KATE GREENAWAY'S CALENDAR FOR 1884.

London, George Routledge, 1883.. 4 cards, 3 landscape, 1 portrait format, 187 x 245 mm, 7 3/8 x 9 5/8 inches, (Nos 2, 3 and 4 about 5 mm (¼") wider), each with different coloured illustrations and decorations and the calendar for the whole year, reverse blank, tiny hole punched at the top of each for hanging. 1) 4 small girls dressed for the seasons, 2 vases of tulips below; 2) 6 girls above and 6 below the calendar, dressed for the seasons; 3) 3 young children at the top, 2 young ladies at left, 2 young women each with a baby at right, 3 old ladies in winter clothes at foot; 4) the same size but portrait format: 2 little girls hold hands at top, 1 in a spring outfit, the other in winter clothes. Very tiny chips to some corners, very small closed tear to margin corner and tiny chip to top edge of No.1, reverse of No.1 marked at the edges by old sellotape now removed. A very good set. Schuster No. 325. Sold with tattered original posting envelope with large line illustration by Greenaway showing a mother with two children, each holding a greeting card, no postage stamp rectangle. Envelope split along sides and lacking closing flap (see image). Designs illustrated in Schuster page 149. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.