Kate Greenaway. SPIELMANN (M.H.) LAYARD (G.S.)

WITH AN ORIGINAL KATE GREENAWAY ILLUSTRATION

Illustrated with 53 colour plates with accompanying printed tissue guards, 34 black and white plates, 56 text illustrations and an original pencil illustration by Kate Greenaway, signed by John Greenaway.

Edition De Luxe Presentation Copy. 4to. [275 x 220 x 50 mm]. [1]f, xix, [i], 301 pp. Bound in the publisher's white cloth, the front board and spine lettered in gilt and blind stamped, illustrated endpapers by Kate Greenaway, top edge gilt. (Boards faintly soiled, front hinge slightly frail but holding).

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905

Half title and frontispiece with professionally repaired corners, the odd knock to the bottom edge of the text block, otherwise a clean and pleasing copy in very good condition.

One of 50 unnumbered copies for presentation, signed by John Greenaway with an original illustration by Kate Greenaway of three women sitting on a bench, two singing from a book and the other playing an instrument.

An important biography of Kate Greenaway (1846-1901), focusing upon her working career, public exhibitions and her friendships with the likes of John Ruskin and Randolph Caldecott.

Stock no. ebc9340