A Child's Garden of Verses
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/no dust jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
Whitman Pub, Racine, 1932. Edition Unstated. Hard Cover. Good Condition/no dust jacket. Illustrator: Illustrated by Bennett, Juanita C. 60pp. Folio. Illustrated board covers, cloth spine. Crayon marks on front cover, cover edges quite worn.. Lovely color illustrations. KBTOP Size: Quarto. Photos sent upon request.. Illustrator: Illustrated by Bennett, Juanita C.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Children. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 5252. .
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
- John McKenna
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5252
- Title
- A Child's Garden of Verses
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Bennett, Juanita C
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Whitman Pub
- Place of Publication
- Racine
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- BZDB60 JUVENILE JUANITA BENNETT Poetry; Children. Illustrated by Bennett, Juanita C. Stevenson, Robert Louis A Child's Garden of Verses
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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John McKenna
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East Northport, New York
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