Under the Window
by Greenaway, Kate
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1878. Original quarter green cloth over pictorial boards, (9.5 x 7.5 inches). No Date [1878]. [4], 64 pages; illustrated in color. True First Edition/First Printing, with "End of Contents" on page 14 and the three illustrations on pages 21, 35 and 63 which were omitted in later printings. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans. INSCRIBED by author on front endpage, "Dear Willy, with Katie's Love... Oct. 1st, 1879." This is the book that made Greenaway famous, advancing her career to become one of the most influential women artists of her age. A binding a bit shaken as typical, showing general wear and rubbing to exterior, internally clean and bright.. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Kate Greenaway. Small Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005138
- Title
- Under the Window
- Author
- Greenaway, Kate
- Illustrator
- Kate Greenaway
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- Children's Books
- Size
- Small Quarto
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About the Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...