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The Tale of Mr. Tod

This longer than usual story brings back two of Beatrix Potter's most popular heroes, Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, in an adventure that also features two very disagreeable villains. Fortunately Tommy Brock the badger and Mr. Tod the fox dislike each other so much that Mr Tod unwittingly becomes the rabbits' ally.

The Tale of Mr Tod is number 14 in Beatrix Potter's series of 23.

First edition, first or second printing; 16mo (142 x 115 cm); 15 colour plates, plain title vignette, numerous black & white test illustrations and colour pictorial endpapers, all by Beatrix Potter, some very mild spotting to blank verso of frontis-piece, final page and blank verso of rear free endpaper, otherwise very good plus; publisher's buff boards with inset colour illustration to upper cover,spine ends bumped, slight rubbing to extremities and a hint of dust-soiling, otherwise a near-fine copy.

Linder p.427; Quinby 13
$313.57

Original: $1,045.25

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The Tale of Mr. Tod—

$1,045.25

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This longer than usual story brings back two of Beatrix Potter's most popular heroes, Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, in an adventure that also features two very disagreeable villains. Fortunately Tommy Brock the badger and Mr. Tod the fox dislike each other so much that Mr Tod unwittingly becomes the rabbits' ally.

The Tale of Mr Tod is number 14 in Beatrix Potter's series of 23.

First edition, first or second printing; 16mo (142 x 115 cm); 15 colour plates, plain title vignette, numerous black & white test illustrations and colour pictorial endpapers, all by Beatrix Potter, some very mild spotting to blank verso of frontis-piece, final page and blank verso of rear free endpaper, otherwise very good plus; publisher's buff boards with inset colour illustration to upper cover,spine ends bumped, slight rubbing to extremities and a hint of dust-soiling, otherwise a near-fine copy.

Linder p.427; Quinby 13