A Child's Garden of Verses
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/none
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, United States
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About This Item
This lovely edition of Stevenson's children's poetry is illustrated by renowned artist and illustrator, Jessie Wilcox Smith. AND, amazingly, there is a two-page handwritten dedication on the FFEP's from Stevenson's friend, Augustus St. Gaudens. Gaudens was a world-renowned sculptor and portrait maker that produced a bronze medal of Stevenson when he came to the United States befriending him in the process. The dedication is posthumous to Stevenson which suggests that this book belonged to Gaudens who revered the poet and writer. Gaudens died two years after the publication of this book.
Boards are soiled and mildy scuffed along edges and on front cover pastedown. Spine ends are frayed and corners bumped. The Wilcox illustrations are of superior quality and literally pull the reader into the image!
All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo Library. No expedited shipping outside of the United States.
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
- Town Books of San Anselmo (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 541
- Title
- A Child's Garden of Verses
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Illustrator
- Jessie Wilcox Smith
- Format/Binding
- Black cloth with gilt titles and full cover illustrated pastedown
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Pages
- 125
- Size
- 7 1/8 x 9 1/2
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- poetry, children's literature, Scottish poets
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature; First Editions;
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