GREENAWAY, Kate. Kate Greenaway’s Almanack for 1887. [London]: George Routledge & Sons [1886]. Oblong 12mo, [24]pp. Yellow cloth spine with color pictorial boards. Green endpapers; color illustrations on nearly every page. Cloth and boards slightly soiled, one tiny nick at top of front board, pervious owner’s name in pencil on front free endpaper, else an internally clean, bright copy. Inscribed by the author/artist, Kate Greenaway, with a tiny original watercolor illustration of two yellow flowers!

 

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!