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A Child's Garden of Verses

by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First U.S. edition. Some darkening and rubbing to cover, but very good. Interesting literary association. Inscribed "Chas. F. McClumpha from Jonathan Sturges July 22, 1885." Sturges, and American born author and writer, was a close friend of both James McNeill Whistler and the author Henry James, and had correspondence with both men. Sturges also was in some way the original of Little Bilham in The Ambassadors by James (1903). Charles Flint McClumpha, whose bookplate appears on the pastedown endpaper, was an author of scholarly books. Also tipped in is a small plate reproducing a handwritten note by Stevenson about friendship, "printed for Edwin Osgood Grover and a few of his friends." A nice copy of a classic, with evidence of early appreciation of Stevenson among literary circles. Henry James was a close friend of Stevenson, and was praised in one of his poems.

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
Graver & Pen Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
012395
Title
A Child's Garden of Verses
Author
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1885

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