The Tailor of Gloucester
by Potter, Beatrix
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Frederick Warne & Co., 1903. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Brown boards, pictorial pastedown on front board. Bottom of spine pulled. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Binding shaken.
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
- Bearly Read Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 062980
- Title
- The Tailor of Gloucester
- Author
- Potter, Beatrix
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co.
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bearly Read Books
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Sudbury, Massachusetts
About Bearly Read Books
Bearly Read Books offers a selection of rare used and antiquarian books with a concentration on the classics, military and children's books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...