KATE GREENAWAY

M.H.SPIELMANN & G.S.LAYARD

Published by ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK / A & C Black, LONDON, 1905

About this Item

Blue Decorative cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, 230 x 170 mm approx, xx + 302 pp + 2 of publisher's adverts. Colour frontis with captioned tissue guard + 53 further colour plates inc. the illustrated nursery wall paper end papers, 34 b/w plates and 56 line drawings in text all as called for. First Edition 1905 ( 20 s. Series, 3,000 copies - Inman).Biography of the Victorian Illustrator with many of her paintings and drawings together with copious extracts of her correspondence with John Ruskin with whom she had a longstanding friendship. (Book- Significant fading to spine and some uneven fading to boards, moderate shel wear mainly to head and tail, professionally repaired tear of 6 cm to free front end paper near gutter, slight damage to opposing colour plates pp 64/65 - see images, binding sound with no other notable defects). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Seller Inventory # 126688

Bibliographic Details

Title: KATE GREENAWAY

Publisher: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK / A & C Black, LONDON

Publication Date: 1905

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition