London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co., 1908
DRAFT '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 bookâ¦' (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 Potter's best.
First edition, first, second or third printing, 16mo., (137 x 103 mm). 84, [1], [1, printer's imprint] pp., colour frontispiece, plain title vignette, 26 colour plates, colour pictorial endpapers, internally fine, original green boards with inset colour illustration, spine slightly dulled, very slight bumping of corners, but overall a very good example.
First edition, first, second or third printing, 16mo., (137 x 103 mm). 84, [1], [1, printer's imprint] pp., colour frontispiece, plain title vignette, 26 colour plates, colour pictorial endpapers, internally fine, original green boards with inset colour illustration, spine slightly dulled, very slight bumping of corners, but overall a very good example.
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