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Greenaway, Kate. A day in a child's life. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1881.

Price: US$15.60 + shipping

Condition: Poor

Description: Considerable wear to card boards and ffl is missing. Markings and small tears to most pages.

Seller: Bennor Books IOBA, Hexham, United Kingdom

Greenaway, Kate (illustrator). A Day in a Child's Life. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1881.

Price: US$19.50 + shipping

Description: Undated but presumed first edition. Hardback. 29pp. Green cloth spine over pale green boards with floral design. No jacket. Illustrations and decorations by Kate Greenaway. Music by Myles B. Foster (Organist at the Foundling Hospital). Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Book in fair condition. Ex reference library book. Boards generally soiled and rubbed with some edge wear. Printed bookplate of Newport Reference Libraries to front paste down. Small library sticker to rear free end paper and occasional small blind stamp. Some cracking at gutter. All pages present. Occasional minor soiling and a little very light spotting here and there.

Seller: Ariadne Books, PBFA, Eynsham, Witney, OXON, United Kingdom

Greenaway, (Kate - illustrator). A Day in a Childs Life. George Routledge, London c.1881, 1881.

Price: US$19.50 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Charming illustrations, Music by Myles B Foste (organist of The Foundling Hospital). Boards rubbed and one , one small tear to one of the pages. Size: Quarto. Category: Children; Britain/UK; 19th century; For further information on this title, click on the "Ask Bookseller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We will try to reply within two working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.

Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Greenaway, Kate. A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE. George Routledge and Sons, London, 1881.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Poor

Description: This antique hardcover children's book is bound in green boards. Front and rear cover have green and yellow illustrated paper covers. No spine lettering. Poor condition. Wear to the spine edges; cover has some wear as well. No external ex-lib. marks, but endpapers are stamped, as are half-title and title pages. Some inner page soil; browned pages; cracked hinges; edgewear; soil. Illustrated with beautiful color pictures by Kate Greenaway, this book contains songs and music for children. Pull tear on rear endpaper. 25 pages; approx. 8"x10".

Seller: Popeks Used and Rare Books, IOBA, Oneonta, NY, U.S.A.

Greenaway, Kate. A Day in a Child’s Life. London: George Routledge and Sons, no date (but 1881)., 1881.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition. Square quarto, illustrated, v, 6-29, (1), publisher’s green cloth-backed decorative papered boards, green endpapers (ownership signature dated Dec 24, 1881 at verso of ffep, covers wornand soiled with slight loss to crown, “rounding” to other corners, and ocasional chips along edges, hinges cracked but holding, moderate toning and finger soiling within, a good copy).

Seller: Joe Maynard, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.

FOSTER, Myles B.. A day in a child's life. George Routledge && Sons, 1881.

Price: US$57.21 + shipping

Description: First edition, 1881. Brief gift inscription on first blank page; otherwise a very good copy, with the usual light wear to corners. Overall bright and clean. Green paper covered boards with design in yellow and bevelled edges. Colour illustrations throughout by Kate Greenaway. Boards protected in clear removable film.

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Music by Myles B. Foster. A Day in a Child's Life. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1881.

Price: US$58.51 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Name inscription inside front-end paper dated Christmas 1881 - board surfaces and extremities rubbed, bumped, a little grubby, and somewhat worn - pretty sunflower illustrations and titles to covers - quarter bound with cloth which is rubbed and begging to fray at the ends - binding has some movement and has split between the front paste-down and the front end-paper - pages and illustrations are very flat and clean with only the occasional very light mark or foxing - good condition. Photo available on request.

Seller: Zebra Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Greenaway, Kate and Foster, Myles B.. A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE Illustrated by Kate Greenaway, Music by Myles B. Foster.. George Routledge and Sons, London, 1881.

