The Tailor of Gloucester
by Potter, Beatrix
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1945. Reprint. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" Large. Potter, Beatrix. 85pp. A lovely copy of this Beatrix Potter book. Bound in blue paper covered boards with a colour pictorial onlay to the front board. Light bump to the tail of the spine and a slight bump to the head of the spine and to the head of the front board. Two corners lightly bumped. There are a few thum soil marks most noticeable to the corner of the front end paper and a small neat ink name inscription to the head of the front end paper - nevertheless a very birght, fresh copy. Dust wrapper is price clipped with some light toning to the wrapper - most marked to the spine of the wrpaper. A little soiling to the front edge of the rear panel of the wrapper and a small circular soil mark to the front panel of the wrapper. Several niks to the wrapper edges and a litle loss to the head and tail of the spine of the wrapper and over the corners of the boards. There is light creasing to the head of the wrapper. Nevertheless a charming copy.
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
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 223663
- Title
- The Tailor of Gloucester
- Author
- Potter, Beatrix
- Illustrator
- Potter, Beatrix
- Format/Binding
- Paper Covered Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 24mo - over 5" - 5Â&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...