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Greenaway, Kate. Under the Window First edition. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1879.
Price: US$38.16 + shipping
Description: First edition, 1879. Undated. (No ornamentation either side of 'Edmund Evans' on title page, printer's imprint to verso of title page and 'End of Contents' to foot of p14). Quarto. 64pp. Dark green cloth spine over decorated boards. All edges tinted yellow. Kate Greenaway's first book to combine her literary and artistic talents. Edmund Evans, the engraver and colour printer, was ridiculed for risking a first edition of 20,000 copies but his judgement proved to be very sound when the figure of 70,000 was reached on reprinting. Book in good condition. This is an ex reference library copy and has a printed bookplate of Newport Public Libraries to the front paste down. There is also a small sticker with a library number to rear free end paper and an occasional small blind stamp. Boards a little rubbed and lightly soiled. Some wear at corners and edges. Extremities of spine worn. Two small closed marginal tears. Occasional light soil mark. Bright and virtually free of spotting with just a very slight occurrence to prelims.
Seller: Ariadne Books, PBFA, Eynsham, Witney, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.16 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback 1st Edition,sm4to,14pp prelims and contents,50pp text all illustrated in colour by Kate Greenaway.Good in green cloth varient binding,gilt spine titles,green hummingbird and foliage end papers.Boards marked,previous owner's name and date on half title,a few tears on lower page folds but generally a clean tight copy.
Seller: Pauline Harries Books, Liphook, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Kate Greenaway. Under the Window. George Routledge & Sons, New York, 1879.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Children. No date, circa 1879. First edition points - illustrations pages 21, 35, and 63; "End of Contents" on page 14. Covers rubbed, soiled, and worn, corners rounded, spine ends frayed. Owner names on the half title page, otherwise interior clean, hinges cracked and shaken, page edges tattered, pages tanned.
Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.
Kate Greenaway. Under the Window. George Routledge & Sons, NY, 1879.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First U.S. edition. Points: Routledge address is 416 Broome; cr page says 'Drawn on Stone & Printed by Wemple & Company. . . '; 'End of Contents' at the bottom of page 14; illustrations on pages 21, 35 and 63. Large square 8vo in boards, cover illustrated with characters in pink and white, title in orange. Corners rubbed through, moderate rubbing at the spine ends, front hinge starting, p.o. inscription at the top of the half title dated 1880, text block very modestly toned with no damage to any illustrations.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 16mo, 32 pages, lacks rear wrapper, top wrapper chipped; offered "as is", with all faults, disbound. Rare ( WorldCat cites only 1 copy, and that in Seattle; not in the Newberry nor was it in the Meacham Sale in 1921). The top cover is a chromoxylograph from Kate Greenaway's first book, UNDER THE WINDOW ( which first appeared in bookstores in October,1879), printed by Edmund Evans, for the Routledges. The publishers were clearly impressed with Greenaway's work to put it on the cover ( the inside illustrations for the other listings are in black-and-white). The catalogue lists Routledge's ANNUALS for 1880, indicating that this catalogue must have appeared in 1879, the year of UNDER THE WINDOW, the first printing of which sold out immediately.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: London, UK: George Routledge and Sons. FR/No Dustjacket. ca 1879. . Cloth/Boards. Half title page has an illustration of a house, verso of Tpage has bowl of flowers illustrated. "End of Contents" on page 14. Pages 21 & 35 have the full page color illustrations. Page 63 is the kidnapping old man illustration and page 63/64 is cut smaller than the rest of the book. . Sm 4to., 64 pp., rubbed bumped, frayed, chipped, hinges repaired with cloth tape and ffe & rfe glued to flyleaves, flyleaves loose from binding, some page staining .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
GREENAWAY, Kate.. Under the window [édition originale]. , 1879.
Price: US$164.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Londres, George Routledge & sons, sans date [1878]. In-8, reliure demi-percaline verte, cartonnage illustré de l'éditeur, reliure avec quelques frottements, quelques accrocs sur les coupes. 64(1) pages, rousseurs pâles éparses. Pas d'ornements sur la page de titre autour du nom "Edmund Evans", comme c'est le cas dans les éditions ultérieures. Au bas de la page 14, il est bien inscrit "End of contents", et les illustrations des pages 21, 35 et 63, sont bien présentes (jugées trop effrayantes, elles seront par la suite non réimprimées). Édition originale du premier ouvrage pour enfants de Kate Greenaway, à la fois écrit et illustré par elle. Exemplaire en assez bon état.
Seller: Librairie Girard-Talec, Fontenay-sous-bois, France
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Apparently the First US Edition. Wemple and Company are listed as Printers on page 6; 9 Lafayette St is the Publisher's address. With the following issue points. Boy and printer listed on page 6 (verso of title page) ,' End of Contents' at bottom of page 14. Full page illustrations on pages 23 and 35 (witch illustration) and the kidnapping old man is the illustration on p 63. This copy has been rebound in full crimson leather by Root & Son, London. Page edges gilt; 2 raised bands to the spine; gilt decorations and rules to the spine and covers; marbled endpapers. A nice job! Modest shelf wear spine sunned, 1 & 1/2" by 2 & 1/2" darkened spot to the front cover leather. Overall, an attractive example. Scarce! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$205.20 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In-8. Cartonnage de léditeur, plats de couverture illustrés, dos muet percaline verte, 64 pp., entièrement illustré en couleurs. Cartonnage sensiblement frotté, rousseurs marginales, intérieur assez frais. En létat. Première édition en anglais. En page de titre, absence de guillemets à Edmund Evans, au verso de la page de titre, figure de garçonnet, sommaire en page 14, 3 compositions pages 21, 35 et 63, omises dans les tirages postérieurs. Immense succès commercial, "Under the Window" fut le premier livre de lauteur destiné aux enfants, et lun des deux quelle écrivit et illustra entièrement parmi son abondante production, plus de 150 titres. in-8°
Seller: Librairie de l'Avenue - Henri Veyrier, Saint-Ouen, FR, France