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Child's Garden of Verses
by Robert Lovis Stevenson
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
The Villages, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York/London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Charles Robinson. Copyright date 0f 1895 at bottom of title page. John Lane/Bodley Head. Red covers with intricate gilted illustration on front and back covers. Spine print and illustration also in gilt. Heavy stock rough cut pages. 136 plus 4 other pen and ink intricate small sketches. Numerous pen and ink sketches by Charles Robinson a noted and prolific illustrator whose first book was the Child's Garden of Verses. This book (1902) is an early edition of the original published in 1894, the year after Robert Stevenson's death. No writing. Book's panels are in nice condition with bright gilt illustrations. Spine print is faded. Fraying to spine tail. Scuffing to corners and bottom edges. Book hinges starting.
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Details
- Bookseller
- D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125084
- Title
- Child's Garden of Verses
- Author
- Robert Lovis Stevenson
- Illustrator
- Charles Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York/London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children, Adult, fiction, poetry, childhood verses early 1900's
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage-Children; Vintage-Adult;
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About the Seller
D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
Biblio member since 2011
The Villages, Florida
About D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
D'Qualitas Books Et. Al. is a family operated internet bookstore. We offer a variety of used books that we have accumulated from various sources. Our specialties include Children and Adult Collector Books, Children and Adult Classic Books, First Editions, Out-of-Print Books, and general stock. All books that are listed are in our possession. They have been individually selected, and we conscientiously grade and describe them.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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