A Child's Garden of Verses
de Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good/No Jacket
- Librería
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: John Lane and the Bodley Head Cream cloth covered boards with gilt titles and decorations rubbed in places, corners and spine ends bumped, gilt closed edges to head, uncut closed edges to foot and reading edges, image of a little girl gardening on front board, decorative coloured spine with gilt lettering, no date: circa 1910, spotting to endpapers and closed edges, school bookplate to fep dated Christmas 1913, illustrated Art Nouveau style endpapers of a young girl holding a candle with large flower and sun in the background, colour frontispiece entitled 'The Land of Nod' and decorated title page, 152 pages plus publication list to rear, black/white text illustrations throughout with 8 colour plates: there are over 100 black and white illustrations both full page and within the text, pp clean and text clear to read, binding cocked but pp secure in string binding.. Hard. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Robinson, Charles. 8vo.
Sinopsis
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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- Librería
- Bookcase
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 70926
- Título
- A Child's Garden of Verses
- Autor
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Ilustrador
- Robinson, Charles
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Editorial
- John Lane and the Bodley Head
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Childrens;
- Size
- 8vo
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Carlisle, Cumbria
Sobre Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
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- Title Page
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