The Tale of Samuel Whiskers. Or, The Roly-Poly Pudding.

First edition thus, with the undated title page and the advertisement printed on the front free endpaper verso. This work was originally published in 1908 in a larger format as The Roly-Poly Pudding. In 1926 Warne re-issued the work in the small format consistent with other books in the same series, and the title was changed. In this story "Potter expresses her love of the quaint old farmhouse at Hill Top, Sawrey, which she has taken as the setting for the story" (Linder, p. 191). The property is now one of the National Trust's most visited properties. Linder, p. 427. Sextodecimo. Colour frontispiece, 17 colour plates, line drawings in the text, all by the author. Original red boards, spine and front cover lettered in white, front cover with pictorial label, illustrated endpapers. Publisher's advertisement loosely inserted. Spine cocked and faded, light rubbing and a couple of marks on covers, edges lightly foxed, contents clean. A very good copy.