{"id":906,"date":"2007-04-18T08:53:01","date_gmt":"2007-04-18T08:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1stedition.net\/posts\/2007\/04\/18\/petunias-christmas-1952\/"},"modified":"2007-04-18T08:53:01","modified_gmt":"2007-04-18T08:53:01","slug":"petunias-christmas-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/2007\/petunias-christmas-1952\/","title":{"rendered":"Petunia’s Christmas (1952)"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Edition Identification<\/h3>\n

Petunia’s Christmas<\/span><\/em><\/strong>; written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; Borzoi\/Knopf, 1952.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Childrens Picturebook Price Guide<\/span><\/em><\/strong>: $240 Very Good+ (updated)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Continuing our Duvoisin theme (see Petunia<\/a>), Petunia’s Christmas<\/em><\/strong> is the third of the Petunia<\/em><\/strong> books written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. The Petunia<\/em><\/strong> books:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Petunia<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1950<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Petunia And The Song<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1951<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Petunia’s Christmas<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1952<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Petunia Takes A Trip<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1953<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Petunia Beware!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1958<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Our Veronica Goes To Petunia’s Farm<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1962<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Petunia, I Love You<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1965<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

First Edition Identification Points<\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The copyright page states ‘<\/span>F I R S T  <\/span>E D I T I O N<\/span>.’ The front cover of the book is pale yellow cloth with four lightly embossed pictures of Petunia.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The first edition dust jacket has “<\/span>C L O T H   <\/span>B O U N D<\/span>   <\/span>$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<\/em><\/strong>, followed by a synopsis for Petunia and the Song<\/em><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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First Edition Identification 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 … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-edition-identification-points"],"yoast_head":"\nPetunia's Christmas (1952) - Collecting First Edition Children's Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/2007\/petunias-christmas-1952\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Petunia's Christmas (1952) - Collecting First Edition Children's Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"First Edition Identification Petunia’s Christmas; written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; Borzoi\/Knopf, 1952. 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