Petunia's Christmas (1952)
First Edition Identification Points
Petunia’s Christmas; written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; Borzoi/Knopf, 1952.
Childrens Picturebook Price Guide: $240 Very Good+ (updated)
Continuing our Duvoisin theme (see Petunia), Petunia’s Christmas is the third of the Petunia books written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. The Petunia books:
| Petunia | 1950 |
| Petunia And The Song | 1951 |
| Petunia’s Christmas | 1952 |
| Petunia Takes A Trip | 1953 |
| Petunia Beware! | 1958 |
| Our Veronica Goes To Petunia’s Farm | 1962 |
| Petunia, I Love You | 1965 |
First Edition Identification Points
The copyright page states ‘F I R S T E D I T I O N.’ The front cover of the book is pale yellow cloth with four lightly embossed pictures of Petunia.
The first edition dust jacket has “C L O T H B O U N D $2.00 net” in the top right hand corner of the front flap, followed by a synopsis of Petunia’s Christmas, followed “00408” on the right. The rear flap includes a synopsis for Petunia, followed by a synopsis for Petunia and the Song.
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