Kate Greenaway: A Biography by Engen, Rodney K - 1981

London: Macdonald Futura Publishers, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to. 240 pages. Hardcover with a green dust jacket. Light wear to the jacket. A sound copy and clean within.

Oak Knoll Pr, December 1981. Hardcover. USED Good.

London: Macdonald. Fine/Fine. 1981. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 240pp . Gift quality copy. .

London:: Macdonald,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0354042009 . Some color, mostly black and white photographs throughout. First British edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. ; 240 pages .

Macdonald, London, first edition, 1981. Cloth, small 4to,. 240 pp, numerous ills. From the blurb: "Most people think of Kate Greenaway as a style rather than as a person. Her name evokes idealised yet saucy children, dressed in a consciously old-fashioned manner, posed with care as though for a classical frieze and painted in delicate pastel colours. Looking at her work now it seems the quintessence of Victorian innocence as respectable Victorians wished to see it.Yet, behind this charming, though stylised work was its creator, the real Kate Greenaway - an ambitious, vulnerable, emotionally tormented woman. Her poignant, often tragic story is told here in full for the first time in this, the first authorised biography for over seventy-five years. Born in 1846 in London's East End, the daughter of a skilled wood engraver, Kate was, from the first, a child of strong, sometimes morbid feelings, a deeply sensitive solitary to whom daydreams and the romantic - even the bloodthirsty - spelled… Read More

London: MacDonald Futura Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0354042009 . Green boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is not price-clipped. The boards are lightly 'mottled' on the front half of the front and rear boards, and there is some light edge-wear to the dustjacket and the d/j corners. The Dustjacket is in an older clear plastic removable cover and looks 'Very Good'. The Green/White 'Family Tree' front endpaper has a small (1.5 cm) white patch on the top corner where possibly a price has been erased taking the (green) colour with it. There are NO inscriptions or other marks. 240 pp. Ilustrated with b/w and colour plates. Epilogue; Notes; Appendix: Illustrated Books; Index. Overall, apart from the 'faults', as detailed above, this is a Tight and Secure, Near 'Very Good' copy. "This is the tragic story of Kate Greenaway, told here… Read More

London : Macdonald , 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, genealogical tables ; 26 cm. Notes; Genealogical tables on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. The little Lunnoner -- 2. The way to Somewhere Town -- 3. The amazing reward -- 4. Enter the master -- 5. Kisses, tears and sealing wax -- 6. Storm clouds over Hampstead -- 7. Fate takes command -- 8. The loneliness of gleaning -- 9. The fallen star -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Appendix: Illustrated books -- Index. Subjects; Greenaway, Kate (1846-1901). Water-colourists England Biography. Illustrators Great Britain ; Biography. Biography. Illustrators. Illustrators Great Britain ; Biography Biography. Illustrators - [Late 19TH/20TH Century - United Kingdom].… Read More

London : Macdonald, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, genealogical tables ; 26 cm. Notes; Genealogical tables on lining papers. Geneal.tables on lining papers. Green cloth case binding. Half-title. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. The little Lunnoner -- 2. The way to Somewhere Town -- 3. The amazing reward -- 4. Enter the master -- 5. Kisses, tears and sealing wax -- 6. Storm clouds over Hampstead -- 7. Fate takes command -- 8. The loneliness of gleaning -- 9. The fallen star -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Appendix: Illustrated books -- Index. Subjects; Greenaway, Kate (1846-1901) ; Biography. Water-colourists England Biography. Illustrators Great Britain ; Biography Biography. Illustrators Great Britain ; Biography. Great Britain. English… Read More

London : Macdonald, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, genealogical tables ; 26 cm. Notes; Genealogical tables on lining papers. Acquired from Camden Public Libraries. Bookplate of London Borough of Camden, Libraries and Arts Department, Reference and Information Services, on upper flyleaf verso. Geneal.tables on lining papers. Green cloth case binding. Illustrated dust jacket. Half-title. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. The little Lunnoner -- 2. The way to Somewhere Town -- 3. The amazing reward -- 4. Enter the master -- 5. Kisses, tears and sealing wax -- 6. Storm clouds over Hampstead -- 7. Fate takes command -- 8. The loneliness of gleaning -- 9. The fallen star --… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.