Beatrix Potter The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, Frederick Warne and Co Ltd, 1930s

Grey paper covered boards with dark grey-green lettering to the front board and spine; full colour pictorial paste-on set within a blind stamped frame on upper board. First published by Frederick Warne and Co in December 1918. This is an early reprint with F. Warne & Co Ltd on the front cover. The publishers became a limited company in 1917. It features the original end papers which introduced Johnny Town-mouse in the centre. No published date.

There is tanning to the boards. Otherwise, the condition is excellent. No dust cover.

The tale is based on the Aesop fable, "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse", with details taken from Horace‘s Satires. It tells of a country mouse and a city mouse who visit each other in their respective homes. After sampling the other‘s way of life, both express a decided preference for their own.