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A Child's Garden of Verses

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. 1st Ed. hardcover. Good+. Charles Robinson. 8vo, green cloth binding with gilt decoration and lettering, top edge gilt, edges of cloth rubbed, spine gilt dull, owner's gift dedication, owner's date 1894, a half-title page loose, a few smudges on interior pages, a first American edition of a classic illustrated children's book, 137 pages" .

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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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Stone Soup Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
13495
Title
A Child's Garden of Verses
Author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator
Charles Robinson
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good+
Edition
1st Ed
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1895

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Established in 1982, Stone Soup Books is a small secondhand bookstore owned by Paul and Agnes Joy in the coastal town of Camden in Maine. With 25,000 books we cater mainly to readers with a large selection of current and classic paperbacks. We also have large sections of nautical, exploration, Maine, gardening, cookbooks, photography, and art books. Our internet stock includes out of print hardcover books, older children's books, and modern first editions.

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