Under the Window; Pictures & Rhymes for Children
London: George Routledge & Sons [1878], 1878. Early printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-64 pp. Quarter green cloth over pictorial glazed paper over boards done in brown, white, red, green, and black. Dark green coated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated half-title page, with in-text colorful designs by Greenaway. Schuster and Engen 201-7b. Accords with the second entry under Schuster and Engen, with the young boy on page 6, the printer's ornaments on page 5, and lacks "end of contents" on page 14. With the illustrations on pages 21, 35, and 63 that were dropped in later editions. An early printing of Greenaway's first book. Very Good. Item #000015353
Rubbing to the boards and both hinges split, binding is holding.
Price: $150.00