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A Child's Garden of Verses (Large Paper Edition), Limited to 250 Copies
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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About This Item
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1896. Octavo. First English Illustrated edition. Limited 150 copies for England and only 100 copies for America of this large paper edition. 136(1) pp. illustrated by Charles Robinson. A Child's Garden of Verses is another classic by Stevenson; in many ways, it is a biography of his early life set to poetry. Stevenson wrote it when he was 35 years old, recalling his childhood joys and cares. A Child's Garden of Verses is notable not only for its prose, but also for its illustrations. It launched the career of an Englishman by the name of Charles Robinson. Bound in the original red buckram, paper spine label printed in red and black, top edge gilt, with the original green pictorial gilt cloth which was used for the regular English edition is mounted inside both covers as doublures, light wear to spine ends. Very scarce in such nice condition. [Beinecke Collection #202].
Synopsis
Rediscover the delight and innocence of childhood in these classic poems from celebrated Scottish author, Robert Louis Stevenson.From make-believe to climbing trees, bedtime stories to morning play and favorite cousins to beloved mothers.Here is a very special collection to be treasured for ever. First published in 1885, the first printing of A Child's Garden of Verses ran 1000 copies by Longhaus, Green and Co in London. This book was not illustrated until the 1896 edition, published 2 years after Stevenson's death. The collection contains about 65 poems, and many of the poems, including “The Land of Counterpane,” take a positive perspective on Stevenson's own childhood which was plagued by sickness. He dedicated the work to his nurse Alison Cunningham. Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer. (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) Although he died at just forty four years old and suffered from ill health the majority of his life he managed to travel and write extensively in that short period. His most famous works are Treasure Island , Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , Kidnapped, and A Child's Garden of Verses . Although Stevenson fell out of the canon for a number of years, today he is one of the most translated authors and is highly celebrated for his stories.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028448
- Title
- A Child's Garden of Verses (Large Paper Edition), Limited to 250 Copies
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Lane the Bodley Head Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Charles Robinson (1870-1937); Robert Louis Stevenson's Works for Children; Children's Classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children; Poetry;
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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