New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Later printing. Hardcover. Jessie Willcox Smith. 124pp. Quarto [24 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and an illustrated paper label mounted to the front board. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The edges of the covers are rubbed and gently bumped. The spine is very subtly rolled, and the spine ends are gently faded. The pages are slightly browned, and occasionally foxed. The dust jacket is in good condition only. Rubbed and creased. A large portion of the illustrated paper label is missing. There are several small closed tears and numerous chips in the edges. There is a very tiny moisture stain along the bottom edge of the front panel. Jessie Willcox Smith was an illustrator from the United States famous for her work in magazines such as Ladies Home Journal and for her illustrations for children's books.

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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: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 25039
Title: A Child's Garden of Verses
Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
Illustrator: Jessie Willcox Smith
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Later printing
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1927
Keywords: Robert Louis Stevenson; verses; Jessie Willcox Smith BOSTON 2016; PASADENA2019 & OAKLAND2019; santa monica 2021

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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...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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...
Rolled: rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
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....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...