Baby's Birthday Book
London: Marcus Ward & Co. Limited, No date [c. 1894]. [Kate GREENAWAY]. Boards. 12mo; [100pp]; glazed color pictorial board with medallion portrait of Baby Bunting to front upper right corner (not as in Schuster with medallion at lower right), ads to rear board; turquoise cloth spine; green & gold floral endpapers; day calendar for every month through the year with color illustrations, a few names inserted; scuffing to boards with discoloration of rear, shelf wear to spine; light foxing to endpapers and title pg; very good minus. Schuster & Engen 32, 1a, variant not recorded. Very good. Item #271
No artist listed, but Kate Greenaway, who along with Walter Crane was employed as a staff artist at Marcus Ward & Co., most certainly illustrated this charming little book.
Price: $75.00