Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Potter, Beatrix. THE TALE OF MR. JEREMY FISHER. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd., 1956.
Price: US$3.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: F Warne & Co. Ltd, undated. Illus. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dj a little soiled. Internally, text and images bright. Binding sound. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$6.40 + shipping
Description: GOOD+ no dj. hardcover with light green decorative covers and fox pastedown. some tarnish marks to the covers, but nothing unsightly. no publication date, but ffep carries 1958 prior owner details. text is clean and bright and without marginalia . corners a touch bumped but no damage.
Seller: lobstabooks, leiston, United Kingdom
Potter, Beatrix. The tale of Mrs Tittlemouse. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1956.
Price: US$7.69 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Clean hardback tightly bound in marked cream boards with brown titles, colour picture laid down to front, boards pulled at title/dedication pages, a few pages have marks, no inscriptions. 60 pages, colour illustrations in the text
Seller: Aucott & Thomas, Ibstock, United Kingdom
Potter, Beatrix. The tale of Johnny Town-Mouse. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1956.
Price: US$9.59 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1956 edition Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
Beatrix Potter. The Tale of Mr. Tod. Frederick Warne and Co, London, 1956.
Price: US$15.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 94 pp with colour plates and bw illustrations, buff covers with green titles and colour plate to front. Book clean and sound, dust wrapper a little tanned with a few small tears.
Seller: Your Book Soon, Stroud, GLOS, United Kingdom
Price: US$15.37 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red Paper covered boards with black titles and laid on roundel colour illustration, 145 x 110 mm approx. 76pp. Nov 1956 reprint with April 57 dust jacket (As with the Observer's series - Warne would replace jackets when price increases to refresh unsold stock). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. VG/VG (Book - negligible shelf wear/soiling to boards. Book block sound and clean with no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- ragged 4.5 cm tear to rear panel with associated light creasing. Negligible other nicks and tiny rubbing loss. Respectably clean. Price clipped).now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Potter, Beatrix. THE TALE OF JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd., 1956.
Price: US$19.72 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: circa 1956. Good condition in a good dustwrapper. Grey boards, pictorial onlay to front cover and green titles. 58 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners, nicks to bottom edge of spine. Spine lightly browned but browner at base. Light brown marks to bottom edge of front cover. A few hinges cracked. Large pen inscription to front endpaper. Light marks to a couple of pages. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped, loss from base of spine and a couple of bigger tears to front panel. Also grubby with tape residue to rear panel. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of the Faithful Dove. NY: Frederick Warne & Co., 1956, 1956.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Stated First edition; 12mo; cloth covered boards, hardcover; unpaginated; black & white illustrations; a very good, clean, tight copy in an edgeworn and torn dustjacket.
Seller: WellRead Books A.B.A.A., Northport, NY, U.S.A.
Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of the Faithful Dove. Frederick Warne & Co., New York, 1956.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First trade edition, after a small limited edition the previous year. Wheat boards with blue lettering on spine and front panel. Off-white dustjacket printed in black (only). A bright, clean copy. 1/4" red ink line on rear endpaper; 1" very light blue line on dustjacket cover; no other marks. Dustjacket aged on spine and all edges; 3/8" x 3/16" chip at top of spine; 1/8" chip center of rear flap fold; 1/8" chips at each of four tips and small 1/8" chip at foot of spine; light wear along flap folds.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Lettered in green. Front cover color illustrated onlay. 3/6 net on front blurb along with 1956 code on copyright page.59pp. Size: 5 5/8" x 4 1/4"
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
Anne Carroll Moore. THE ART OF BEATRIX POTTER. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd., London, 1956.
