A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES.
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 :
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About This Item
London : John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1896 [i.e 1895]. The first illustrated edition of a perennial favourite - the collection of sixty or more children's poems by Stevenson first published ten years earlier - "The Land of Counterpane", "The Land of Nod", "My Bed is a Boat", "The Land of Story-Books", etc. Illustrated throughout by Charles Robinson (1870-1937) - "Just as 'A Child's Garden of Verses' is the best of its kind - you are certain it will live as long ... as the presence of little ones brightens the earth - so Charles Robinson's illustrations are the best of their kind ... John Lane's exquisite volume is a treasure" (contemporary review in Black & White). Post 8vo (21cm). xiv,(140),[iv],16pp - the advertisements dated 1895. Cover design and illustrations throughout by Robinson. Original pictorial cloth gilt; top edge gilt; a few slight marks; a couple of faint splashes to upper cover; a few spots, chiefly to the endpapers, but a very good, bright and sound copy. Dated (1900) gift inscription to Mary Robinson from her brother Cecil on front free endpaper.
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
- Ash Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45814
- Title
- A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES.
- Author
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 :
- Illustrator
- Charles Robinson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1896 [i.e 1895].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Scottish Literature, Poetry
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