OFFERING a VERY EARLY U.S. AMERICAN EDITION c1910+ OF "THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK" BY BEATRIX POTTER
SEE VIEWS ABOVE
PUBLISHED 1904 BY FREDERICK WARNE & CO., 12 East 33rd Street NEW YORK
AS IS ANTIQUARIAN CONDITION WITH "AS IS" SPINE
FRONTISPIECE (page 3-4) MISSING
ALL OTHER 26 ILLUSTRATIONS PRESENT
GREEN PAPER COVERED BOARDS WITH SPINE MISSING
TITLE ON COVER BOARD IN LIGHT GREY
THE COVER BOARD HAS A SQUARE-ISH DECORATIVE PASTE-ON SHOWING"JEMIMA" WITH HER SHAWL AND POKE BONNET
THIS IS SET WITHIN A SQUARE-ISH BLIND STAMP
"SQUARE-ISH" BECAUSE THE CENTERS OF EACH OF THE FOUR SIDES ARE CURVED IN, MAKING THE CORNERS LOOK POINTED
THE COVER IS REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED
THE FRONT INTERIOR ENDPAPER HAS A CLOSED TEAR ABOUT 2" LONG
I AM DATING THIS TO CIRCA 1910 BECAUSE OF THE ENDPAPERS, WHICH SHOW "MRS TITTLEMOUSE" HOLDING HER BOOK WITH THE TITLE SHOWING
TITTLEMOUSE WAS PUBLISHED IN 1910
CHARACTERS ONLY WERE SHOWN WITH THEIR BOOK TITLES SHOWING AFTER THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED
IF THIS WERE JUST BEFORE THE PUBLICATION, SHE WOULD BE COVERING UP HER TITLE, BUT IT IS CLEARLY SHOWING
BOTH FRONT & BACK FREE END PAPERS ARE PRESENT AND ARE THE SAME BACK AND FRONT EXCEPT REVERSED
(i.e. Tailor of Gloucester is left front top edge on the inside front paper behind the cover board and in the same top left edge but on the inside back paper behind the back board) (see below)
THE END PAPER CHARACTERS SHOWN ARE: LEFT SIDE: THE TAILOR OR GLOUCESTER (on the left holding his book with the book title showing) LOOKING AT MRS. TITTLEMOUSE (on the right holding her book with the book title showing)
NEXT IS SQUIRREL NUTKIN (on the left ) LOOKING AT "OLD BROWN" THE OWL (on the right holding his book with the book title showing)
LASTLY IS TOM KITTEN (on the left holding his book with the book title showing) LOOKING AT PETER RABBIT (on the right holding his book with the book title showing)
THE END PAPER CHARACTERS SHOWN ARE: RIGHT SIDE: THE HEDGEHOG, MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE (on the left side holding her book with the book title showing) LOOKING AT ONE OF THE "TWO BAD MICE" (on the right holding his book with the book title showing)
NEXT IS JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK (on the left holding her book with the book title showing) LOOKING AT JEREMY FISHER (on the right sitting on his book with the book title showing)
LASTLY IS BENJAMIN BUNNY (on the left holding his book with the book title showing) LOOKING AT FLOPSY BUNNIES (on the right holding their book with the book title showing)
THESE END PAPERS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME IN BOTH FRONT AND BACK BUT REVERSED AS DESCRIBED ABOVE
AS IS CONDITION
LITERALLY HOLDING TOGETHER BY A THREAD
84 PAGES plus 1
26 WONDERFUL PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS ON ONE SIDE ONLY
MISSING THE FRONTISPIECE
PAGES ARE NUMBERED AT THE BOTTOM AND THE NUMBERING INCLUDES THE BLANK BACKS OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS
POSSIBLY A FIRST AMERICAN EDITION ??
BUT CERTAINLY A VERY EARLY AMERICAN EDITION
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