GREENAWAY, Kate. Kate Greenaway’s Almanack for 1883. [London]: George Routledge & Sons [1882]. 16mo, [24]pp. Yellow cloth spine with color pictorial boards. Green endpapers; color illustrations on nearly every page. Covers lightly soiled, corners a bit rubbed, slight evidence of erasure at top of front free endpaper, a tad hand-soiled, else an attractive copy. Inscribed by the author/artist, Kate Greenaway, with a tiny original watercolor illustration of an ivy vine!

 

First edition. Kate Greenaway’s Almanacks were issued every year from 1883 until 1897 with the exception of 1896, and each contains calendars, lists of holidays, and astronomical information, all wonderfully highlighted by Greenaway’s intricately delicate color illustrations. This wonderfully inscribed copy features a charmingly intricate hand-painted watercolor drawing from the artist herself!