Mother Goose or The Old Nursery Rhymes Illustrated by Kate Greenaway; as originally engraved and printed by Edmund Evans

Kate Greenaway

Verlag: George Routledge and Sons, New York, 1887

Beschreibung

"Author's Edition." American edition. No date listed but the publication date has been narrowed down to 1887 to 1890 through known publisher details for this time period: publisher is listed as 'George Routledge and Sons.' and Routledge did not list the New York street address on the title page. Small book; 5" x 7"; 48 pp. Blue cloth spine with tan glazed pictorial boards with identical chromolithographed illustration of mother with her child on her lap on both the back and front boards. Head and heel of the spine both have a small chip. All corners bumped through. Olive green endpapers. Former owner's name neatly written at top of first free endpaper in pencil. All page edges pink. Table of contents printed on front free endpaper verso. Full color illustrations on every page throughout the book, including an illustrated half title and title page. Dedication page is illustrated: "Dedicated to Lily and Eddie". Colophon on back free endpaper: "Drawn on Stone & Printed by Wemple & Company Art Lithographers New York." Pages are ivoried with age but smooth and clean with no marks or tears. Binding is sound. Lovely Kate Greenaway early edition in Very Good condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1622426603990

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Mother Goose or The Old Nursery Rhymes ...

Verlag: George Routledge and Sons, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1887

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good