Author: Mrs. Sale Barker
Title: Kate Greenaway&Apos;S Birthday Book for Children
Description: London, George Routledge and Sons, 1880. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this popular and charming birthday book by Kate Greenaway, beautifully and colourfully illustrated throughout. The first edition, the green cloth variant.A charming volume containing a brief verse for each day of the year. With blank leaves bound between each leaf, intended for the owner to note birthdays of their loved ones.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eleven colour plates, and in-text illustrations throughout.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.Verses by Mrs. Sale Barker, Lucy-Sale Barker.Greenaway was an artist and writer during the Victorian era, and was best known for her illustrations for children's books. Her career began when she illustrated the burgeoning market of holiday cards, before her first work, 'Under the Window', was published, making her an instant success. Most of her drawings depict Queen Anne style costume, an imaginary eighteenth century style rather than Victorian. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing to the spine and extremities. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Front hinge is starting but firm, rear hinge is strained but remain firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with the occasional spot. The occasional ink not to the blank leaves. Good . Ill.: Kate Greenaway. Good .

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