London & New York (1937): Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1937. Reprint . Illustrated Boards. Near Fine Book/Very Good + Dust Jacket. 9 7/8" Tall. Kate Greenaway in Color. A bright, clean copy in dustjacket. Schuster & Eigen 201 -3b (1937) Light olive and white glazed pictorial boards; front cover with title in white, black outline, on olive background, surrounded by children printed in colors, border printed in gold, beige cloth spine with title (in black), pictorial endpapers, all edges white, "Copyright, all rights reserved" on verso of front endpaper, "81.245" at base of title page. With the dustjacket, externally identical to boards except that border is olive rather than gold, front flap blank except for statement that it was printed in Great Britain, rear flap with text and a list of five Greenaway titles. Colophon states it is engraved and printed by Edmund Evans, Ltd., Rose Place, Globe Road, London, E.1. A well-preserved copy, entirely clean, with only damage being a 1/8" point of fraying at each of two lower foredge tips. Dustjacket similarly well-preserved, just a touch of paper loss at tips, and a 2" closed tear on rear panel, price-clipped; early dust jackets are scarce in collector's condition.

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Bookseller: Arroyo Seco Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006152
Title: Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children
Author: Greenaway, Kate
Illustrator: Kate Greenaway in Color
Format/Binding: Illustrated Boards
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine Book
Jacket Condition: Very Good + Dust Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Place of Publication: London & New York (1937)
Date Published: 1937
Size: 9 7/8" Tall
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: General
Bookseller catalogs: Childrens Books 1901-1950;

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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Colophon: The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...