A Childs Garden of Verses + Underwoods (with Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Alexander Harvey)
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ unmarked, tight binding, faded titling, a few scuffs to boards.
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Current Literature Publ, 1910. Medallion Edition. Hardback in maroon cloth boards w gilt spine titling; no jacket.. Good+ unmarked, tight binding, faded titling, a few scuffs to boards.. A book in three parts: first a substantial biography of RLS, then his lovely childrens poetry, and lastly Underwoods, his collection of poems, 38 in English and 16 in Scots. Solid clean tight vintage HB copy.
4-3/4 x 7-1/4, lxiii + 101 + 134 pp, sheet-protected b/w frontispiece of author, top edge tinted.
4-3/4 x 7-1/4, lxiii + 101 + 134 pp, sheet-protected b/w frontispiece of author, top edge tinted.
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- Bookseller
- edburynbooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33395
- Title
- A Childs Garden of Verses + Underwoods (with Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Alexander Harvey)
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in maroon cloth boards w gilt spine titling; no jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ unmarked, tight binding, faded titling, a few scuffs to boards.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Medallion Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Current Literature Publ
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
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edburynbooks
Biblio member since 2007
Nevada City, California
About edburynbooks
I sell from my home, where I have about 25,000 books shelved or stored. I am also an author, poet, photographer, taroist, publisher, collector. Selling books online for almost 15 years, including my own titles and rare books from my collection.
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