Under the Window: Pictures and Rhymes for Children, first edition, first issue, colour illustrations, faintly soiled, publisher's cloth-backed green glazed pictorial boards, corners rubbed, DUST-JACKET, loss to spine panel, corners and folds [Schuster & Engen 201.1f], 4to, George Routledge, [1878]

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The first book both written and illustrated by Greenaway.

Provenance: Theodore Reginald Anstey (1875-1944), gift inscription from his godmother S. Wadd on verso of front free endpaper dated 6 November 1879.

Kate Greenaway: the Private Collection of the late Thomas Schuster
Lots 27-51

Thomas Schuster's interest in Kate Greenaway was kindled in the mid-1980s. In buying every Greenaway he could lay his hands on - both for his bookselling business and for his private collection - he noticed differences in binding, publisher, paper stock, etc., and decided to publish a book on the artist. Initially this was to record solely his own collection, but encouraged by Justin Schiller and after discussion with Rodney Engen, Schuster decided to collaborate with the latter and produce a catalogue raisonné of printed Kate Greenaway. Their study appeared in 1986.

Kate Greenaway's first full-length illustrated book, Under the Window, was published in 1879 and immediately triggered the "Greenaway vogue" as it was known. Some 70,000 copies were sold in England alone, and a further 30,000 in French and German editions. Within months of publication, it was pirated and spawned a network of copycat and spinoff items, although Greenaway and her printer-publisher Edmund Evans rode the wave of popularity and issued myriad books in varying formats and styles - with great commercial success.

By the 1890s, however, Greenaway had become disillusioned by the shameless imitation and exploitation of her style, and she tried to establish herself as a fine artist with gallery exhibitions. Limited success here, combined with a turbulent relationship with John Ruskin, left her a victim of faded popularity and frustrated ambitions. Her disappointment turned to illness, and she died aged fifty-five in 1901.

Today the Greenway child - angelic, round-faced, and in a long muslin gown and bonnet - has come to symbolise childhood innocence, and remains instantly recognisable.

(Adapted from Schuster's 'Preface' and Engen's 'Myth of Kate Greenaway', in their Printed Kate Greenaway: a Catalogue Raisonné, 1986)

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Johnston, Robert Travels Through Part of the Russian Empire and the Country of Poland, first edition, London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale, 1815.

X-15 & NEIL ARMSTRONG: 8 PHOTOGRAPHS

VIKING1 LANDER & ORBITER: 12 PHOTOGRAPHS 11 black and white and one (1) chromogenic color print, each 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 inches), as follows:

APOLLO 9: 3 PHOTOGRAPHS OF APOLLO/SATURN V SPACE VEHICLE ON THE LAUNCHPAD

APOLLO 9: 4 PHOTOGRAPHS OF LUNAR MODULE SPIDER & EARTH VIEWS

APOLLO 9: RUSTY SCHWEICKART'S SPACEWALK

APOLLO 12: 4 PHOTOGRAPHS OF APOLLO/SATURN ON THE LAUNCHPAD

APOLLO 14: 5 PHOTOGRAPHS OF LUNAR SURFACE, PREPARATIONS FOR LAUNCH

APOLLO 15: 3 PHOTOGRAPHS OF SIM MODEL, LAUNCH, AND LUNAR ROVING VEHICLE DURING EVA

APOLLO 16: EVA PANORAMA Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT: 4 PHOTOGRAPHS

GEMINI I: GEMINI-TITAN II LAUNCH Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

GEMINI V: GEMINI-TITAN V LIFTS OFF FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 19 Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

EARLY U.S. SPACE PROGRAM: 7 PHOTOGRAPHS OF LAUNCHES, 1958-1963 7 black-and-white photographs, each 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 inches), as follows:

MERCURY-ATLAS 2: LAUNCH, FEBRUARY 21, 1961 Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

MERCURY-ATLAS 6: LAUNCH OF FIRST CREWD AMERICAN ORBITAL SPACEFLIGHT Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

PROJECT MERCURY: 9 PHOTOGRAPHS OF PREPARATION, LAUNCH, AND RECOVERY

APOLLO 11: ALDRIN STANDING BESIDE LUNAR MODULE

APOLLO 11: BUZZ ALDRIN DESCENDING THE LUNAR MODULE LADDER

APOLLO 1: WATER EGRESS TRAINING

APOLLO 17: CERNAN SALUTES THE FLAG

APPLE COMPUTER, INC. THINK DIFFERENT: MAHATMA GANDHI. Printed vinyl banner with metal rail, 1562 x 692 mm, [Cupertino, c.1997/1998], the recto featuring an image of Mahatma Gandhi, the verso featuring "Apple" in white letters against a red ground.

GREENAWAY (KATE)
Under the Window: Pictures and Rhymes for Children, George Routledge, [1878]

Johnston, Robert
Travels Through Part of the Russian Empire and the Country of Poland, first edition, London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale, 1815.

VIKING1 LANDER & ORBITER: 12 PHOTOGRAPHS
11 black and white and one (1) chromogenic color print, each 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 inches), as follows:

APOLLO 16: EVA PANORAMA
Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

GEMINI I: GEMINI-TITAN II LAUNCH
Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

GEMINI V: GEMINI-TITAN V LIFTS OFF FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 19
Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

EARLY U.S. SPACE PROGRAM: 7 PHOTOGRAPHS OF LAUNCHES, 1958-1963
7 black-and-white photographs, each 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 inches), as follows:

MERCURY-ATLAS 2: LAUNCH, FEBRUARY 21, 1961
Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

MERCURY-ATLAS 6: LAUNCH OF FIRST CREWD AMERICAN ORBITAL SPACEFLIGHT
Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
THINK DIFFERENT: MAHATMA GANDHI.
Printed vinyl banner with metal rail, 1562 x 692 mm, [Cupertino, c.1997/1998], the recto featuring an image of Mahatma Gandhi, the verso featuring "Apple" in white letters against a red ground.