Price: US$58.51 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Printed on laid paper and with original green endpapers. pp.30, with colour illustrations by Kate Greenaway and musical scores with words by Myles B. Foster (Organist of the Foundling Hospital). Green and yellow paper-covered boards and green cloth wraparound spine. Some light wear to corners and some very light spotting to first two leaves before title page. Rest of the pages are bright and clean. Paper has been pasted over original gift inscription at top front corner of first blank endpaper "coo from Aunt Pollie" which can be seen against a bright light shone through the paper. A very good-plus clean copy which may require extra overseas shipping.

Seller: C & J Read - Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

GREENAWAY, Kate. Music by Myles B. Foster.. A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE.. London George Routledge and Sons, 1881.

Price: US$62.41 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE (1881), small 4to, 250 x 215 mm, 9¾ x 8¼ inches, pages: (5), 6-29, (1), green cloth backed green glazed boards, bevelled edges, yellow sunflowers design, black and yellow ruled borders, all edges green, green endpapers, coloured frontispiece, colour illustrated title page and 29 pages of pretty coloured illustrations to songs, most with music. Corners and board edges slightly worn, head and tail of spine just slightly rubbed, boards lightly marked and with a few very light hair-line scratches, small graze to cream panel on lower cover, front inner paper hinge repaired with archival tape (image 2), early inscription on front pastedown, a few tiny ink spots on 2nd blank endpaper, tiny light spot to background of page 6, tiny ink mark to background of page 10 (Contents Table), closed tear 55 mm (2¼") to inner margin of 4 leaves (pages 17-24), each repaired expertly on verso, just affecting border illustration on page 17, no loss (see images,seems a binding flaw), tiny closed tear to final blank, contents clean. A very good copy. Schuster No. 66, 1a. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom

Kate Greenaway & Myles Foster. A Day in a Child's Life. George Routledge, 1881.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardback book (29 pages) with color illustrations by Kate Greenaway and music by Myles Foster. Published by George Routledge - no date listed, Iam guessing early 1880s.Boards show rubbing/light soiling with tips bumped - endpapers creased - spots of light foxing. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-13A-Bottom-L) rareviewbooks

Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.

GREENAWAY, Kate; FOSTER, Myles B.. A Day in a Child's Life. George Routledge and Sons [1881], London, 1881.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, royal octavo, half green cloth over illustrated green paper boards. Collection of songs with sheet music and lyrics by Mylse B. Foster, with color frontispiece and color illustrations throughout by Kate Greenaway. Very good, moderate wear, some staining to cover, front hinge cracked.

Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.

Greenaway, Kate, Myles B. Foster. A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE. George Routledge And Sons [ 1881 ], London & New York, 1881.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Square Octavo, [ 30 ] pages, 24.3 cm., bevelled edges, edgeworn, several of the final page numbers are faint or incomplete. Cover title in brown ink, with sun flowers at the corners, light green endpapers. [ Schuster & Engen, 66.1a; see Thomson 31a ]

Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Greenaway, Kate & Foster, Myles B.. A Day in a Child's Life. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1881.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First Edition, First Printing; no date given circa 1881, 30 pages illustrated throughout with colour lithograph vignettes, words and music to 9 songs; Charming Greenaway text illustrations and plates; musical compositions. Publisher 's original bevelled green pictorial boards with sunflower motif and green cloth backstrip; moderate wear at edges, heavier at tips; age-related soiling, green end papers; solid bindings; ownr's insc on flyleaf Size: 4 vo

Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.

Kate Greenaway. A Day In A Child's Life. George Routledge and Sons, London, 1881.

Price: US$75.92 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description:

Seller: Tormod Opedal, Sarpsborg, VIKEN, Norway

Greenaway, Kate. A Day in a Child's Life. George Routledge, London, 1881.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, with former owner signature on endpaper dated Dec. 21 1881. Minor wear with some nicks at edges, minor soil, text clean, light aging, few creases at rear endpaper.

Seller: Graver & Pen Rare Books, Midland, MI, U.S.A.

