Kate Greenaway

Limited Edition, no. 141/500. Featuring an original sketch by Kate Greenaway, signed by John Greenaway. Cream cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Boards are marked and generally grubby. Corners bumped and worn. Wear to board edges. Spine is age darkened with bumping to ends. Top half of spine has come loose and is only attached to rear board. Page edges are slightly grubby. Top edge gilt. Decorative endpages. Previous owner's mark. Front inner hinge is cracked but holding. Rear inner hinge is cracked but holding. Textblock is cracked, some pages detached with subsequent damage to edges. Colourful frontispiece is detached but present. Quite tatty around all the edges. Tissue paper protection intact. Some slight foxing to the preliminary/ final pages. 301 pp. 35 b/w illustrations. 53 colour illustrations. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 2544g. (YBP Ref: 025603:1-B3)

• Author: SPIELMANN, M H; LAYARD, G S
• Illustrator: Kate Greenaway
• Publisher: Adam and Charles Black
• Condition: Good
• Jacket Condition:
• Size: 4to - over 9 3/4in - 12in Tall
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Limited Edition
• Published in: London
• Published Date: 1905
• Edition: 1st Edition
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• Language: English