The Tailor of Cloucester
by Beatrix Potter
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Litho from back strip detached but present.
- Seller
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Tolland, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick Warne & Co, 1903. Litho from back strip detached but present.. 85pp. Green paper on board with applied litho label. Color frontispiece of dancing couple in period costumes). 26 colored illustrations. The classic Beatrix Potter story about a nice tailor and thread wielding mice who repay his kindness. It was one of Potter's personal favorites of the stories she has written. First American edition. The illustrations, with fully clothed mice and coated cats, represent all the hallmarks of Potter's illustrative work and adds great visuals to a sweet story. Dark green paper boards. 5 1/2" x 4" Inscription on title page, given as a Christmas gift 1903.
Provenance: Christie's East. Beatrix Potter. The Doris Frohnsdorff Collection. Original Drawings, Autograph Letters, first Editions and Ephemera. Wednesday, 16 April 1997.
Provenance: Christie's East. Beatrix Potter. The Doris Frohnsdorff Collection. Original Drawings, Autograph Letters, first Editions and Ephemera. Wednesday, 16 April 1997.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eclectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28000821
- Title
- The Tailor of Cloucester
- Author
- Beatrix Potter
- Book Condition
- Used - Litho from back strip detached but present.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Beatrix Potter, Peter Rabbit books
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About the Seller
Eclectibles
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Tolland, Connecticut
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