Lot 2087 , Potter, Beatrix - The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. First Edition. title illus., frontis and 26 other coloured illus.; white lettered grey paperboards with a mounted coloured illus. on upper - having 'arrowhead' shaped cor

° Potter, Beatrix - The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. First Edition. title illus., frontis and 26 other coloured illus.; white lettered grey paperboards with a mounted coloured illus. on upper - having 'arrowhead' shaped corners and outlined in blind, pictorial coloured e/ps. London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1908; Potter, Beatrix - L'Histoire de Noisy-Noisette. Traduit de L'Anglais par Jeanne Fish. pictorial title and 27 coloured illus.; original brown lettered buff paperboards, upper cover with mounted circular coloured illus. on a white ground, and outlined in blind, coloured pictorial e/ps. London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., (?1934) (2)
£100-140

Condition:
1) lacks spine, marks above illus. and text pp.20/21, sl. crease upper margin illus. p.38, sl. paper flaw upper margin, p.44, light stain ditto p.53; front inner hinge cracked with binding lt. loose, sl. stain top margins of e/ps., with a lt. paper loss back free e/p. (just avoiding the pictorial). Linder p.427 (printings Aug. Oct., Dec. are believed to be identical; Quinby p.61; 2) vg. copy; 85pp. (incl. half title), printing code on title verso - 92.34

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