Kate Greenaway
by M. H. Spielmann; G. S. Layard
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905 . Cloth. Good. 9" by 6" . Kate Greenaway. M. H. Spielmann and G. S. Layard's biographical work on the popular Victorian artist Kate Greenaway, illustrated with full colour plates depicting the artist's work. Reprint with minor alterations. First printed the same year in October. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, monochrome plates and vignettes and fifty three colour plates. Collated complete. This work was written by M. H. Spielmann and G. S. Layard and provides a biographical account of the life of artist Kate Greenaway with descriptions of her work. Greenaway was an English Victorian artist who was best known for her beautiful children's book illustrations. In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally sound with fading to the spine with closed tears and minor loss to the cloth to the head, bumping to the extremities, rubbing to the extremities to the tail of the boards and the odd minor mark. The odd minor handling mark to the endpapers with the odd spot to the rear with a bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Internally pp. xi disbound but present, otherwise generally firmly bound with cords showing in places and pp. 88 tender. Pages lightly age toned, heavier to the half title, and generally clean with a mark to the index and advertisements. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 887Z10
- Title
- Kate Greenaway
- Author
- M. H. Spielmann; G. S. Layard
- Illustrator
- Kate Greenaway
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- First edition Illustrated Artist Art Illustrated Victorian M. H. Spielmann
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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