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Illustrated Paper covered Boards, 240 x 180 mm approx. 62 pp with text outlining the purpose of this series of book published by Warne to front paste down and guidance on painting to rear. Undated circa 1910. Date of publication Issue points applicable:- Publisher Frederick Warne & Co. New York Address to rear panel : 12 East 33rd Street.High list of other Greenaway works listed : The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Interestingly - and to confuse -there is a Hamley's 59 Knightsbridge London SW sticker to the front paste down. (Hamley's moved from these premises to their flagship store in Regent Street in 1881). We have settled on attributing a publication date at 1910 as laid into the book when acquired by us is a photograph of four girls in Edwardian dress whom it is likely were the infant hands who with varying degree of proficiency have painted some of the outline drawings as was intended when the book was first sold. Some in water colour and some in wax crayon. Fair- Some soiling, scuffing and discoloration to covers but spine largely intact. Moderate to heavy foxing to end papers, diminishing to prelims. and also edges of book block occasionally affecting margins. Binding sound). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. The existence of the photograph laid in and the attempts at colouring some of the illustrations bring a charm and are part of the history of the book.

Reprint. Slim quarto. 33pp. Illustrated in color and black and white. Cover foxed and boards with moderate wear, very good. None of the black and white illustrations have been colored in. Six plates printed in color advise the child how to color the facing page.

SECOND WARNE EDITION inscribed 1916, early issue (the first edition was published by Routledge in 1884 with 80 pages, the first Warne edition in 1888), small 4to, approximately 236 x 175 mm, 9¼ x 7 inches, olive green boards, coloured illustration in white circle on upper cover (2 girls, 1 painting doll), yellow leaf frames, lower cover: coloured illustration of 2 girls, 1 pointing to list of Greenaway titles), 62 pages, instructions on front and rear pastedowns with illustrations. Coloured frontispiece and 7 colour plates, 6 with 2 illustrations each. The rest of the pages are printed brown with outlines to paint. Tiniest rub to head and tail of spine, a little pale foxing to white areas on covers and on endpapers, neat inscription on front endpaper. Unused and near Fine. Our copy conforms exactly to Schuster 150 (2a) except that ours is pre 1918 as the imprint does not have "Ltd". The cover design is illustrated in Schuster page 134 as 150 (2a). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.