

In the original publisher's covered paper boards. Tod's house.This tale is the first published in the new larger format in a more elaborate binding, despite Potter's disapproval of the style.Beautifully illustrated in colour in Potter's typical style, with a colour frontispiece, fourteen colour plates, and monochrome in-text illustrations.Collated, complete. Tod, after Brock kidnaps the children of Benjamin Bunny and Flopsy, hiding them in the oven of Mr. The first edition, one of the first or second printings which are indistinguishable from one another, with the dedication reading 'William Francis' rather than 'Francis William'.'The Tale of Mr Tod' follows archenemies Tommy Brock the badger and the fox Mr. Tod, complete with Potter's original colour illustrations. Don Henderson voiced Tommy Brock.A first edition Beatrix Potter novel, featuring the badger Tommy Brock and fox Mr. In the BBC TV animated anthology series The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, broadcast between 19, they are both voiced by Dinsdale Landen. Tod, whose residence matches the description of that character's house. It is generally supposed (though this is never explicitly stated) that the "foxy whiskered gentleman" who appeared in The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck is in fact Mr. Peter's sister Cottontail, who first appeared in The Tale of Peter Rabbit, also appears in a minor role, now married as well. Bouncer Bunny from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny as well as Flopsy and the bunnies from The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. The story features Peter Rabbit who first appeared in The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny and his father Mr.


"Brock" and "tod" are Lowland Scots and Northern English dialect words for "badger" and "fox" respectively. Potter was a relative of his, and visited the island occasionally. The book is dedicated to Francis William Clark who owned Ulva, a small island off Mull, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.
