1927 · [London]
by Greenaway, Kate
[London]: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd, 1927. Very good plus in glassine.. First edition of this lovely near-miniature illustrated almanac for children, in the scarce original glassine. Kate Greenaway achieved great success in 1878 with her first solo publication UNDER THE WINDOW, and quickly became a household name. This achievement came after years of study at the National Art Training School and the Heatherley School of Fine Art, where she rubbed shoulders with the likes of Elizabeth Thompson (later Lady Butler), Edward Burne-Jones, and Walter Crane. Her style, featuring rosy-cheeked children and young adults, captures a romantic and cheerful brand (truncated)