GREENAWAY, Kate. Kate Greenaway’s Almanack for 1894. [London]: George Routledge & Sons [1893]. 16mo, [36]pp. Orange cloth spine with color pictorial boards. Green endpapers; 18 full-page color illustrations. Upper right corner of both cover boards cracked (rear cover less than front), corners a bit rubbed, a few nicks at edges, small hand-soiling at top of page opposite “May” but not affecting illustration, else an internally clean, tight copy. Inscribed by the author/artist, Kate Greenaway, with a tiny original watercolor illustration of a flower!

 

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!