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The Tailor of Gloucester

The Tailor of Gloucester by Potter, Beatrix

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
The Tailor of Gloucester
Author
Potter, Beatrix
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1903. First published edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. First issue (printed October 1903), with a single-page endpaper occurring four times. A nearly Fine copy in Very Good + dust jacket. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/16 inches; 139 x 105 mm.). 85, [1, printer's imprint] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Seventeen illustrations are entirely new for this edition; eleven of the illustrations are repeated from the December 1902 privately printed edition. Original maroon boards ruled and lettered in white on front cover and lettered in white on spine. Color pictorial label on front cover within a blind panel in the shape of a truncated pyramid outlined in blind. Color pictorial endpapers (Quinby Plate I, a single-page endpaper occurring four times). Minimal fading to spine. Small circular bookseller's label on rear pastedown. In the rare correct glazed paper glassine dust jacket printed in black with the price "1/- NET" at foot of spine, an advertisement for "The Peter Rabbit Books" on the back panel listing The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, and The Tailor of Gloucester, and with vertical lines at the top and bottom of the spine indicating where the fold should come for the front panel. The jacket has a few very small chips along the top edge (the largest being a 3/8 inch piece missing at the top of the spine), but is certainly the finest jacket for this title that we have ever seen. Housed in a quarter brown morocco clamshell case with felt lining. Noted as the authors favorite book, The Tailor of Gloucester is a delightful story in which a group of mice-grateful for being saved from a cat-assist a tailor in finishing a coat. Potter was inspired by a local legend that saw fairies assisting John Prichard (1877-1934) in finishing a suit for the mayor all in one night (reality his employed assistants completed the job). She first gave this story as a Christmas gift, before it was officially published in 1903. "The year 1903 appears on the front of the title-page of the first two printings. The first printing [October 1903] has a single-page end-paper occurring four times, and the second printing [December 1903], a double-page end-paper occurring twice. In the art fabric de-luxe edition, some copies have the usual frontispiece, others have the cover picture in its place. Both pictures were printed on one sheet, which was cut in half, and each half used as a tipped-in frontispiece. With this binding there was no cover picture" (Linder). "Beatrix Potter, writer of some of the most beloved children's books of all time, was a woman of immense talent, indefatigable spirit, and a generous heart...Although she grew up in London, she was deeply influenced by long family holidays in the countryside, first in Scotland and later in the English lake district. As was the custom in families of her class, she was educated at home by governesses. An eager student of languages and literature, she grew up loving classic folk and fairy tales...Her talent for drawing and painting was discovered early and encouraged" (Beatrix Potter Society). Her career began with the release of the now-beloved Tale of Peter Rabbit; and her subsequent works expanded into a magical world of anthropomorphic animals such as Tom Kitten, Squirrel Nutkin, and Benjamin Bunny. Linder, p. 423. Quinby 4. V & A 1576. Near Fine in Very Good + dust jacket.
ARY DE MILDE - Mr. THEEPOTBACKER

ARY DE MILDE - Mr. THEEPOTBACKER by VERSCHUER, Baron, W.F.K. Van

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Seller: Boston Book Company
Title
ARY DE MILDE - Mr. THEEPOTBACKER
Author
VERSCHUER, Baron, W.F.K. Van
Seller
Boston Book Company (United States)
Description
1916. VERSCHUER, W.F.K. Baron van. ARY DE MILDE: Mr. THEEPOTBACKER. Amsterdam: Boek-, Kunst- & Handelsdrukkerij v/h Gebroeders Binger, 1916. First Edition. Twelve photo-illustrated plates, of which two are color, and text illustrations. Ary de Milde (1634-1708), a Dutch potter, produced red stoneware teapots after Chinese examples. The two color plates show individual teapots, while the remaining plates show multiple black & white images of teapots, plates, and other ceramics, with hallmarks on ceramics as text illustrations throughout. Quarto, bound in three-quarter leather with terra cotta cloth sides; gilt-stamped title to upper board and spine; t.e.g. The leather is dry and rubbed, and has darkened on spine; but the binding is sound. Non-authorial ink signature on title-page, endpapers are toned, and offsetting to pages 20-23, else clean and in very good condition overall. A hard to find monograph on this original artist by one of the most important Dutch collectors of both Oriental and Delft ceramics.
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Shakespeare in Love by Stoppard, Tom and Mark Norman

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$283.50
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Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
Title
Shakespeare in Love
Author
Stoppard, Tom and Mark Norman
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Almost As New
Description
Np: Np (Mirimax Films), 1997. 2-hole Rivet. Almost As New/No Jacket. Release script (i.e. as released to theaters in final edit) presumably published for and distributed by Mirimax to members of the Screenwriter's Guild to garner support for Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay.
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The Eleven Comedies; Literally And Completely Translated From The Greek Tongue Into English by ARISTOPHANES

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Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.)
Title
The Eleven Comedies; Literally And Completely Translated From The Greek Tongue Into English
Author
ARISTOPHANES
Seller
James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Description
New York, Horace Liveright, 1928. 1st. Hardcover. 1st edition. Two volumes. One of 2,000 copies. Cloth with gilt letters and designs on the spines and fronts, uncut, dust jackets. Two corners of volume 1 are gently bumped, both dust jackets are split along the front hinge, otherwise very good condition.
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Payments to Citizens of Georgia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Reps. of the 3d April last, relating to payments made to the citizens of Georgia, under the 4th article by Adams, John Quincy

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Seller: Hoffman Books
Title
Payments to Citizens of Georgia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Reps. of the 3d April last, relating to payments made to the citizens of Georgia, under the 4th article
Author
Adams, John Quincy
Seller
Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Wash D. C.: GPO. Very Good. 1828. Softcover. This original 70 page government document, from 1828 was removed from a larger, bound volume and has some wear/remnants to the spine. .

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