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POTTER (BEATRIX) The Tailor of Gloucester, F. Warne & Co. (6)
27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£600 - £800
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POTTER (BEATRIX)
The Tailor of Gloucester, first trade edition, first issue, ownership inscription dated "Xmas 1903" on front free endpaper, pencil address on blank page 66, red boards, scuffed on upper cover with part loss of 3 letters, 1903; The Tale of Two Bad Mice, first or second printing, ownership name on front free endpaper, joints weakened, lacks spine, 1904; The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, first or second printing, small losses to extremities of spine, 1905; The Tale of Tom Kitten, first, second or third printing, ownership inscription on front free endpaper and on blank verso of frontispiece (loose), small loss to head of spine, 1907; The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, first or second printing, blue boards, smalll loss to extremities of spine, 1910; The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, first or second printing, upper joint weakened, upper cover scuffed with small abrasions to image and loss of letters "es" to title, 1911, FIRST EDITIONS, colour plates, publisher's boards with colour-printed illustration on upper covers, some rubbing, 16mo, F. Warne & Co. (6)
Footnotes
Provenance: Gladys Murray, early ownership name or inscription in three titles. In the first two mentioned is a bookseller's label of "Frank Murray, bookseller, Moray House, Derby".





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