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A Child's Garden of Verses

by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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Limited Edition Club, 1944. Limited/Numbered . Leather Spine. Fair. Duvoisin, Roger. Introduction by William Rose Benet. 386 of 1100 copies, illustrated and signed by Roger Duvoisin. Large, heavy book, smooth black leather spine badly scuffed with surface tears and nicks, beautiful heavy boards with pattern of small white and pink spots laced with raised lacy blue criss-crossing lines, color-illustrations inside covers and adjacent end papers of children, animals and people, 112 heavy pages, profusely illustrated, many in vivid color. Despite bad scuffing to leather spine, gilt lettering is still bright. Fair.

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
Callaghan Books South US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
32884
Title
A Child's Garden of Verses
Author
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Illustrator
Duvoisin, Roger
Format/Binding
Leather Spine
Book Condition
Used - Fair
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Limited/Numbered
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Limited Edition Club
Date Published
1944
Keywords
Signed Poetry Children's Lit
Bookseller catalogs
Autographed; Children's Lit;

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