
Kate Greenaway: the Private Collection of the late Thomas Schuster
Lot 182•
GREENAWAY (KATE) Almanack for 1883-[1895] and 1897, a complete set with some variants, together 18 vol.; and 2 others, preserved together in a purpose-made morocco-backed box (20)
23 March 2022, 14:30 GMT
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GREENAWAY (KATE)
Almanack for 1883-[1895] and 1897, a complete set with some variants, together 18 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, colour illustrations by Kate Greenaway, 1889 upper hinge weak, 14.12b contents loose and loss to endpaper, 1897 diary partially filled out, various publisher's bindings, some t.e.g. or g.e., overall good copies [Schuster & Engen 3-16], 12mo & oblong 12mo, [George Routledge and J.M. Dent, 1883-1897]; Kate Greenaway's Alphabet, [Schuster & Engen 22.1c but with only the top edge turquoise], George Routledge, [c.1885]; and another, seemingly a trial proof of 8 illustrations for the 1894 Almanack, bound without any text in patterned cloth, all preserved together in a purpose-made morocco-backed box (20)
Footnotes
Almanacks comprise: 1883 [Schuster & Engen 3.1a], 1884 [4.2b, 4.2c and 4.2e], 1885 [5.3a and 5.3c], 1886 [6.4c], 1887 [7.5a], 1888 [8.6b], 1889 [9.7a], 1890 [10.8a], 1891 [11.9a], 1892 [12, unlisted variant with dark blue cloth spine and teal endpapers], 1893 [13.11b], 1894 [14.12a or 12c, and 12b], 1895 [15.13a], 1897 [16.14a].