GREENAWAY Kate - Music by Myles B. Foster. A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE, I edizione 1881. Routledge & Sons s.d. ma 1881, London, 1881.

Price: US$91.15 + shipping

Description: Deliziose illustrazioni a colori a tutte le paginediKate Greenaway. George Routledge & Sons - London,I edizione s.d. ma 1881. Cartonato editoriale finemente decorato ai piatti con dorso in tela originale.Lievissime abrasioni ai margini delle copertine e qualche lieve fiorituradeltempo in poche pagine. Esemplare fresco, pulito e perfettamente legato. 21,5x25; pp.29. Raro e in Ottimo stato. , Molto buono (Very Good)

Seller: L'Angolo del Collezionista di B. Pileri, Rignano Flaminio, RM, Italy

Greenaway, Kate and Foster, Myles B.; Evans, Edmund. A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE.. George Routledge [1881]., London:, 1881.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 4to. 29pp. Original pale green glazed decorative boards with cloth spine. Green endpapers. Fully illustrated with music, offsetting to leaves with scattered foxing. Front board with some discoloration, edges with several minor bumps. Still very good.

Seller: Noushin Books & Company, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.

Greenaway, Kate. A Day in a Child s Life. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Music by Myles B. Foster. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. George Routledge and Sons, London, 1881.

Price: US$100.04 + shipping

Description: EA, gr 8°, Halblwd., ohne Paginierung (29 S.) - Einband angestaubt und an den Ecken leicht bestoßen, etwas stockfleckig

Seller: Graphem. Kunst- und Buchantiquariat, Berlin, Germany

Foster, Myles B.. A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE. George Routledge & Sons, 1881.

Price: US$102.39 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1st 1881. Good condition with no wrapper. Songs for a child's day with music. Colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 8.5 ". Green and yellow pictorial paper boards. 29 pages. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers grubby with light marks and scratches and foxing to edges. Bookseller's label to front pastedown. Faint erased writing to front endpaper and to verso. One hinge cracked. Light browning and a few fingermarks to contents. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom

Greenaway, Kate. A Day in a Child s Life. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Music by Myles B. Foster. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. London, George Routledge and Sons, 1881.

Price: US$111.15 + shipping

Description: Erste Ausgabe. Stellenweise etwas stockfleckig und mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Einbandecken etwas berieben und bestoßen 29, (1) Seiten mit zahlreichen Farbillustrationen und Musiknoten Farbillustr. Original-Halbleinen, 4°

Seller: Buch- und Kunst-Antiquariat Flotow GmbH, Ottobrunn, Germany

Greenaway, Kate. A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE. George Routledge [1881], London, 1881.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Coloured illustrations on every page. Music by Myles B Foster. Green glazed pictorial boards with sunflower design. Soiling to the boards and edgewear. Some light soiling to interior pages. Gatherings separated at several places. Schuster-Engen #66, p 53. [5] 6-29 [30] pp.

Seller: Neil Williams, Bookseller, Victoria, BC, Canada

GREENAWAY, Kate. A Day in a Child's Life. Routledge, London, 1881.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: Music by Myles B. Foster. 29 pages, each illustrated with colored text vignettes by Kate Greenaway, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Thin square 4to, original glazed pictorial boards with beveled edges; green cloth spine and green endpapers (covers somewhat soiled and edges are worn; inner hinge a bit weak; pages clean). London & New York: George Routledge, [1881]. First edition, first state. Overall a very good(-) copy, with the bookplate of Belle Kermit Roosevelt, and inscription "Kermit from Belle October 10, 1916"

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

[Greenaway]. A Day in a Child's Life. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Music by Myles B. Foster. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. George Routledge and Sons, London and New York, 1881.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Small 4to (9 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches). 29 pp. Illustrated from line drawings, marginal decorations, all in color; music and lyrics for nine songs describing a day in the life of a child. Gumuchian 2803 (for the first edition). Schuster 66, 1a. Very good. Original green cloth-backed color decorated boards (edges and corners a little bumped), green endpaper, all edges green. (9681).

Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.

GREENAWAY, Kate (illustrator) FOSTER, Myles B. ( music). A Day in a Child's Life. London George Routledge & Sons [1881], 1881.

Price: US$130.02 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Hardback. Green cloth spine with light green paper covered bevelled boards. Beautifully illustrated throughout with colour vignettes, words and music to nine charming songs. Boards are rubbed and book has been dropped at some point so top right corner has some creasing, otherwise good and clean. 29 pages. 250 x 215 mm (9¾ x 8½ inches).

Seller: Harrison-Hiett Rare Books, Richelieu, France

Greenaway, Kate. A Day in a Child s Life. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Music by Myles B. Foster. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. London, George Routledge and Sons, 1881.

Price: US$133.39 + shipping

Description: Erste Ausgabe. Nur vereinzelt schwach stockfleckig, sonst in sauberer Erhaltung, Einbandecken gering bestoßen 29, (1) Seiten mit zahlreichen Farbillustrationen und Musiknoten Farbillustr. Original-Halbleinen, 4°

Seller: Buch- und Kunst-Antiquariat Flotow GmbH, Ottobrunn, Germany

Greenaway, Kate & Foster, Myles B.. A Day in a Child's Life. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1881.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition, First Printing; no date given circa 1881, 30 pages illustrated throughout with colour vignettes, words and music to 9 songs; Charming Greenaway text illustrations and plates; musical compositions. Publisher 's original bevelled green pictorial boards with sunflower motif and green cloth backstrip;, green end papers; lite soiling; front hinge separated; ownr's insc on flyleaf; in mylar protective wraps Size: 4 vo

Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.

Greenaway, Kate (Illustrator). A Day In A Child'sLife; Engraved & Printed by Edmund Evans. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1881.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: 29 pages. 25 x 21 cm. Music by Myles B. Foster. Owner inscriptions front endpapers and one on half-title dated 1884. There are three leaves decorated in color prior to title page. Cover lightly soiled, nicks to front cover fore-edge and front cover foot. Orig. decorated and laminated light green boards. Very good

Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.

Greenaway, Kate (Illustrator). A Day In A Child'sLife; Engraved & Printed by Edmund Evans. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1881.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: 29 pages. 25 x 21 cm. Music by Myles B. Foster. Owner inscriptions front endpapers and one on half-title dated 1884. There are three leaves decorated in color prior to title page. Interior contents bright and fresh. Bookseller label, Myers & Co., Bond Street, London. Wear to backstrip extremities and corners, green endpapers. Orig. decorated and laminated light green boards with beveled edges. Very good

Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.

Greenaway, Kate (Illustrationen):. A Day in a Child's Life. Music by Myles B. Foster. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans.. London and New York: George Routledge and Sons. (1881)., 1881.

Price: US$154.27 + shipping

Description: 24,5x21 cm. 29 S., 1 w. Bl. mit farbigen Illustrationen und Noten. Originalhalbleinwand. Erste Ausgabe. - Einband etwas fleckig, berieben und an den Ecken bestossen mit Papierabsplitterungen. Vorsatz im Gelenk angerissen. Stellenweise schwach fingerfleckig. Sprache: englisch.

Seller: Daniel Thierstein, Biel, Switzerland

FOSTER, Myles B., music. A Day in a Child's Life. George Routledge and Sons, London, 1881.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo; [5], 6-29, [30]; glazed illustrated paper over beveled board with green cloth spine; green plain endpapers; 8 full page color illustrations with color illustrations on title page, content and through musical text; gift inscription to acknowledgement page [3]; light soiling overall to covers, scuffing to cover edges, bumping with paper loss to corners, age toning to pages; very good. Meets all points for First Edition except size is 24.6 cm, 24cm at bevel, no listings for this size. Size listed is 24.3cm (DPL, Thomson 31a.) (Schuster & Engen 66 1a.

