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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE And Her Seven Wonderful Cats. A Humorous Tale. Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. by GREENAWAY, Kate. Edited with additional verses by John Ruskin.:

by GREENAWAY, Kate. Edited with additional verses by John Ruskin.:

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE And Her Seven Wonderful Cats. A Humorous Tale. Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. by GREENAWAY, Kate.  Edited with additional verses by John Ruskin.:

DAME WIGGINS OF LEE And Her Seven Wonderful Cats. A Humorous Tale. Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety.

by GREENAWAY, Kate. Edited with additional verses by John Ruskin.:

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London, George Allen & Unwin, 1926.. Seventh impression 1926, (first published in 1885), small 8vo, 185 x 125 mm, 7¼ x 5 inches, orange wrappers over stiff card, repeat illustration on upper cover, 20 pages. 4 line illustrations by Greenaway to 4 Ruskin verses, the other 18 woodcuts reproduced from the 1823 edition. All illustrations half-page. Spine very slightly faded, some inner joints cracked but binding firm, tiny neat name on front endpaper. A near Fine copy. Apart from the binding this is an exact replica of the first edition of 1885. Greenaway's drawings were mere sketches (pages 3, 4, 8 and 9), but Ruskin felt they needed no improvement and suited his verses, in their unfinished state (see Schuster 64, page 52). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
  • Bookseller Roger Middleton GB (GB)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Place of Publication London, George Allen & Unwin, 1926.
  • Keywords cats Kate Greenaway John Ruskin children's Dame Wiggins

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE And Her Seven Wonderful Cats. A Humorous Tale. Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety.

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London, George Allen & Unwin, 1926.. Seventh impression 1926, (first published in 1885), small 8vo, 185 x 125 mm, 7¼ x 5 inches, orange wrappers over stiff card, repeat illustration on upper cover, 20 pages. 4 line illustrations by Greenaway to 4 Ruskin verses, the other 18 woodcuts reproduced from the 1823 edition. All illustrations half-page. Spine very slightly faded, some inner joints cracked but binding firm, tiny neat name on front endpaper. A near Fine copy. Apart from the binding this is an exact replica of the first edition of 1885. Greenaway's drawings were mere sketches (pages 3, 4, 8 and 9), but Ruskin felt they needed no improvement and suited his verses, in their unfinished state (see Schuster 64, page 52). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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