The Queen of the Pirate Isle
London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., No date [c. 1900]. Kate GREENAWAY. [JUVENILE] [ILLUSTRATED]. No date [not before 1899, c. 1900]. Kate GREENAWAY, illustrator. Printed in Great Britain. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans.
American Reprint. First issued by Chatto and Windus, London, [1886] and reissued by Frederick Warne and Co., but not before 1899, as Warne took over Chatto in November 1899. (Schuster & Engen 165 (3b), but in paper over boards not cloth. By the 1931 edition, the pagination had changed.)
8vo; 58pp; color printed paper over board, vignette of 3 children on the front with a pretend ship, rear boards feature the three children playing pirate; edges stained red; color fp and vignette on title page; small color illustrations throughout the text; some offsetting, light scattered foxing; near fine. Item #2232
The wild and adventurous imagination of a nine year old girl named Polly who lives in California. Lovely illustrations by Kate Greenaway.
Price: $100.00