Kate Greenaway's Almanack For 1889

London: George Routledge, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards printed in colors against a black background. Near fine. Unpaginated, 12 leaves. 10 x 7 1/2 cm. Twenty-two color illustrations printed by Edmund Evans. Greenaway notes, "I do not know why I cared most to draw children in old-fashioned dresses, except that old-fashioned things were always very pleasing to me." [see: GORDON N. RAY, p.157]. Bright, very clean copy. Black paper spine, front and back covers illustrated in different formats-- front cover depicts two young ladies at a table having tea. (Inventory #: 24570)