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. ALMANACK FOR 1883. George Routledge & Sons, 1883.
Price: US$53.90 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1883. Good condition with no wrapper. Cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout, some full-page. 4 x 3 inches. Wear to cover edges with some loss of surface paper. Front cover is lightly faded. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
. ALMANACK FOR 1883. George Routledge & Sons, 1883.
Price: US$80.85 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1883. Good condition with no wrapper. Cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout, some full-page. 4 x 3 inches. Covers are edge worn with scratch marks to rear cover. Light page browning and foxing else contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
. ALMANACK FOR 1883. George Routledge & Sons, 1883.
Price: US$94.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1883. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Cream imitation morroco covers. Yellow endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout, some full-page. 4 x 3 inches. Covers slightly grubby. Small split/loss to base of spine and small teeth(?) mark to top edge of rear cover. Contents are foxed. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Description: Publisher's special binding of decorated imitation ivory morocco covers, stamped in gilt, pink and green with eleven children standing in a circle and holding hands to upper and lower covers, rounded spine, all edges gilt, custard yellow end papers. 16mo 4" x 3" unpaginated. The first in the series of fifteen Almanacks by Kate Greenaway. Four full-page and smaller colour illustrations throughout. In Very Good clean and bright condition, no envelope. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
. ALMANACK FOR 1883. George Routledge & Sons, 1883.
Price: US$101.05 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1883. Very good condition with no wrapper. Cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout, some full-page. 4 x 3 inches. Corners are bumped. Some grubby marks to covers. Uneven fading to covers. Foxing throughout. Part of stitching to middle of book is starting to come a little loose. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$109.08 + shipping
Description: First edition in publisher's original full colour illustrated paper covered boards over quarter yellow cloth, Dartmouth green end papers and page edges with three children standing holding hands to the front and rear covers, rounded spine. 16mo 4'' x 3''. The first in the series of fifteen Almanacks by Kate Greenaway. Full-page colour frontispiece, 24 unpaginated pages, four full-page and smaller colour illustrations throughout. In Very Good clean and bright condition, no envelope. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Greenaway, Kate. Kate Greenaway s Almanack of 1883. George Routledge, London, 1883.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Kate Greenaway s Almanack of 1883. First edition in pictorial boards. First year of Greenaway s annual almanacks. Publisher: George Routledge, London. 3 x 4 inches. In near fine condition, some toning to the covers. Color illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Wonderful copy of a scarce fragile item. Inventory #21-138. Price: $225.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1539.92 + shipping
Description: A collection of 13 almanacks by Greenaway, held in a clamshell case in the style of book, with green leather spine and marbled boards. A little rubbing to the edges of the box. The almanacks are all in french with the exception of 1884, which is in a different format and in English. (this one is in a soft cover and sized 13cm x 9cm, the rest are in hardback and size 10cm x 7.5cm) with no wrappers. All are in good, clean condition, with just a touch of handling and edgewear. This is a near complete set of this series of childrens books. "The beginning of 1883 had seen the publication of Kate Greenaways first Almanack. Published at one shilling by George Routledge & Sons, and of course engraved and printed in colours by Mr. Edmund Evans, it achieved an enormous success, some 90,000 copies being sold in England, America, France, and Germany" (Spielmann and Layard, 122). This set comprises each year to 1895 in their French editions. There was no almanack issued in 1896. A final one (not present here) was issued in a glassine wrapper in 1897. 140 by 100mm (5½ by 4 inches). . Une collection de 13 almanachs de Greenaway, présentés dans un étui à clapet en forme de livre, avec dos en cuir vert et plats marbrés. Un petit frottement sur les bords de la boite. Les almanachs sont tous en français à l'exception de 1884 qui est dans un format différent et en anglais. (celui-ci est dans une couverture souple et mesure 13 cm x 9 cm, le reste est en couverture rigide et mesure 10 cm x 7,5 cm) sans emballage. Tous sont en bon état de propreté, avec juste une touche de manipulation et d'usure des bords. Il s'agit d'un ensemble presque complet de cette série de livres pour enfants. « Le début de 1883 avait vu la publication du premier almanach de Kate Greenaway. Publié à un shilling par George Routledge & Sons, et bien sûr gravé et imprimé en couleurs par M. Edmund Evans, il obtint un énorme succès, quelque 90 000 exemplaires se vendant en Angleterre, en Amérique, en France et en Allemagne » (Spielmann et Layard, 122). Cet ensemble comprend chaque année vers 1895 leurs éditions françaises. Il n'y a pas eu d'almanach publié en 1896. Un dernier (non présent ici) a été publié dans une enveloppe en cristal en 1897. 140 par 100 mm
Seller: Harrison-Hiett Rare Books, Richelieu, France
Greenaway, Kate.. Almanacks.. London: George Routledge & Sons, 1883-95., 1883.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: Catherine ÒKateÓ Greenaway (1846-1901) was a painter and illustrator whose artworks appeared in dozens of books over the course of her career, including volumes of poetry and short fiction by Robert Browning and Bret Harte. Her work also appeared in fashion and dcor: the department store Liberty of London adapted her designs into a popular line of clothing for children; in addition, many middle-class families who were enamored with GreenawayÕs work decorated their childrenÕs bedrooms with wallpaper printed with her art. GreenawayÕs Almanack series was wildly popular in the United States and much of Europe: the 1883 edition alone sold 90,000 copies. An additional almanac was published in 1897, though no almanac was published in 1896. Fourteen volumes, thirteen twentfourmo, one twelvemo. Color illustrations throughout. PublisherÕs glazed paper boards with illustrations. 1889 volume is bound in publisherÕs brown cloth boards. 1884, 1886, and 1892 volumes are bound in imitation vellum and, along with the 1889 volume, gilt-edged and lettered in gilt on front boards. 1884 volume is a 12mo stitched pamphlet. Slight rubbing at edges and some rubbing on boards of the 1889, 1893, and 1895 volumes. Light foxing, as usual. Some damp staining on back board of 1888 volume. Additionally, some staining on endpapers of 1890 volume, but in general the 1890 and 1891 volumes are remarkably bright and clean. Overall a very good set of sound volumes with clean, bright illustrations throughout. In a custom red full morocco pull-apart case with chemise, stamped in gilt on spine and cover and lettered in gilt on spine, produced in the mid-twentieth century by W. Root & Son Binders, London. A set of fourteen Kate Greenaway almanacs plus a facsimile, probably printed in 1973, of GreenawayÕs 1885 Alphabet. GreenawayÕs Almanacks were published between 1883 and 1897, though no almanac was published in 1896. Spielman and Layard, Kate Greenaway, p. 122.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Greenaway, Kate. ALMANACKS FOR 1883 THROUGH 1895 / 13 VOLUMES. George Routledge 1883 - 1895, 1883.
Price: US$3349.38 + shipping
Description: ALMANACKS FOR 1883 THROUGH 1895, George Routledge, 1883 through 1895, first edition, 13 consecutive volumes, very good to fine, 1886, 1892 & 1894 are the deluxe issues in imitation morocco boards, 1884 in full color wraps as issued, the rest in full color pictorial boards, all profusely illustrated in full color. Along with a 4 page (one leaf folded to make 4) 225 word undated holographic letter to a Mrs. Evans laid in. Housed in a custom made slip case with multi-folded chemise, marbled boards and raised leather spine.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.