The Kate Greenaway Book: A Collection of Illustration, Verse and Text.
by Holme, Bryan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0831753005
- ISBN 13
- 9780831753009
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Gallery Books, 1983. 1st U.S., reprint ed.. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good jacket), colour & black & white text-drawings, reverse side jacket little foxed, minor edgewear. 140 pp. A beautiful book, compiled by Bryan Holme, that relates the life of Kate Greenaway, as well as a selection from her famous childrenâs works, including best-known and little known. Both words and pictures of the famous British children's writer and artist, some never before published, are charmingly arranged for readers of today of all ages to enjoy. Bryan Holme is the grandfather of Charles Holme, who was first to publish Kate Greenaway in 1894.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18224
- Title
- The Kate Greenaway Book: A Collection of Illustration, Verse and Text.
- Author
- Holme, Bryan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st U.S., reprint ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0831753005
- ISBN 13
- 9780831753009
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- reference, anthology, children's literature, authors, art, drawings, artists, britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...