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KATE GREENAWAY'S BOOK OF GAMES
Written by Kate Greenaway. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1327749
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Blue/green pictorial boards. Plain endpapers. Colour illustrations. Traditional games. Covers are edge worn. There is some slight chipping to the paper covering at front edge of spine. Rear edge of spine is darkened. Spine is slightly browned and worn. Old tape repairs to a few pages. Some hinges pulled causing contents to be slightly loose. Damp stains to top edges of last couple of pages. Name in ink to front free-endpaper.

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KATE GREENAWAY'S ALPHABET
Written by Kate Greenaway. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1326670
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

A miniature book 2.75 x 2.5". Yellow pictorial boards. All edges olivine. Illustrated letter to each page. Later printing. Front cover very slightly grubby. Some light foxing else contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce little book.

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THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
Written by Robert Browning. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325612
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 8.5". ISBN: 0723205868. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and has an edge tear to rear panel.

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THE ENGLISH SPELLING-BOOK
Written by William Mavor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325430
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1885. Almost very good condition.

Accompanied by a progressive series of easy and familiar lessons. Pictorial boards. B/w text illustrations. 108 pages. Covers are a little grubby and worn. Circular cup(?) mark to front cover. Endpapers are lightly browned. Contents are clean.

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QUEEN VICTORIA'S JUBILEE GARLAND
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325429
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1887. Good condition.

Small, oblong format. Cardwraps held together with a silk ribbon. 4 colour plates. Covers are grubby. Silk ribbon has been replaced with silver paper(?). Some grubby marks inside covers but plates still bright and clean.

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UNDER THE WINDOW PICTURES AND RHYMES FOR CHILDREN
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325428
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1900. Fair condition.

Dark green cloth spine, pictorial boards. Green endpapers. 64 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some slight loss of surface paper to spine corners of front cover. Cover edges worn. Hinges are pulled causing binding to be loose. Some page margin tears and light stains.

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MOTHER GOOSE OR THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325426
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1881. Good condition.

2nd issue of 1st edition. Pink cloth spine. Green lattice to cream cloth covers. Upside Down 'G' to Goose on front cover. Olive green endpapers. 2nd issue of the first edition. Covers are grubby with bumping to spine and corners. Name in ink (partially erased) to front free-endpaper. Hinges are cracked and pulled (showing stitching beneath) but the binding is still generally tight. Some pages are slightly grubby.

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325425
Published by George Allen. 1st 1885. Good condition.

A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Brown cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts. With new illustrations by Greenaway. 3rd issue of first edition. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed and marked. Front joint is cracked, hinges pulled showing stitching beneath but binding still tight. This is a well loved edition and the pages are quite grubby in places.

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TOPO
Written by G.E. Brunefille. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325424
Published by Marcus Ward & Co.. 1881. Good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 44 pen and ink drawings 7 x 5.25". 140 pages plus 4 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Some light stains to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Joints cracked. Endpapers browned. Textblock is grubby. Some fingermarks to page margins.

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KATE GREENAWAY
Written by M.H. Spielmann; G.S. Layard. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1825653
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1905. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe limited edition of 500 copies, SIGNED by Kate Greenaway's brother, John Greenaway. Cream cloth with gilt titles and blind decorations. With an original sketch by Kate Greenaway. Beautiful plates that have captioned page guards. Spine browned and worn with fraying to top & tail. Boards are grubby. Text block browned. Joints cracked but binding tight. SIGNED by John Greenaway and number 275 (?) of 500. Some minor foxing and age related marks presnt. All plates present. Plate on page 88 has a repaired closed tear which does not affect the actual illustration. Plate and tissue guard facing page 166 is creased at edges with a few tiny closed tears.

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A TREASURY OF KATE GREENAWAY
Written by Kate Greenaway. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1824950
Published by Robert Frederick Ltd.. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

A collection of extracts from favourites by Greenaway (including Apple Pie, Mother Goose, Under the Window etc). Large format. Title to boards is A Treasury of Kate Greenaway Stories. White pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 265 pages, printed on yellow paper. ISBN: 0907789137. Two or three pages has a tiny closed tear to lower margin. Else a fine copy.

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ALMANACK FOR 1884
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323507
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1884. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour frontis and decorated title page. A colour picture every page, printed by Edmund Evans. Post Office regulations at end. A sweet little book. Covers are grubby and rubbed at edges. Light foxing to contents.

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