The Roly-Poly Pudding
Book
October 1908 (published)
October 1908 (published)
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Printed book, 69 pages. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process plates, including frontispiece and title-page, and brown monochrome line block illustrations within the text. Three-colour-process endpapers of four single-page designs: "Meal", "Oats", "Pot[atoes]" and "Bran". Case binding of maroon cloth over bevelled boards. Upper cover with title blocked in green and gold and with author, small dot (ornament) and publisher (F. Warne & Co.) blocked in green with paper onlay in centre in green-blocked frame. Title blocked in green on spine.
Object details
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| Title | The Roly-Poly Pudding (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Three-colour relief halftone and brown monochrome line block illustrations and letterpress in paper covered, and blocked case binding. |
| Brief description | Book, The Roly Poly Pudding , by Beatrix Potter. Published by Frederick Warne, 1908. NAL accession number LC/41/A/1. Library's copy A. |
| Physical description | Printed book, 69 pages. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process plates, including frontispiece and title-page, and brown monochrome line block illustrations within the text. Three-colour-process endpapers of four single-page designs: "Meal", "Oats", "Pot[atoes]" and "Bran". Case binding of maroon cloth over bevelled boards. Upper cover with title blocked in green and gold and with author, small dot (ornament) and publisher (F. Warne & Co.) blocked in green with paper onlay in centre in green-blocked frame. Title blocked in green on spine. |
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| Object history | Subsequently published as "The tale of Samuel Whiskers" in 1926. Library's copy A inscribed on upper flyleaf: "Nancy [G-?] from Grandmama / Xmas 1908". Library's copy A in the Linder Collection formerly on long-term loan from the Linder Trust. Given by the Linder Collection in 2020. Originally part of the collection of Leslie Linder. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection : the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material : watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985. |
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| Library number | 38041003059797 |
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| Record created | November 11, 2020 |
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