[Fine Binding | Riviere & Son | Kate Greenaway] Under the Window

Greenaway, Kate. Under the Window. Pictures & Rhymes for Children. Engraved & Printed by Edmund Evans. London: George Routledge & Sons, [c. 1880]. First edition, mixed issue; without printer's ornaments on both sides of "Edmund Evans" on the title-page, no printers imprint on the verso of title-page, "End of Contents" present at foot of p. 14, complex illustrations on p. 21 and p. 35, but p. 63 illustration is of the old man kidnapping the boy. Numerous color-printed wood-engraved illustrations in the text.

Bound in full dark brown morocco by Riviere & Son, with a striking art nouveau design in gilt on the bottom half of the front cover: a thorned bush extending upwards and outwards culminating in leaves and flowers. Three separate floral decorations flank the bush on either side. Gilt lettering to spine. Gilt-ruled turn-ins with lightly marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Covers bound in. Measures approx. 7.25" x 9.25". Approx. 4-5" crack to upper front hinge of cover has been repaired, along with 1" cracks on the bottom of the lower front hinge and upper rear cover also repaired. Some light rubbing and small chip to upper spine tip.