"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde
The Tailor of Gloucester.
New York, NY: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [1912-1920]. [Children's Illustrated] EARLY US EDITION. Sextodecimo (14 x 11cm), pp.85; [1], blank. With a chromolithographic illustration by the author facing every page of text, colour illustrated endpapers; publisher's address given as 12 East 33d Street, 1903 date on copyright only. Publisher's grey-green paper-covered boards with white titles and a triangular chromolithographic illustration laid onto the upper board. Contents clean but for one or two reading marks, no inscriptions, binding lightly rubbed, some light wear to spine tips. Originally released in 1903, this is a later printing of the American edition, with features dating its publication between 1912-1920. The Tailor of Gloucester was Potter's third book for children, following 'Peter Rabbit' (1902) and 'Squirrel Nutkin' (1903). Item #76030
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