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ALMANACK for 1885
by Greenaway, Kate
- Used
- fair
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Topsfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1885. First Edition. Boards. Fair. Kate Greenaway. Kate Greenaway. First Edition. [24] pages. 4 x 3 inches. Original cream coloured glazed pictorial boards. Yellow cloth spine and turquoise endpapers. Page edges tinted yellow. Spine worn with insect damage and soiling. Covers with some loss to glazing but generally presentable although lightly soiled. Occasional penciled scribbles internally. Front hinge cracked top half, rear hinge sound. Nice Paris bookseller ticket of Librairie Galignani (Engl. & Americ Books) on front pastedown. Boards. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans.
Schuster & Engen's first issue (5-3a).
LITERATURE:
Schuster, Thomas E. and Engen, Rodney: "Printed Kate Greenaway, A Catalogue Raisonne", London: 1986. p 30.
Schuster & Engen's first issue (5-3a).
LITERATURE:
Schuster, Thomas E. and Engen, Rodney: "Printed Kate Greenaway, A Catalogue Raisonne", London: 1986. p 30.
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- Bookseller
- Kuenzig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28929
- Title
- ALMANACK for 1885
- Author
- Greenaway, Kate
- Illustrator
- Kate Greenaway
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1885
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Kuenzig Books
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Topsfield, Massachusetts
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