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Tailor of Gloucester, The
by Beatrix Potter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Oak Point, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Frederick Warne, New York, NY, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. True First Edition of this book. Green boards with the squirrel sitting on a thread spool inside a pyramid. Endpapers (front and rear) are identical facing endpapers. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5 3/4" tall. 85 pp. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Front hinge is cracked, but this is visible inside only from the page before the title page with the "My Dear Freda" dedication. Outside, it is visible in a couple of spots along the spine. Minimal shelfwear to the cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: Children; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001691. .
Synopsis
The Tailor of Gloucester is a children's novel by Beatrix Potter that was first published in October 1903. The story tells of a group of mice helping a tailor finish his work in time for Christmas. It is traditionally read to children on Christmas Eve, just before bed time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lotzabooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001691
- Title
- Tailor of Gloucester, The
- Author
- Beatrix Potter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- BZDB26 NOISBN BLXRHO Children; Tailor of Gloucester The Beatrix Potter
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- Hinge
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- Shelfwear
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- Jacket
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- Cracked
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