Kate Greenaway.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. First Edition. First, De Luxe Edition, #236 of 500 hand-numbered copies.
Signed twice by John Greenaway, the artist’s brother. With an original drawing by Kate Greenaway in pencil captioned “Nimble Dick” tipped into window mount, as issued.
Color-printed frontispiece and 53 plates after Greenaway, and numerous other illustrations and facsimiles after Greenaway and others.
The exhaustive reference work on Greenaway.
4to. [i-iii], v-xx, 301pp. Schuster & Engen 226. Good plus in original cream cloth top edge gilt with soiling, spine slightly darkened and tears to spine cloth, wear to extremities, hinges starting. Item #332
Price: $600.00