Price: US$25.62 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This fine copy is bound in green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, and upper board, tight, white, bright and square. There is a neat inscription to the f.e.p. The price clipped dust wrapper has some edge wear so is best described as very good plus condition., it has now been covered in clear, removable, protective film. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. This magnificent collection celebrates the artist behind The Tale of Peter Rabbit and numerous other beloved children's books. Brimming with famous images and rarely seen gems ranging from character sketches and notebook pages to watercolor landscapes and natural history illustrations this monograph explores Potter's artistic process and reveals the places that inspired her timeless work. featuring more than 230 images from the artist's oeuvre. Ref KKK 3
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
Beatrix Potter. The Tale of the Faithful Dove - w/ Dust Jacket!. Frederick Warne and Co., 1956.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This old book with dust jacket is clean, solid and in great shape! This First Edition small hardcover book has some illustrations. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The copyright page states 1956 First Edition with no other dates or printings shown. The dust jacket is also in great shape with just a hint of edgewear and some tanning along the edges. (No Chips). This old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!
Seller: THIS OLD BOOK, Brookfield, IL, U.S.A.
Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943. THE TALE OF THE FAITHFUL DOVE. Frederick Warne & Co, New York, 1956.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Description: 12mo; First edition; VG-/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, blue with white print; DJ in plastic protective cover partially torn away at front top edge, DJ has light edgewear, light shelfwear; Boards in cream cloth with blue print, clean and strong; Text block has clean text/pages; unpaged, illustrated (b&w). 1340659. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
POTTER BEATRIX. The Tale of the Faithful Dove. , 1956.
Price: US$57.64 + shipping
Description: (New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Inc. 1956). First US Edition Second issue of the first American trade edition issued in 1956. 186 x 117 mm, 7¼ x 4¾ inches and with a blue D/W with white lettering and image. Linder, A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter, page 432. One of 1,500 copies. A fine copy in a near fine D/W. A very attractive copy.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of the Faithful Dove. Frederick Warne & Co., Inc., NY, 1956.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light age toning to gutter and edges, else textblock is clean and very tight. Age soiled top page edges. Bright red binding, illustrated with doves in black and white on front cover. Unclipped dust jacket, age soiled spine and covers, minimally shelf worn, mylar sleeved. No pagination. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Beatrix Potter. The Tale Of The Faithful Dove. Frederick Warne & Co, Inc, New York, 1956.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1956 First US Edition. HB/DJ. VG+/VG+ Book has age toning and shadow stain on two pages where old marker was used but no writing or rips and is tightly bound. DJ has 3/4 inch closed rip to top front edge and smudging but is unclipped and in remarkable condition for a paper jacket over 50 years old.
Seller: Hiberhill, Lansdowne, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boards lightly bumped. Dj worn, extremeties chipped.
Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.
POTTER, Beatrix.. The Tale of the Faithful Dove.. Frederick Warne & Co., New York, 1956.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo, publisher's tan cloth lettered in blue, in dust jacket. First US edition; first issue. A fine copy in a very slightly soiled jacket.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Potter, Beatrix. THE TALE OF THE FAITHFUL DOVE. , 1956.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Inc, (1956). Original beige cloth lettered in blue, with dust jacket. First trade edition, first printing, following a 100-copy UK printing in 1955 for copyright purposes. Written in early 1907, this is a story about two pigeons, Mr. Vidler and his wife Amabella -- the latter of whom, trapped in a chimney while fleeing a hawk, is forced to nest there where she is befriended by a resident mouse. This is a copy from the first printing (the leaves measuring 155mm in height), and is in fine condition -- as is the dust jacket. Linder pp 337-346 & p.432; not in Quinby, which was published in 1954.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Potter, Beatrix. THE TALE OF THE FAITHFUL DOVE. Frederick Warne & Co. Inc., 1956.
Price: US$239.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st USA 1956. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Small format. Beige cloth with blue titles. B/w text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. A few small damp(?) spots to top edge of rear cover. Front endpapers are browned. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge worn with minimal loss at spine and corners. Wrapper is brpwned, particularly to spine. A nice copy of the first edition, first issue, USA edition. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom