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The Tailor of Gloucester, FIRST PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITION, [London], December 1902

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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POTTER (BEATRIX)

The Tailor of Gloucester, FIRST PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITION, 16 colour plates, publisher's pink boards, with printed illustration on upper cover, spine worn with minor losses, light soiling, felt-lined solander box [Quinby 3], 16mo, [London], December 1902

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FIRST EDITION, PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR IN AN EDITION OF ONLY 500 COPIES.

Provenance: Stephen E.J. Christy, early ownership inscription on front free endpaper.

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