H. M. Cundall — Kate Greenaway Pictures

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1921. First edition. Cloth. A bright fist edition of this study of Kate Greenaway's art, adorned with stunning colourful plates. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a monochrome portrait frontispiece and twenty colour plates. Collated complete. A study and presentation of the artwork of Catherine Greenaway, known as Kate Greenaway, an English Victorian artist and writer, known for her children's book illustrations. She was a beloved Victorian artist, known for her drawings of children in imaginary eighteenth century costumes in a Queen Anne style. Her work soon became popular, only a few years after the publication of her first book, her work was imitated in England, Germany, and the United States. This book reproduces her art from her early works presented by her to John Ruskin and other friends. With an appreciation by Herbert Minton Cundall, an English painter of the Victorian era. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light wear and sunning to the extremities. The odd small mark to the panels with light loss to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot to the endpapers. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Near Fine . Ill.: Kate Greenaway. Near Fine/Very Good.