Under cover of the fight, the rabbits rescue the baby rabbits. His initial attempt fails, and the two eventually come to blows. Tod finds Brock asleep in his bed, he determines to get him out of the house. Benjamin and his cousin Peter Rabbit have followed Tommy Brock in an attempt to rescue the babies. Brock kidnaps the children of Benjamin Bunny and his wife Flopsy, intending to eat them, and hides them in an oven in the home of Mr.

The tale is about a badger called Tommy Brock and his arch enemy Mr. Tod is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, first published by Frederick Warne & Co. The text block is unmarked, tight, white, bright and square. This fine copy is quarter bound in tan cloth to tan paper covered boards with brown titling and an inset colour plate to the upper board. Her career began with the release of the now-beloved Tale of Peter Rabbit and her subsequent works expanded into a magical world of anthropomorphic animals such as Tom Kitten, Squirrel Nutkin, and Benjamin Bunny. An eager student of languages and literature, she grew up loving classic folk and fairy tales.Her talent for drawing and painting was discovered early and encouraged' (Beatrix Potter Society). As was the custom in families of her class, she was educated at home by governesses. 'Beatrix Potter, writer of some of the most beloved children's books of all time, was a woman of immense talent, indefatigable spirit, and a generous heart.Although she grew up in London, she was deeply influenced by long family holidays in the countryside, first in Scotland and later in the English lake district. A very fine copy in the original (very slightly chipped) glassine wrapper. Black and white vignette on title-page and forty-one black and white vignettes in the text. Color frontispiece and fourteen color plates (included in pagination). Color pictorial endpapers (Quinby Plate XI).

Large color pictorial label on front cover within a blind rectangular panel surrounded by a broad brown single rule border. Original gray boards decoratively stamped and lettered in dark green on front cover within a brown single rule border and decoratively stamped and lettered in brown on spine.

The tale of mr tod first edition