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A Child's Garden of Verses
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Lane The Bodley Head. New ed. (1941). 140pp. VG book, binding square and tight, cloth covers clean and bright, endpapers tanned, some light foxing to prelims, otherwise internally excellent, RLS copyright stamp pasted on rear pastedown, in GOOD jacket, lightly edge worn with some small chipped losses, large closed tear to front cover internally tape repaired, a little grubby, spine darkened, now preserved in archival jacket protector . Very Good. Hardcover. 1941.
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
- Object Relations, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023991
- Title
- A Child's Garden of Verses
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Illustrator
- Charles Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1941
- Pages
- 140
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
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