Seller: Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.

Foster, Myles B. [music]; Greenaway, Kate [illustrator]. A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE. George Routledge and Sons [1881], London, 1881.

Price: US$180.00 + shipping

Description: Large Octavo, 29 pages; VG-/Poor; in green paper covered pictorial boards; dust jacket only has the front cover and front flap present, other parts missing, all edges tattered and worn; mild foxing to endpapers; scarce with any part of the jacket; First edition, first issue, with green boards and endpapers; shelved case 14. 1343036. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

GREENAWAY, Kate. A Day in a Child's Life. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1881.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first issue. Music by Myles B. Foster. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Quarto. Publisher's quarter green cloth and illustrated glazed light green paper-covered boards. Bookplate of noted collector and Grolier Club-member Charles C. Auchincloss, a bit of edgewear on the boards, a nice, very good or better copy lacking the very uncommon dustwrapper.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Greenaway, Kate. -.. A day in a child's life. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Music by Myles B. [Birket] Foster. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans.. London, George Routledge, [ ], 1881.

Price: US$222.31 + shipping

Description: London, George Routledge, [ 1881]. 29 S. Mit Noten, farb. Buchschmuck u. zahlr. tls. ganzseit. farb. Illustr. Gr.-8vo (25 x 21 cm). HLn. d. Zt. Erste Ausgabe (Osborne Collection 1, S. 63: ". it was in this book, that Kate Greenaway first showed her full power as a painter of flowers"; Bilderwelt 2252; Doderer, Lex. KJL I, S. 463). - 9 Lieder für Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung: Waking; The lesson; Playtime; Grace before meals; Song of a doll; A Romp; Tired; Child's prayer; Sleeping. - Myles Birket Foster (1851-1922), Sohn des gleichnamigen Malers, englischer Organist am Foundling Hospital, London, komponierte Kantaten u. Lieder für Kinder sowie Kirchenmusik. - Außen gering fleckig und berieben, Papier gering stockfleckig, Bindung gelockert, wenige tls. hinterlegte Randeinrisse)

Seller: Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel, Hamburg, Germany

Greenaway Kate. A day in a child s life. music by Miles B. Foster (Organist of the Founding Hospital). Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. George Routledge and Sons s.d. (1881), London - New York, 1881.

Price: US$222.31 + shipping

Description: Cartonato editoriale fig. a colori con ds. in tela. Tagli verdi. Ottimo esemplare. Prima edizione. 8vo (cm. 24,5), 29(1) pp. interamente illustrate a colori.

Seller: Libreria Ex Libris ALAI-ILAB/LILA member, Roma, Italy

GREENAWAY, Kate (illustrates). FOSTER, Myles B. ( music). A Day in a Child's Life. George Routledge, London, 1881.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A near fine copy of a first edition of Greenaway classic, lacking its uncommon dustjacket but lovingly preserved in glassine. Some wear to corners but the covers are fine and the inside shows littel if any sign if use. No names, inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus.

Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.

Foster, Myles B.. A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway, Music by Myles B. Foster.. George Routledge, n. d. [1881],, London,, 1881.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition unpaginated 32 pp., Illustrations Songs with Scores. Green cloth spine. Green decorated shiny paper on board, bevelled edges. Green end papers. Name on fep. Cloth spine worn with scrathces, Cover soiled, corners worn. binding firm. Light spotting on some pages. In good shape considering age.

Seller: Book Stage, Stratford, ON, Canada

GREENAWAY, Kate (illustrates). FOSTER, Myles B. ( music).. A Day in a Child's Life.. George Routledge, London. [1881], 1881.

