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003130LONDON: ROUTLEDGE. FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE. . Hardcover. GOOD PLUS/NoNE. KATE GREENAWAY. LATTICED COVER IS SOILED INTERIOR IS VERY GOOD PLUS VERY BRIGHT TIGHT AND CLEAN HAS ALL POINTS TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE IS RUBBED PINK SPINE HAS FADED TO NO COLOR INTERIOR PRINTS FINE FOR FRAMING <br/> <br/> ROUTLEDGE hardcover
1925004589London: Frederick Warne & Co 1925. No date but 192030s.Bound in original linen backed pictorial boards the binding is holding firm with some light wear on edges. Internally the text is complete in 56 pages all pages illustrated the contents are holding firm no writing or marking light browing to endpapers otherwise pages in unusally good clean condition. Book measures 25x20cm.A44. Quarto. Frederick Warne & Co hardcover
193049119Frederick Warne n.d. c.1930. Sm. 4to. with illustrated half-title and title numerous fine coloured illustrations throughout and pictorial endpapers free endpapers mildly browned; pictorial boards white cloth back lettered in green corners lightly bruised else a remarkably well-preserved bright clean crisp copy. Bright copy of an early printing of the the author's first book first published 1878. Printed by Edmund Evans arguably the finest printer of British colour printed books of the late nineteenth century. Our dating is suggested by the printer's colophon later style on rear free endpaper recto. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Schuster & Engen 3a recording Warne editions 44 poems beginning 1900; Spielmann & Layard p.285 recording the first edition. Frederick Warne, hardcover
188833224London : George Routledge & Sons 1888. First Edition. Pictorially illustrated in colour by Kate Greenaway on every page and including five full-page coloured plates as well as other coloured illustrations throughout the text. 12mo publisher’s original pictorial boards backed in green cloth. 24 pp. A fine and unusually well preserved copy with extremely minor age mellowing. FIRST EDITION. A CHARMING AND DELIGHTFUL CALENDAR ALMANACK PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BY KATE GREENAWAY. This gem of a book includes scenes of childhood and floral designs. Poems by Herrick Ben Johnson Simon Wastell and Edmund Spenser. George Routledge & Sons hardcover
188149132Routledge 1881. Sm. 4to. First Edition First Issue with frontispiece illustrated half-title and title numerous fine coloured illustrations throughout and green endpapers; laminated pictorial boards bevelled edges green cloth back yapped edges corners bruised else a very good bright clean copy. Foster was Organist of the Foundling Hospital. Printed by Edmund Evans arguably the finest printer of British colour printed books of the late nineteenth century. Schuster & Engen 66.1a; Spielmann & Layard p.286. Routledge, hardcover
188110912<p>George Routledge and Sons. London. 1881. FIRST EDITION 1st issue. 4to 9.9 x 8.3 inches. Fully illustrated throughout with full colour illustrations some in and around the text. The printing by Edmund Evans the master of British colour printed books of the late nineteenth century. A very good copy in the publishers light green glazed boards with brown and yellow borders housing title panel and four sunflowers in the corners. Green cloth spine. Light green endpapers. Some rubbing to the corners and edges but still overall a very good copy of this charming title. -- Schuster & Engen 66.1a.</p> George Routledge and Sons. London. 1881 hardcover
187833926London: George Routledge & Sons 1878. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with color drawings and paintings by Kate Greenaway. 4to publisher's original dark green cloth over pictorially decorated boards. 64 pp. A well preserved copy which remains attractive clean internally hinges strong the book pleasing the illustrations and text-block in good order a bit of typical rubbing to the tips and extremities FIRST EDITION. With the publication of this book at the end of 1878 which features both original drawings and poetry Kate Greenaway’s success soared and she became a household name: “.now for the first time she was not hampered in her published work by adapting her fancy to the literary ideas of other people but was inspired by subjects which came red-hot from the furnace of her own imagination†Spielmann 61. Some of her loveliest art is contained within these pages along with quaint verses reminiscent of nursery rhymes. A scarce delight. George Routledge & Sons hardcover
1880355490715951London 1880. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London and New York 1880. First UK Edition. 382 Illustrations by Kate Greenaway printed by Edmund Evans verses by Mrs Sale Barker. Publisher's original beige cloth. Title on covers printed in brown with pictures representing the four seasons one in each corner stamped in colours. Blue end-papers yellow page edges. Overall a VG copy with some minor mottling to the cloth slight lifting to front board some neat manuscript entries and neat contemporary gift inscription dated 1881 to the presentation leaf. This copy accords with all the first edition points in Schuster & Engen 391a. In the VERY RARE pre-paid beige-coloured D/W designed to send the book through the post. This Book Post wrapper has printed lettering on the front panel 'BOOK POST for the United Kingdom Threehalfpence and the title below with dotted lines for the address. The D/W has a slither of loss at the head and tail of the spine and neat archival repairs to the verso. This BOOK POST wrapper is not mentioned in Schuster & Engen and must be exceedingly uncommon. hardcover
190510814Adam and Charles Black. London. 1905. NEW EDITION reprinted with minor alterations in December 1905 shortly after the first printing of October the same year. 4to. 9 x 6.6 inches. Fully illustrated with fifty three colour plates. each with a printed tissue guard and ninety mono illustrations. A fine and bright copy bound in attractive late twentieth century half dark green morocco. Spine with raised bands each decorated with gilt piping. The compartments are ruled lettered and decorated in gilt. Green cloth and ruled gilt borders on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A little light spotting to a few pages otherwise a near fine copy in a lovely leather binding. The binding is unsigned but is certainly the work of a master bookbinder. Adam and Charles Black. London. 1905 hardcover
1878042819London: George Routledge 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Pictorial boards with wear at edges of boards. Soiling in a few spots in margins but generally clean and bright; binding a little shaken and loose. The first issue with 'End of Contents" on page 14 and the imprint on the verso of title page. With a signed note from Greenaway 11 Pemberton Gardens dated 21 Nov 1881 and a lithographed card with an attractive Greenaway illustration laid in. <br /> <br /> The first of the two books that Greenaway both wrote and illustrated and the book that touched off the Greenaway vogue in book illustration. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Inventory No: 042819. George Routledge hardcover
1886046646London: George Routledge and Sons 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition. A proof copy of the first edition bound up in pale yellow buckram with original illustrated wrappers bound in - light soiling and discoloration to cloth internally nearly fine with some minor foxing small rubbed spot to rear wrapper discoloration to added endpapers. Along with a bright copy of the first edition light foxing very faint shelfwear. Both in a flannel lined morocco backed clamshell box. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Cooking Wine & Dining. Inventory No: 046646. George Routledge and Sons hardcover