Kate Greenaway (The definitive study and biography of Kate Greenaway)

First Trade Edition, First Printing (Adam and Charles Black, London, 1905). The definitive study and biography of the ineffable Kate Greenaway. Published the same year as the first edition and preceded only by the Limited Edition of 500 copies published two months earlier in October 1905, with this second printing reprinted with only minor alterations from the first Limited Edition. Near fine in original blue boards, quite rare in this condition. A truly lovely copy for fans of this renowned artist and illustrator.

Beautifully illustrated with 53 color plates by Kate Greenaway, each with a printed tissue guard, and an additional 90 black and white illustrations (34 full-page and 56 thumb-nail drawings). Endpapers and pastedowns in color reproducing Greenaway nursery wallpaper in miniature. 

Near fine in publisher's original dark blue pictorial boards with slight wear. Top edge gilt. Color-illustrated front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Internally fine, with text and illustrations clean and bright. Octavo. 9 x 6.6 inches. 301pp. + ii with adverisements.