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The Tale of Two Bad Mice
by Potter, Beatrix
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Near Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0723205965
- ISBN 13
- 9780723205968
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Inc. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Reprint. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Small hardcover (24mo) bound in dark green boards lettered in white, with color picture of mouse on front cover, in publisher's price-clipped dust-jacket. 59 pages. Illustrated with color drawings throughout by author. No publishing date, post 1970 with isbn, seventh printing thus, presumably early 1980's. Volume 5 in the Beatrix Potter collection published by Warne, which ran to 23 volumes. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, unmarked book. White dust-jacket is clean with one small tear at rear bottom gutter, now tape repaired on verso and just a hint of age toning. A very good+ copy in a near very good dust-jacket. .
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
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020867
- Title
- The Tale of Two Bad Mice
- Author
- Potter, Beatrix
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0723205965
- ISBN 13
- 9780723205968
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co. Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- January 1, 1904
- Size
- 24mo - over 5 - 5¾"
- Keywords
- Children's Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Great Expectations Rare Books
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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