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GREENAWAY, Kate. Book of Games. London: George Rutledge & Sons, [1889].
4o. 24 color plates by Greenaway. Original cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards, yellow endpapers, edges stained yellow (slightly bumped at extremities, very minor soiling); morocco pull-off case Provenance: John Ruskin, 1819-1900 (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED TO JOHN RUSKIN on the half-title page: "John Ruskin From Kate Greenaway Dec. 1889," with an ORIGINAL PENCIL AND WATERCOLOR DRAWING of a girl with a basket of daffodils. Initiating a correspondence and a relationship that would last for many years, Ruskin writes to Greenaway in his first letter to her dated Jan. 6th 1879 [correct year was 1880]: "My Dear Miss Greenaway -- I lay awake half (no a quarter) of last night thinking of the hundred things I want to say to you -- and never shall get said! ...They're about you -- and your gifts -- and your graces -- and your fancies -- and your -- yes -- perhaps one or two tiny faults..." (Spielmann and Layard, Kate Greenaway, 1905). Alternating between praise and criticism, Ruskin would prove to be an unfluential presence in Kate Greenaway's life for the better part of 20 years. Although Ruskin's letters to Greenaway ceased for the most part in May 1889, it is evident, as seen with this copy's inscription date, that she remained devoted to him and continued sending letters and drawings for the next several years. Schuster & Engen 43.1a. A SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY.
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FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED TO JOHN RUSKIN on the half-title page: "John Ruskin From Kate Greenaway Dec. 1889," with an ORIGINAL PENCIL AND WATERCOLOR DRAWING of a girl with a basket of daffodils. Initiating a correspondence and a relationship that would last for many years, Ruskin writes to Greenaway in his first letter to her dated Jan. 6th 1879 [correct year was 1880]: "My Dear Miss Greenaway -- I lay awake half (no a quarter) of last night thinking of the hundred things I want to say to you -- and never shall get said! ...They're about you -- and your gifts -- and your graces -- and your fancies -- and your -- yes -- perhaps one or two tiny faults..." (Spielmann and Layard, Kate Greenaway, 1905). Alternating between praise and criticism, Ruskin would prove to be an unfluential presence in Kate Greenaway's life for the better part of 20 years. Although Ruskin's letters to Greenaway ceased for the most part in May 1889, it is evident, as seen with this copy's inscription date, that she remained devoted to him and continued sending letters and drawings for the next several years. Schuster & Engen 43.1a. A SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY.