A Day in a Child's Life

GREENAWAY, Kate

Published by George Routledge and Sons, London, 1881

Condition: Very Good Hardcover

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A really beautiful Victorian children's book with musical scores by Myles B. Foster (organist of the Foundling Hospital) to accompany 30+ superb colour illustrations around the theme of a day in a child's life. There are nine scenes: Waking, The Lesson, Playtime, Grace before Meals, Song of a Doll, A Romp, Tired, Child's Prayer and Sleeping. Illustrations by Kate Greenaway, the doyenne of Victorian children's illustrators. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans. .Glorious frontispiece - the largest illustration in the book. Quarter cloth and boards with bevelled edges. Measures 10" x 8.5" wide. Green, yellow, brown and orange pictorial boards with minor scuffing at edges and corners. Lime green endpapers, 2 tiny closed nicks. No other marks, inscriptions or defects. Overall a really pleasing book and very scarce in this lovely condition. They just don't make children's books like this any more!. Seller Inventory # 181

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Title: A Day in a Child's Life

Publisher: George Routledge and Sons, London

Publication Date: 1881

Binding: Quarter cloth and boards

Illustrator: GREENAWAY, Kate

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First

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Manor Collectables is based in a private Lincolnshire Manor House. It is owned and run by Richard Platt who has been buying and selling rare books for over forty years. Between 2003 and 2014, he was the proprietor of a award-winning bookshop in London. On offer is a small eclectic mixture of fiction and non-fiction items from the owner's private collection. Most books are first editions, many of which are unique and all listings are accompanied by high quality digital images.

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Proprietor: Richard Platt | Tel: 01526 352267 | Address: Woodhall Spa Manor, Manor Estate, Woodhall Spa, LN10 6PY, UK

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