A Child's Garden of Verses.
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Alfriston, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Lane, The Bodley Head. London. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1919. (Six pages of advertisements at back of book.). Limp leather covers.. Black and White illustrations by Charles Robinson. Very Good, without dust jacket. Brown leather cover with embossed title and illustration.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Much Ado Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23878
- Title
- A Child's Garden of Verses.
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Limp leather covers.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane, The Bodley Head. London. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1919. (Six pages of advertisements at back of book.)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children and Young Adult;
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Alfriston, Aberdeen
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Nestled in a charming Medeival village, tucked in the South Downs of East Sussex, Much Ado offers a hand-picked selection of new and old books. Our stock ranges from cheap-and-cheerful paperbacks to rarities for collectors.New books are not taken from bestsellers lists, but instead are selected for their quality or interest. Owners Cate Olson and Nash Robbins ran a shop in Marblehead, Massachusetts for 20 years before moving to Alfriston, where Much Ado has been open for more than two years.If your primary interest is in old and antiquarian books, please contact us before visiting.
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