the one about the fight between [the fox] Mr. Tod and [the badger] Tommy Brock [on page 86] -- which she found difficult to draw: "You will see a very confused one of the combat. I could hardly shirk one picture of it; but it was difficult to work out in detail so I made it dark." [Linder] This copy is in light grey boards (buff was another option -- no precedence). It is in near-fine condition (spine slightly browned as always, a couple of small edge-chips in the front-cover plate). Linder pp 210-212 and p. 429.
First Edition of Beatrix Potter's eighteenth book, and the first title to appear in the "New Series" that was unfortunately issued in a binding almost as fragile as the earlier titles. Unlike Beatrix Potter's earlier books, the principal characters are villains! and in the opening paragraph we get a hint of this fact. When sending Warne some of the book drawings, Beatrix Potter referred to the one about the fight between [the fox] Mr. Tod and [the badger] Tommy Brock [on page 86] -- which she found difficult to draw: "You will see a very confused one of the combat. I could hardly shirk one picture of it; but it was difficult to work out in detail so I made it dark." [Linder] This copy is in light grey boards (buff was another option -- no precedence). It is in near-fine condition (spine slightly browned as always, a couple of small edge-chips in the front-cover plate). Linder pp 210-212 and p. 429.
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
- Sumner & Stillman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15060
- Title
- THE TALE OF MR. TOD
- Author
- Potter, Beatrix
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Illus-Color; Illus-Woodcut; Juv
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books By Women; Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sumner & Stillman
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Yarmouth, Maine
About Sumner & Stillman
Founded in 1980, Sumner & Stillman is a small family business providing personal service in the buying and selling of literary first editions of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) for over 30 years.
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