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Price: US$28.34 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Twenty-two original woodcuts, with extra illustrations for this facsimile edition by Kate Greenaway. Square 8vo. Publisher's original grey cloth, gilt title and embossed to front panel, patterned endpapers, front one unfortunately torn away, ink ownership to half-title, hinges are a little tender, as are the gatherings in places but still holding nicely. A very good facsimile of the original 1823 edition with a preface by Ruskin, attractively produced. iv, 20pp.
Seller: B. B. Scott, Fine Books (PBFA), London, UK, United Kingdom
Price: US$32.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition thus. 4, 18pp. (printed on alternate versos and rectos), green sand grain cloth, stamped in gilt. Very nice copy. A partial type facsimile of the 1823 original, with Ruskin's verses and the new illustrations added.
Seller: Charles Cox Rare Books , Bude, United Kingdom
Ruskin, John. DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS. George Allen, 1885.
Price: US$32.47 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st 1885. Good condition with no wrapper. A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Brown cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts. With new illustrations by Greenaway. 3rd issue of first edition. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed and marked. Front joint is cracked, hinges pulled showing stitching beneath but binding still tight. This is a well loved edition and the pages are quite grubby in places. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: iv + 20 pp, with 22 woodcuts. ' Happy New Year' card by J M Dealy stuck to paste down fep and paste down rep. Eps slightly foxed/browned. Very tight and bright. Very good hardback in publishers original green cloth with gilt decoration and lettering.
Seller: Elaine Beardsell, HOLMFIRTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.65 + shipping
Description: Black and White illustrations by Kate Greenaway. Very Good, without dust jacket.
Seller: Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The rare large paper edition of this book, of which only 400 were printed, 17.7 x 22.5 cm. The book was originally written in 1823, with hand coloured woodcuts understood to be by R Stennet. Ruskin published this new edition with 4 extra verses added by him, Kate Greenaway supplying the additional woodcuts. The other 18 facsimile woodcuts were done by W H Hooper, and were left uncoloured, with (clever) children encouraged in the preface to colour them in themselves. This has been done in this copy to the frontispiece. Greenaway's plates are distinguishable by their gentler touch (see images for an example of the contrast). Pages are xi, 20,[3 blank, Handmade paper watermarked 1884, green cloth with gilt illustration, patterned endpapers, uncut edges. This copy has some mild signs of old damp to the covers, but internally it is in excellent condition, the page edges unopened where the verso is blank.
Seller: The Bookmonger, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Ruskin, John. DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS. George Allen, 1885.
Price: US$47.34 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1885. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Brown cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts. With new illustrations by Greenaway. Nearly 2" split to cloth at base of spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. A few margin marks. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$49.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 20 pages. With twenty-two woodcuts. With illustrations by Kate Greenaway. Light rubbing to book edges. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *
Seller: Easton's Books, Inc., Mount Vernon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition with the Ruskin and Greenaway contributions (first issued in 1823 and reprinted a number of times through the 19th century), but a dark blue cloth variant not mentioned by Schuster. Small 8vo. iv, (2), 20 pp. Illustrated from line drawings, plate. "Relates in rhyme the clever, kind, and comical deeds of a woman's cats" (OCLC). Schuster 64. Gift inscription on front endpaper dated 1899, title page browned, else very good. Original gilt-stamped decorated cloth. (9677).
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Ruskin, John. DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS. George Allen, 1885.
Price: US$51.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st thus 1885. Very good condition with no wrapper. A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Dark green cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts in b/w taken from the hand coloured edition of 1823, 4 of the illustrations are by Kate Greenaway. 20 pages. Plain endpapers. Spine and corners bumped, small splash mark to lower edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing and fingermarks to contents but generally they are clean. Joints are cracked but binding still tight. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$64.41 + shipping
Description: Edited from the original edition of 1823, with four new verses by John Ruskin, and matching illustrations by Kate Greenaway. Twenty two woodcuts in black. Hardback in brown cloth with gilt title and decoration to front board. Plain endpapers, with some darkening. Spine ends a little worn. Back board with patch of sun fading. Clean and very tidy inside. Only verso or recto of each leaf is printed. Complete. Overall in good shape. iv, 20 pages 190 x 125 mm (7½ x 5 inches).