Price: US$227.53 + shipping

Description: First edition. Quarto. 29 pages. Colour illustrations by Kate Greenaway engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Cloth-backed pale green glazed decorative boards. Covers slightly marked with some light rubbing to edges. Very good.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

(Greenaway, Kate). A Day in a Child's Life. Music by Myles B. Foster (Organist to the Foundling Hospital.). George Routledge and Sons, 1881.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. 29, [1, printer's imprint], [2, blank] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original light green glazed pictorial boards over green cloth, sunflower design on covers, green coated endpapers. Fine Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. 29, [1, printer's imprint], [2, blank] pp. 1 vols. 4to

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

GREENAWAY, KATE., Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. A Day in a Child's Life. London: George Routledge & Sons, 1881, 1881.

Price: US$260.03 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Bound in Cloth-backed Boards. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Not dated but 1881. Original pictorial boards with cloth spine. 29pp. Frontispiece, illus. Boards are very good with just very slight wear/chipping at corners.Very fresh inside with just one or two minor marks. Really a very good, highly acceptable copy with a small red mark on reverse. Thompson 31A. Schuster & Engen 66. Osborne 11:63 "Although the Times did not give a favourable review, it was in this book, that Kate Greenaway first showed her full power as a painter of flowers.".

Seller: Roe and Moore, London, United Kingdom

GREENAWAY, Kate. A Day in a Child's Life. George Routledge and Sons, London, 1881.

Price: US$272.35 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A really beautiful Victorian children's book with musical scores by Myles B. Foster (organist of the Foundling Hospital) to accompany 30+ superb colour illustrations around the theme of a day in a child's life. There are nine scenes: Waking, The Lesson, Playtime, Grace before Meals, Song of a Doll, A Romp, Tired, Child's Prayer and Sleeping. Illustrations by Kate Greenaway, the doyenne of Victorian children's illustrators. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans. .Glorious frontispiece - the largest illustration in the book. Quarter cloth and boards with bevelled edges. Measures 10" x 8.5" wide. Green, yellow, brown and orange pictorial boards with minor scuffing at edges and corners. Lime green endpapers, 2 tiny closed nicks. No other marks, inscriptions or defects. Overall a really pleasing book and very scarce in this lovely condition. They just don't make children's books like this any more!

Seller: MANOR COLLECTABLES, WOODHALL SPA, LINCS, United Kingdom

GREENAWAY. KATE. ; FOSTER. MYLES. B. Composes the Music.. A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE.. George Routledge and Sons. London. 1881, 1881.

Price: US$292.54 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. 4to (9.9 x 8.3 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with full colour illustrations, some in and around the text. The printing by Edmund Evans, the master of British colour printed books of the late nineteenth century. A very good in the publishers light green glazed boards with brown and yellow borders housing title panel and four sunflowers in the corners. Green cloth spine. Light green endpapers. Some rubbing to the corners and edges but still overall a very good copy of this charming title. -- Schuster & Engen 66.1a.

Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom

GREENAWAY, Kate; FOSTER, Myles B.. A Day in a Child's Life. [1881], 1881.

Price: US$421.25 + shipping

Description: First edition. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Music by Myles B. Foster (Organist of the Foundling Hospital). Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Original light green glazed pictorial boards with a charming design: yellow borders and sunflower design surrounding the central title. Green cloth spine, green endpapers. London, George Routledge & Sons. n.d. [1881]. Containing nine songs for voice and piano by Myles B. Foster detailing activities from a day in a child's life including ?Waking?, ?The Lesson?, ?Playtime?, ?A Romp?, ?Tired? and ?Sleeping? Beautifully illustrated throughout by Kate Greenaway, engraved and printed by her frequent collaborator the wood-engraver Edmund Evans. Minor marking and rubbing to boards. Small abrasions and one spot of soiling to front endpapers, inch long closed tear to rear free endpaper, minor gutter cracks. Overall an excellent example of Greenaway and Evans' combined genius.

Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom

Foster, Myles B.. A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE. George Routledge & Sons, 1881.

