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A Child's Garden of Verses
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York/London: Charles Scribner's Sons/John Lane, 1898. First published by Lonmans in 1885, here is one of Stevenson's most enduingly popular works. This is a Near Fine copy of a Later Printing of the First Illustrated Edition (1896). Dark green decorative cloth binding, heavily decorted and titled in gilt. Delightfully illustrated with numerous drawings by Charles Robinson. Clean text; xiv, 137 pages, with two more pages with drawings; top edge is gilt. . Later Printing. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Charles Robinson. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004829
- Title
- A Child's Garden of Verses
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Illustrator
- Charles Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons/John Lane
- Place of Publication
- New York/London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
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