Seller: Harrison-Hiett Rare Books, Richelieu, France
Price: US$64.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large paper copy in publishers grey cloth with gilt decoration. Small round stain on upper cover ( something split on board). Some very light rubbing to edges. Contents very clean. 20 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Price: US$71.82 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; iv p., [2], 20 leaves : ill. ; 20 cm. Notes; Preface by J. Ruskin dated 4th October, 1885. "The woodcuts which illustrate the following nursery rhymes have been facsimiled with exceplary care and admirable skill by Mr. W.H. Hooper, from whose which were given coloured by hand in the edition of 1823"--Preface. Subjects; Ruskin, John. Greenaway, Kate Cats Juvenile poetry. Cats ; Fiction. Nursery rhymes. Childrens' poetry, English. Children's poetry. Dame Wiggins of Lee (Fictitious character) Juvenile poetry. Cats. Children's poetry. Genres; Children's books - England - 1885. Illustrated. Juvenile literature - 1885. Juvenile works. Poems - England - 1885. Poetry. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$82.20 + shipping
Description: [iii], iv, [5],20 pages, with 22 woodcuts. Cover has slight corner bumps and creasing. Brown endpapers. Inner hinges have split, but binding holding tight. Else a very clean and good copy. - Contrary to the Original, the drawings are not coloured, the editor suggests, that children and students should do that themselves. Four additional verses and drawings contributed by the editor and Kate Greenaway. The figure of Dame Wiggins is very much alike Old Mother Hubbard in the early publications (e.g. Grant & Griffith 1835). - Rare Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 3000 8°. Cloth Hard Cover with gilt title and vignette on the front board. Edited with additional verses, by John Ruskin, L.L.D. Reprint of 1823, and with new illustrations by Kate Greenaway.
Seller: Plesse Antiquariat Minzloff, Bovenden, Germany
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; iv p., [2], 20 leaves : ill. ; 20 cm. Notes; Preface by J. Ruskin dated 4th October, 1885. "The woodcuts which illustrate the following nursery rhymes have been facsimiled with exceplary care and admirable skill by Mr. W.H. Hooper, from whose which were given coloured by hand in the edition of 1823"--Preface. Subjects; Ruskin, John. Greenaway, Kate Cats Juvenile poetry. Cats ; Fiction. Nursery rhymes. Childrens' poetry, English. Children's poetry. Dame Wiggins of Lee (Fictitious character) Juvenile poetry. Cats. Children's poetry. Genres; Children's books - England - 1885. Illustrated. Juvenile literature - 1885. Juvenile works. Poems - England - 1885. Poetry. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$97.40 + shipping
Description: 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). vii, 20pp. Twenty-two woodcuts by Kate Greenaway. Based on the original 1823 edition with four extra illustrations by Kate Greenaway added to additional verses by Ruskin. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Corners bumped - wear to spine ends. Sm mark to front cover. Endpapers browned. Inscribed dedicatory slip laid in
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$103.06 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION THUS. 8vo. 9 x 7 inches. [viii] + 20 leaves. Text printed alternately on verso and recto of leaves 1-20, which are opposite each other. Bound in original brown cloth, gilt, with gilt block on front board. Deckled edges. Patterned endpapers. Some wear to extremities, including corners and head and tail of spine, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by facsimile title page of 1823 edition with engraved frontispiece and 20 wood engravings. Kate Greenaway contributed the woodcuts of the additional verses, 3, 4, 8 and 9, written by Ruskin, the 1823 originals are attributed to R. Stennett and reproduced here in black and white facsimile (from the colour of the first publication)) by W. H. Hooper. Decorated by title page vignette. John Ruskin's new edition of the 1823 original with verses attributed to Mrs Pearson and Richard Scrafton Sharpe. Ruskin has contributed the preface and four additional verses which have new wood engravings by the well known Victorian children's writer and illustrator, the artist, Kate Greenaway (1846-1901). ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS POETRY POETRY CHILDREN'S 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$106.29 + shipping
Description: New Ed. iv + [ii] + 20 leaves printed one side only unopened. 22 woodcuts. Some very light browning, ex.-libris Robert Duncan, dec. e.ps., gilt lettered cloth, some marking, spine bumped. Edited from the original edition of 1823. US$105
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
A Lady of Ninety. Dame Wiggins of Lee and her Seven Wonderful Cats. George Allen, 1885.
