Item #320720 Almanacks 1883-1895 [with:] Almanack and Diary for 1897. Kate Greenaway.

The Greenaway Almanacks, in Original Bindings

Almanacks 1883-1895 [with:] Almanack and Diary for 1897.

London: George Routledge and Sons, [1882-94; 1896].

Price: $5,000.00


About the item

First editions, all but two are first issue (1892 later issue; 1893 second issue). Illustrated with colored wood-engravings after Greenaway. 14 vols. Various sizes, 16mo and smaller. The Greenaway Almanacks, in Original Bindings. Various bindings of original cloth back pictorial boards, cloth, or wrappers. Blue morocco drop box with gilt Greenaway figures on upper cover, gilt gift label inside box. Schuster & Engen 3.1a, 4.2a, 5.3a, 6.4a,7.5a,8.6a,9.7a, 10.8a, 11.9a, 12.10e, 13.11b, 14.12a, 15.13a, 16.14d.

Item #320720

Complete run of the charming Greenaway Almanacks, which were enormously successful on both side of the Atlantic. The Almanack and Diary for 1897 is the rarest of the series. A beautiful set in the fragile original bindings.