The Tailor of Gloucester
Book
1903 (published)
1903 (published)
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Printed book, 85 pages. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process illustrations. With three-colour-process printed pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece of mouse on cotton-reel. De-luxe edition with case binding of floral calico (from Edmund Potter's calico printing works in Dinting Vale, Manchester) over boards. Upper covers with title and author stamped in gold inside white rectangular labels.
Object details
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| Title | The Tailor of Gloucester (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Three-colour relief halftone and letterpress in case binding of printed and fabric over boards, gold-blocked |
| Brief description | Book, 'The Tailor of Gloucester', by Beatrix Potter. Published in London by Frederick Warne. With deluxe art fabric cover. Linder Bequest catalogue number LB 1570. NAL accession no. BP.55. Library's copy E. |
| Physical description | Printed book, 85 pages. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process illustrations. With three-colour-process printed pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece of mouse on cotton-reel. De-luxe edition with case binding of floral calico (from Edmund Potter's calico printing works in Dinting Vale, Manchester) over boards. Upper covers with title and author stamped in gold inside white rectangular labels. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | To Ethel with love from B. Nov 10th '03 (Ethel Hyde-Parker) |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Beatrix Potter's copy. Acquired by the V&A from Leslie Linder (1904-1973) in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of ca. 2150 watercolours, drawings, literary manuscripts, correspondence, books, photographs, and other memorabilia associated with Beatrix Potter and her family. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection : the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material : watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985.
Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection: the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material: watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985. |
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| Library number | BP.55 |
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| Record created | December 15, 2020 |
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