Price: US$161.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Originally published 1823, revived by John Ruskin. Cover edges very slightly rubbed. End paper slightly browned from binders glue. Inner hinge parting slightly. Russett cloth covers. 22 woodcuts with new illustrations by Katie Greenway on 3rd, 4th, 8th and 9th pages alongside John Ruskin's additions to poems. Perfect present for cat lovers.
Seller: Benster Books, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Price: US$173.92 + shipping
Description: First edition hard back binding in publisher's original russet cloth covers, gilt lettering and gilt vignette to the upper panel. 8vo 7½'' x 5'' 20 pp. Twenty-two monochrome woodcut illustrations throughout. The odd very small faint spot, without any rubbing to the boards, spine not faded and in Very Good clean and sharp condition, lovely copy. We currently hold in stock 11 other titles by this author and 8 other titles by this illustrator. Member of the P.B.F.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$208.70 + shipping
Description: Four of twenty two woodcuts by Kate Greenaway. First illustrated edition, edited with additional verses by John Ruskin. 8vo., original green cloth with lettering and image of a cat executing a picture in gilt on upper cover. Orpington, George Allen. The original verses, which first appeared in 1823, are attributed to R.S. Sharpe and Mrs. Pearson. Kate Greenaway's drawings were employed to illustrate Ruskin's extra verses. Schuster & Engen (Printed Kate Greenaway) 64. 1a. A near fine copy.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$212.56 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: written principally by a lady of ninety, edited with additional verses by John Ruskin, and with new illustrations by Kate Greenaway, original decorated cloth, spine a trifle chipped, corners rubbed, minor marks to covers, illustrated with twenty-two woodcuts, occasional marginal soiling, later endpapers, good. first edition; 20 pages
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 20 pp. With 22 woodcut illustrations by Kate Greenaway. 12mo, original blue gilt cloth. First edition. Bookplate and tiny bookseller's ticket to front pastedown; otherwise very near fine, with just a trace of rubbing to the extremities of the spine and the corners.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$289.86 + shipping
Description: A bright facsimile edition of the 1823 edition of John Ruskin's famous children's tale with new illustrations by Kate Greenaway. Facsimile reprint of this book of nursery rhymes edited with additional verses by John Ruskin, this edition with twenty-two new woodcuts by celebrated Victorian illustrator Kate Greenaway.A humorous illustrated tale following elder Dame Wiggins and her seven cats, originally published in 1823. John Ruskin was an influential Victorian figure in English culture. He was a prolific author on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, boards only lightly marked. Previous owner's gift inscription to front free endpaper, dated 1886. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus (originally published in 1823). Octavo. 20pp. Original gilt-stamped decorated brown cloth. Edited, with additional verses, by John Ruskin, and with new illustrations by Kate Greenaway. Illustrated with twenty-two woodcuts. Front fly loose and laid in, hinges cracked, extremities worn, else very good. Children's nursery rhymes in this scarce edition. Schuster & Engen: 62 1e, on Whatman paper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo; [ix], 20pp; gilt-stamped on brown cloth over board, vignette of a cat painting a picture to front; tan & white fleur-de-lis patterned endpapers; deckle fore-edge and bottom; owner's bookplate to front pastedown; 22 woodcut illustrations, printed one side only; facsimile 1823 title page; covers sunned, scuffing to cover edges & corners, paper on back hinge cracked but binding holding, a few smudges; very good minus. Schuster & Engen 64 (1d). First published in 1823, this issue includes wonderfully humorous illustrations by Kate Greenaway for each verse.
Seller: Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$322.07 + shipping
Description: 1st Thus, Deluxe Large Paper Edition one of a limited edition of 400. 17.7 x 22.5 cm maroon cloth with blind stamped line borders and gilt stamped vignette and titles to the front. Uncut edges iv, [4], 20, [1] pp. Twenty-two woodcuts, pp. 3,4,8, and 9 by Kate Greenaway. A lovely copy with only a couple of small marks light marks and a little rubbing to the spine tips, corners and edges. Internally clean and bright with a number of pages unopened, neat ownership name to the half title and a little toning to the verso of the free endpapers. There is a faint pencil note about the book to the verso of the front free endpaper and one or two very faint handling marks within the text. Originally published in 1823, this is a facsimile reprint with four additional verses and illustrations by Ruskin and Greenaway respectively. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom