Tale of JemimaPuddle-Duck, The

POTTER, Beatrix

Edité par London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1908

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First Edition of "Jemima Puddle-Duck," Presentation Copy POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1908. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed on front free endpaper "For/Mr.Worrimer? /withMiss Potter s/Compliments./ Oct 17th09." Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/8 inches; 139 x 105 mm.). 84, [1], [1, printer s imprint] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Black and white vignette on title-page. Publisher's gray-green boards, ruled and lettered in white on front cover and lettered in white on spine. Color pictorial label on front cover within a blind rectangular panel with arrowhead corners, outlined in blind. Color pictorial endpapers (Quinby Plate IV). Spine very slightly darkened. A near fine copy housed in a quarter red morocco over green cloth clamshell case, spine with four raised bands, lettered in gilt in compartments. Jemima Puddle-Duck is her poem about [Hill Top Farm] itself, and anyone who is curious to reconstruct its exact appearance in those days can do so from the pictures in that book.? (Margaret Lane). Another of the author's most famous creations, Jemima Puddle-Duck, with her naive & trusting nature, was based on a real duck from Hill Top Farm, and proved immensely popular; spin-off merchandise including a Jemima painting book and illustrated fabric placemats hand-fashioned by Potter and distributed to friends. Critically, the book is considered one of Beatrix's best. Linder, p. 427. Quinby 14. V & A 1589.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Tale of JemimaPuddle-Duck, The
• Éditeur: London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1908
• Édition: Edition originale
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Children's Books
  • Illustrated Books
  • Inscribed Copies