The tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck / by Beatrix Potter.

Author
Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Frederick Warne and Co, 1908 (London : Edmund Evans)
Description
84, [2] p. : col. ill. ; 15 cm

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Series
[Peter Rabbit Books].
Summary note
Determined to hatch her own eggs, Jemima Puddleduck accepts the fox's invitation to nest in his woodshed, without suspecting his motives.
Notes
  • End-papers illustrated in colors.
  • First edition, one of the first three printings, believed to be identical.
  • The color plates, which are printed on coated paper stock, are included in the pagination with the numbers printed in blue.
  • Cotsen copy: Frontispiece is detached.
  • Cotsen copy: White Cotsen bookplate dated 5/82 laid in.
Binding note
Pub. gray bds. stamped in white, white color-printed pictorial onlay, and white color-printed pictorial endpapers.
References
  • Linder, Beatrix Potter, p. 427.
  • Hobbs & Whalley, Beatrix Potter, 1587.
  • Quinby, Beatrix Potter, 14.
Other title(s)
Jemima Puddle-Duck
OCLC
973628870
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