The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck (Copy 2). Hardcover - 1963

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.*