Speilmann Layard (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Second Printing. Profusely illustrated with with 52 full-colour guarded plates, 34 full page black and white plates numerous illustrations in the text. Bound in decorated blue cloth, TEG. Although the book is dated Dec 1905 and identified as the second printing it is actually the third printing from 1913, lacking the Greenaway endpapers. Inman 33. Very light wear although the spine and edges of the boards are sunned and faded. A handsome book and a useful reference. 301 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. kate Greenaway (illustrator). 1st Edition. Published by Adam & Charles Black in 1905. A First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 23 x 17 x 4.5 cms or 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches. Page number: 301. A fine looking book with blue cloth cover, leather spine and corners, three raised bands to the spine and gilt top edge and lettering. The endpapers are reproduced from an original wallpaper design that featured a Greenaway pattern. The pages within are illustrated with 53 full-page colour illustrations and 90 full-page and inset in 90 in black and white. A comprehensive book with chapters covering the whole of Greenaway's life, her relationship with Ruskin, exhibitions and prodigious output. Condition: Very Good. The cover is a little worn at the corners and spine but remains clean and smart. The front hinge is just beginning to crack at the base but the binding remains strong. The pages within are clean and give the appearance of being unread. Only the endpapers, text block and bottom edge are lightly foxed. An inscription, written in ink, on the first endpaper reads ' Fraces Dorothy Hague. With love from Mother Xmas 1905'. A heavy book that might require additional postage if sent outside the U.K.