
Kate Greenaway: the Private Collection of the late Thomas Schuster
Lot 185•
GREENAWAY (KATE) Kate Greenaway's Alphabet, 106 copies, George Routledge, [c.1885] (106)
23 March 2022, 14:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£600 - £800
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GREENAWAY (KATE)
Kate Greenaway's Alphabet, 106 copies, first editions, comprising 3 copies of the first issue, and 103 of issue 1c, colour illustrations throughout by Greenaway, publisher's printed boards and stiff wrappers, 1c issues mostly with green-turquoise edges but some variation, one of the 1a spines splitting with loss, contained within 2 brown paper packets and a contemporary dark green morocco box with gilt Greenaway designs of children playing badminton [Schuster & Engen 23.1a and 23.1c], 24mo, George Routledge, [c.1885] (106)
Footnotes
A cache of Kate Greenaway's Alphabet, nearly all in unopened, unread condition.