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The tiger who wore white gloves, or, What you are you are / by Gwendolyn Brooks ; illustrated by Timothy Jones.

Accession number
PML 198523
Creator
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000.
Published
[Chicago, Ill. : Third World Press, c1974]
Credit line
Purchased on the Edwin V. Erbe, Jr. Acquisitions Fund, 2020.
Notes
2nd printing.
Cover title.
Price on back cover: $5.00.
Description
[36] pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 25 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by author on first leaf: "For D.H.! With warm regards, with pride, with gratitude. Best! Gwen, 12/12/87."
Provenance
D.H. Melhem (1926-2013).
Summary
All the tiger's fierce qualities do not satisfy him; he wants to be stylish and wear white gloves.
Binding
Pictorial wrappers, saddle stitched.
Classification
Department