Kate Greenaway / by M.H. Spielmann and G.S. Layard
1905, First Edition. London : Adam and Charles Black. Good copy only in the original colour-printed and gilt-blocked cloth boards, now heavily sun-toned around the spine and with a long split along much of the rear joint. Boards somewhat rubbed at the edges. Both hinges cracked, with mull holding secure. Internally bright and clean; colour plates with descriptive letterpress tissue-guards. Despite heavy external wear, an internally sound and well-preserved copy overall. Item #458730
Physical description: xix, 300 pages, 78 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm. Subjects: Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901. Illustrators - England - Biography. Watercolorists - England - Biography. Women illustrators - Great Britain - Biography. Children's literature - Illustrations. Illustrated books - Great Britain - 19th century - Bibliography.
Price: €30.00