Kate Greenaway [Deluxe Edition]

(Greenaway, Kate) reference book. KATE GREENAWAY [DELUXE EDITION] by M. H. Spielmann and G. S. Layard. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. FIRST EDITION; this edition de luxe is limited to five hundred copies, of which this is no. 456; signed by John Greenaway, the artist's brother; added leaf facing half-title page, also signed by John Greenaway, with an authenticated original pencil drawing by Kate Greenaway, measuring 4" x 2", of a young maiden; small stain to drawing. 4to - 10-15/16" x 8-3/4". TEG. Cream cloth covered beveled boards with blind-stamped decoration and gilt lettering to upper cover and spine for what is a totally clean, near perfect, superb copy of the book. Red silk bookmark bound in. Color pictorial endpapers after a wallpaper design by Kate Greenaway. xix, [1], 300, [4] pp. plus [86] leaves of plates (52 in color; 34 in black and white). Gift inscription dated 10th August 1906 on dedication page. An exhaustive reference book on Kate Greenaway in a similar, near perfect condition. The condition of the book is FINE. The condition of the original drawing is NEAR FINE. SCARCE in general; RARE in such nice condition. # 000725