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Lot 189

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The Tailor of Gloucester, Frederick Warne (13)

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£2,500 - £3,500

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The Tailor of Gloucester, first trade edition, first printing, 1903; The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, third printing, very short split at extreme upper joints, 1903; The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, first or second printing, half-title adhered to frontispiece, 1904; The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, first or second printing, light dampstain at upper margin of opening 20 pages and towards end, spine faded, 1905; The Pie and the Patty-pan, first issue, a few light abrasions to upper cover, 1905; The Tale of Jeremy Fisher, first or second printing, upper joint slightly splitting, corner tips rubbed, 1906; The Tale of Tom Kitten, first, second or third issue, light small dampstain at upper margin of a few pages, small scuffmark to final illustration, lower joint splitting, slight abrasion to upper cover, 1907; The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, first, second or third printing, covers dulled with small ink spot on upper cover, 1908; The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, first, second or third printing, short tear to frontispiece, light dampstain at upper margin of a few pages, 1909; The Tale of Mr. Tod, first or second printing, spine toned, 1912; The Tale of Pigling Bland, first or second printing, lacks front free endpaper, 1913; Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes, [1917]; The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, second or third printing, slight fading to extremities, [1919], FIRST EDITIONS, colour plates, second to fourth mentioned with neat early ownership inscription, publisher's boards, printed pictorial label on upper covers, generally very clean, all but the fifth mentioned in felt-lined solander boxes, 16mo, Frederick Warne (13)

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