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The Tale of Two Bad Mice
by Potter, Beatrix
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Good
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1932. Copyright renewed 1932, this copy most likely from the 1930s, with the multi-character dustjacket. Fair in good dustjacket. Illustrated with charming color plates by the author, and color illustrated endpapers. Blue-gray hardcover with color illustration mounted on the front cover, about 5.75" tall, color illustrated dustjacket that lists 18 titles from the Peter Rabbit series on the inner flap. The book has minor edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, but a previous owner re-attached the frontis plate with clear tape that has now yellowed, affecting the inner margins of the frontis, title page and dedication page, pages otherwise clean with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustajcket is agressively priceclipped (even clipped the lower corner of the front panel in the process), and has some general expected age-related soil and edgewear, very minor chipping to the spine head that does not affect any of the printed areas, very little paper loss. . Hard Cover. Fair/Good. 24mo - 5" - 5¾" Tall.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037139
- Title
- The Tale of Two Bad Mice
- Author
- Potter, Beatrix
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 24mo - 5" - 5¾"
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS COLOR ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fair
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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