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Lot 193

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The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, Frederick Warne (4)

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, first, second or third printing, grey boards [Quinby 14], 1908; The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, first or second printing, small crease in gutter margin of frontispiece, cream boards, spine slightly dulled [Quinby 18], 1910; The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, first or second printing, abrasion (?removing of old inscription) in lower blank margin of half-title, brown boards [Quinby 20], 1911; The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, first printing, with "N" missing from the end of "London" of the imprint, grey boards [Quinby 25], [1918], FIRST EDITIONS, colour frontispieces and plates, publisher's boards, printed pictorial label on upper covers, each in felt-lined solander box, 16mo, Frederick Warne (4)

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