copyright renewed 1931; Frederick Warne & Co. publishers, New York; small hardbound; original green paper wrapped boards (5.5" H x 4" W) with picture on cover; very good condition with unmarked pages; very minor fading of pages; boards quite good with vivid color; some minor edge wear; dust jacket poor condition (pic).
 
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"In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets—when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta—there lived a tailor in Gloucester..."

Potter described 'The Tailor of Gloucester' as her own favorite among her books. It was based on the true story of a tailor who left the unsewn pieces of a coat in his shop and found that the garment had been mysteriously finished for him in the night. It turned out that the real tailor's assistants were his apprentices, but in Beatrix Potter's version of the story the secret helpers are skillful little brown mice.