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GREENAWAY, Kate, illustrator (1846-1901). Almanack for 1883 [-1895]. London: George Routledge, [1882-1894]. -- Almanack & Diary for 1897. London: J.M. Dent, [1896].
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GREENAWAY, Kate, illustrator (1846-1901). Almanack for 1883 [-1895]. London: George Routledge, [1882-1894]. -- Almanack & Diary for 1897. London: J.M. Dent, [1896].
23 volumes (including duplicate copies for the years 1883, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1892, 1893 and 1894), 24o and 12o. Illustrated by Greenaway. Various original and variant bindings of glazed pictorial boards, cloth, or imitation leather, 1884 volume in original wrappers, (one copy for 1887 in green leather and one copy for 1893 in paper wrappers not listed in Schuster and Engen), some edges gilt (overall some light wear and soiling); one copy for 1885, 1886, and 1893 in paper dust wrappers; blue cloth slipcase. Provenance: Estelle Doheny (bookplate in 1893 Almanack).
FIRST EDITIONS. Schuster and Engen 3-16. [With:] GREENAWAY. Original pen and ink drawing of two girls framed within a wreath of flowers, 113 x 88 mm, signed "KG," matted and framed (some minor browning, not affecting image). Provenance: lengthy pencilled notation on verso of drawing indicating that Greenaway sent this drawing and others to a woman named May, who lived in Duchess County, New York, in 1894.
23 volumes (including duplicate copies for the years 1883, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1892, 1893 and 1894), 24
FIRST EDITIONS. Schuster and Engen 3-16. [With:] GREENAWAY. Original pen and ink drawing of two girls framed within a wreath of flowers, 113 x 88 mm, signed "KG," matted and framed (some minor browning, not affecting image). Provenance: lengthy pencilled notation on verso of drawing indicating that Greenaway sent this drawing and others to a woman named May, who lived in Duchess County, New York, in 1894.
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Please note that one Almanack for 1894 is a PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY KATE GREENAWAY on the half-title: "Kate Dadd From Aunt Kitty. Dec. 23, 1893."