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The Tailor of Gloucester was written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, privately printed by the author in 1902, and published in a trade edition by Frederick Warne & Co. in October 1903. The story is about a tailor whose work on a waistcoat is finished by the grateful mice he rescues from his cat and was based on a real world incident involving a tailor and his assistants. For years, Potter declared that of all her books it was her personal favorite.
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The Tailor of Gloucester (Picture Book)
The Tailor of Gloucester was written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, privately printed by the author in 1902, and published in a trade edition by Frederick Warne & Co. in October 1903. The story is about a tailor whose work on a waistcoat is finished by the grateful mice he rescues from his cat and was based on a real world incident involving a tailor and his assistants. For years, Potter declared that of all her books it was her personal favorite.
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BN ID: | 2940161837221 |
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Publisher: | London: Frederick Warne & Co., LTD, 1903 |
Publication date: | 10/02/2016 |
Series: | Classic Picture Books , #13 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 3 MB |
Age Range: | 6 - 8 Years |
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