The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck (Copy 2).
de Potter, Beatrix
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- F/VG+/VG
- Librería
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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HARDBACK ?NUMBER 9 IN THE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: Reprint.* Date of Publication: Undated (1966) Publishers? code: 1868.266* Publisher: F. Warne & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Mottled light grey paper covered boards with shaped rectangular colour illustration of Jemima Puddle Duck in her Sunday best, laid on to cover and surrounded with impressed frame, crimson title to spine & face. No bumps, or rubs, minimal shelf wear to edges and corners. Spine not split or torn. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated paper jacket with black title to spine and face. Somewhat grubby with some marks, particularly at rear & with slight wear to edges and at head of spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured illustration to end papers showing a garland of Potter animals. Clean, crisp tight & bright with no reading wear. No marks to text, very slight age to top & fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour illustrations throughout in irregular frames.* Pages: 59 pp. text.* Description: Potter indicated that the tale was a revision of the cautionary story of "Little Red Riding Hood." Jemima is an Aylesbury duck and regularly has her eggs ?confiscated? by the farmer?s wife. Whilst trying to find a safe place to lay, she falls into the clutches of a suave fox who plans to put her in the pot. Kep, a collie on the farm, discovers Jemima's whereabouts and rescues her just in time. A FINE text, reprint copy of No 9 in this series, with some minor age & wear to boards and jacket reducing it to VG.*
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- Librería
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 4889
- Título
- The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck (Copy 2).
- Autor
- Potter, Beatrix
- Ilustrador
- Potter, Beatrix
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - F/VG+/VG
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Reprint 1966
- Editorial
- Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.
- Lugar de publicación
- London UK 59
- Fecha de publicación
- 1963-01-01
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
