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London:: George Routledge And Sons,, 1888.. First edition.. publisher's cloth-backed boards illustrated in color.. A little dust-soiled (more so at the rear board); otherwise a fine copy.. 16mo,. Illustrated in color by Kate Greenaway..

London : 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.

N.P. [London]: George Routledge & Sons. Original glazed pictorial boards. 24 pp. 3" by 4". Both covers have a picture of the back view of two women, stairs, and rose bushes, printed in colors, and the title, author's name, and a triple-line border, printed in brown. Page edges and endpapers are blue, but the spine is pink. Tiny corner chip on the front pastedown, small, faint spot on the first four leaves, else Near Fine. Nice copy. Corresponds exactly to Schuster 6a. Corresponds to Thomson 52a in all respects except for the pink spine. Part of a bookseller's private Greenaway collection purchased by us from her estate. . Near Fine. Hard Bound. First Edition. 1888.

London: George Routledge & Sons.. We have been unable to find any record of this binding: Heavy tan card stock (with scalloped edges) with cover and pages held together with a white ribbon. Centered at the top is a girl at an open window with a bird approaching her outstretched hand. A branch is along the left side of the window. The illustration is not a pastedown and seems to be handcolored. The branch is gold and the leaves green. The window behind the girl is black and to her right grey. The bird is an exquisite miniature in gold, blue, and red. The window frame is brown, and there is rose shading along the bottom and right hand side of the window frame. 24 pp. not counting the covers. 3" by 4". Back cover is blank. All pages but the half title on page 1 have color illustrations.Poetry by Spenser, Wastell, and Jonson. 11 illustrations signed "KG." Tiny chips on outer corners of front cover, Very Good. This version of the Almanack for 1888 not in Schuster or Thomson. We have… Read More