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The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter, First Edition

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A First Edition, [First Printing] of 'The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck' by Beatrix Potter in Very Good condition published by Frederick Warne and Co in 1908

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck [Peter Rabbit First Series Number Nine] by Beatrix Potter, First Edition

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  • The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck [Peter Rabbit First Series Number Nine] by Beatrix Potter, First Edition

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Condition Summary: (Very Good/[No dustjacket]) A tidy copy. All notable faults: Webbing showing slightly along the bottom 15 mm of the rear hinge, minor wear at the edges, a few light finger marks and previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Dustjacket not present. Book conservation: Re-backed retaining the original endpapers

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Book Number B0012185
Title The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
Author(s) Author: Potter, Beatrix [Helen] Illustrator: Beatrix [Helen] Potter

Beatrix [Helen] Potter (1866 to 1943)—English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist who was best known for her children's books that featured animal characters, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Edition and Format First Edition, [First Printing] Edition identified by: '1908' on the foot of the title page, endpapers match Quinby Plate IV [with one cat lower right and used on books published 1908] and publisher stated as 'Frederick Warne and Co'. [References: Beatrix Potter: A Bibliographical Check List by Jane Quinby, reference 14 and A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter, Including Unpublished Work by Leslie Linder, page 427]

Hardcover, 24 mo 143 mm (5 5/8 inches) by 108 mm (4 1/4 inches). [vii], 8 to 11, [12 to 13 (blank)], 14 to 17, [18 to 19 (blank)], 20 to 23, [24 to 25 (blank)], 26 to 29, [30 to 31 (blank)], 32 to 35, [36 to 37 (blank)], 38 to 41, [42 to 43 (blank)], 44 to 47, [48 to 49 (blank)], 50 to 53, [54 to 55 (blank)], 56 to 59, [60 to 61 (blank)], 62 to 65, [66 to 67 (blank)], 68 to 71, [72 to 73 (blank)], 74 to 77, [78 to 79 (blank)], 80 to 81, [82 to 83 (blank)], 84, [85] and [86 (colophon)] printed pages in publisher's original green paper covered boards with white 'The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck' on the spine, 'The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck', colour on-lay, 'by Beatrix Potter' and 'F. Warne and Co' on the upper board, issued in glazed paper dust jacket [not present]. Contains colour frontispiece and twenty six colour illustrations by Beatrix Potter
Publisher(s) Frederick Warne and Co, London, printed by Edmund Evans, London, 1908

Frederick Warne and Co—(Founded in 1865) A British publishing firm famous for children's books, particularly those of Beatrix Potter along with Edward Lear, Kate Greenaway Walter Crane. and Observer Books. Warnes became a limited company in 1918 and were absorbed Into the Penguin Group in 1983. Note on identifying first editions: Warne's method of identifying first editions appears to be somewhat haphazard, especially on high volume titles such as Potters and Observers books. The presence of 'Ltd' in the company name, indicates 1918 or later and from about 1940 until their absorption into the Penguin group they used a system of printers codes to indicate the printer, month and year. Other than that carefully checking of bibliographical information on a book by book basis is required. Just to ensure confusion, they do often state the copyright date e.g. A Tale of Two Bad Mice will state 'Copyright 1904 by Frederick Warne and Co', but this appears a every copy printed until at least 1940!. [McBride page 107] [Zempel and Verkler page 484] .

Series Peter Rabbit First Series Number Nine

Peter Rabbit First Series—A series of classic children's books by Beatrix Potter (The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903), The Tailor of Gloucester (1903), The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904), The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904), The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (1905, The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1906), The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907), The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (1908), The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909), The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (1910), The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (1911) and The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918)) featuring animal characters, the best known being the main character in the first book; Peter Rabbit. The Series are companions to the books in the 'New Series' and 'Large Format Series', which between all three series have reportedly sold more than 150 million copies in 35 languages. The series contains 13 books. The first book was originally published in 1902 and the last book was originally published in 1918

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The story of Jemima Puddle-Duck who is looking for out a nesting place away from the farm when she meets a charming fox, who lets her nest at his house ….

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