Price: US$428.54 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st 1881. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Songs for a child's day with music. Colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 8.5 ". Green and yellow pictorial paper boards. 29 pages. Boards a little foxed. A few finger marks to margins. Page 12 and facing page 13 has paper residue to bottom corners and small mark. Pictorial wrapper is foxed and torn at edges with loss including most of spine missing (of dustwrapper). Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom

GREENAWAY, Kate; Foster, Myles B.; Evans, Edmund. Day in a Child's Life, A.. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881, 1881.

Price: US$950.00 + shipping

Description: One of the Books That Relieved John Ruskin's Depression Rare in Dust Jacket [GREENAWAY, Kate]. FOSTER, Myles B. A Day in a Child's Life. Music by Myles B. Foster. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans. London: [n.d., 1881]. First edition. Quarto (9 11/16 x 8 1/4 in; 246 x 209 mm). Color-printed wood-engraved text illustrations, most accompanied with musical notations. Publisher's gray glazed pictorial boards, beveled edges with green cloth backstrip, light green coated endpapers, all edges stained blue. Minimal soiling and rubbing to board edges and corners only, small split to front inner hinge,otherwise an exceptionally clean and near fine copy. In the publisher's printed dust jacket with most of spine missing and small piece missing from front panel not affecting text or image. Thomson variant 31d with trellis-like border and garland of roses surrounding two seated girls. ".By Christmas, Ruskin had recovered and was ready to advise her. Although he was still depressed by his uncontrollable health.his depression was somewhat relieved by Kate's latest books. which rekindled his interest in her ability to depict children and reminded him of his departed beloved [little Rose La Touche]. Mother Goose had a title-page drawing of a baby lying in a basket of roses. A Day in a Child's Life was even more evocative, with its rose wreath half-title page; a blonde girl lying in bed, so reminiscent of a child Rose on her sick bed; and young girls in white frocks dancing over a hillside to 'A Romp' - so like his Winnington Hall frolics" (Engen p.81). Schuster & Engen 66. Thomson 31a. Engen, Kate Greenaway. A Biography.

Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.

GREENAWAY, Kate; Foster, Myles B.; Evans, Edmund. Day in a Child's Life, A.. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881, 1881.

Price: US$1100.00 + shipping

Description: One of the Books That Relieved John Ruskin's Depression Rare in Dust Jacket GREENAWAY, Kate. FOSTER, Myles B. A Day in a Child's Life. Music by Myles B. Foster. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans. London: [n.d., 1881]. First edition. Quarto (9 9/16 x 8 1/4 in; 243 x 208 mm). 29, [1, printer's slug] pp. Color-printed wood-engraved text illustrations, most accompanied with musical notations. Publisher's light green glazed pictorial boards, beveled edges with green cloth backstrip, light green coated endpapers, all edges stained green. In the publisher's printed dust jacket with some acid-free tape strengthening on the verso and a small (1 1/4 inch) piece chipped away from top of spine and one small chip (5/8 x 1/2 inch) on front panel not affecting text or image. Housed in a black cloth clamshell case, spine lettered in gilt. A very good copy. Thomson variant 31a with border of six narrow brown rules alternating with five yellow rules; inside border at each corner containing a yellow sunflower. ".By Christmas, Ruskin had recovered and was ready to advise her. Although he was still depressed by his uncontrollable health.his depression was somewhat relieved by Kate's latest books. which rekindled his interest in her ability to depict children and reminded him of his departed beloved [little Rose La Touche]. Mother Goose had a title-page drawing of a baby lying in a basket of roses. A Day in a Child's Life was even more evocative, with its rose wreath half-title page; a blonde girl lying in bed, so reminiscent of a child Rose on her sick bed; and young girls in white frocks dancing over a hillside to 'A Romp' - so like his Winnington Hall frolics" (Engen p.81). Schuster & Engen 66; Thomson 31d; Engen, Kate Greenaway. A Biography.

Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.