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GREENAWAY, Kate : UNDER THE WINDOW

GREENAWAY, Kate. UNDER THE WINDOW. Pictures and rhymes for children. London: George Routledge & Sons, [1878]. First edition, first printing, of the first book Greenaway wrote as well as illustrated. Small 4to., Original green glazed pictorial boards with dark green cloth backstrip. Some wear to the perimeters, light foxing to a few early pages, a small tear at the inner hinge of the front flyleaf, but overall a very good collectible copy. (Schuster & Engen 201.1a)., Very Good

GREENAWAY, Kate : UNDER THE WINDOW

GREENAWAY, Kate. UNDER THE WINDOW. Pictures and rhymes for children... As originally engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. New York: George Routledge and Sons, [n.d., c. 1880]. First American edition. Small 4to., illustrated glazed paper boards, backed in blue cloth. Internally clean and bright. However, the binding has darkened, with edgewear to boards and spinal ends. Hinges are cracked and the book is shaken. An acceptable copy. (Schuster and Engen 201.2a)., Acceptable

GREENAWAY, Kate : UNDER THE WINDOW

GREENAWAY, Kate. UNDER THE WINDOW. Pictures and rhymes for children. London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co., [N.D., circa 1900?]. Later printing, with six of the original fifty poems from the first edition omitted. 56pp. 4to., white cloth-backed decorated boards. Front and rear covers: title in white, brown outline on olive green ground, surrounded by a procession of children printed in colors on white ground, border printed in olive green. White cloth spine with title printed in olive green. Pictorial endpapers, all edges stained. This is a very good copy, internally clean; the boards are mildly soiled and show some edgewear. Bookplate to front pastedown. (Schuster & Engen 150.3a)., Very Good

GREENAWAY, Kate : UNDER THE WINDOW

GREENAWAY, Kate. UNDER THE WINDOW. Pictures and rhymes for children. London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., [n.d., circa 1900]. Later printing, contains all fifty of the poems included in the first edition. 64pp. Small 4to., pictorial glazed paper covered boards backed in blue cloth. Front and rear boards: title and author, printed in red and black on a green ground; surrounded by a procession of children printed in beige and shaded with pale pink on a brown ground; border is printed in green. A very good copy that shows light rubbing at the boards and spine ends, slight wear at the corners. Tear with loss of lower corner at ffep., and prelims., not affecting text. Internally clean and bright. Binding slightly shaken. (The title-page is clearly imprinted by Warne & Co.; however, internally this copy agrees with Schuster and Engen 201.1b)., Very Good

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