(Greenaway, Kate) illustrator. THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE by Bret Harte; illustrated by Kate Greenaway; engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1887, (1886). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION [Schuster & Engen 165 (2a)]. 8vo - 8-3/4" x 6-1/2". AEG. Beige cloth covered boards with titles stamped in gold and black on both covers; front cover with a picture of three children on a "boat" stamped in colors; back cover with a different picture of three children on a "boat" stamped in colors; double-line border on both covers stamped in gilt; title on spine stamped in black for what is a fresh, unworn, near perfect copy of the book. Blue endpapers. 58 pp. The story is illustrated by Greenaway with a full color frontispiece, title page vignette and twenty-six full color drawings within text; light scattered foxing to the endpapers, the first two leaves and last two leaves for what would otherwise be a FINE copy of the book. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. # 000681