Poems of Childhood - Hardcover

Eugene Field

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517117312 ISBN 13: 9780517117316

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904

Synopsis

First edition published with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Considered by some "the best known book illustrated by Parrish," Field's Poems of Childhood is the first book in which Parrish's paintings were reproduced in full color Ludwig 31 . Five of the eight color plates contained within the volume were first commissioned by Edward Bok to be published, in conjunction with Field's poems, at the Ladies' Home Journal Ludwig 31 , with Parrish designing the remaining plates, title page, pictorial end papers, and paper cover label specifically for the publication of the 1904 volume. Right edge of color pictorial paper label on cover is faded. Some pages unopened. xii, 200 pages, plus 8 color plates. cloth with color pictorial paper label and uncut fore edge. large 8vo..

About this title

About the Author

Eugene Field (1850-1895) is best known for his children's poetry.
Giselle Potter is the illustrator of ""The Boy Who Loved Words ""by Roni Schotter, which received two starred reviews, ""The Littlest Grape Stomper ""by Alan Madison, and ""Kate and the Beanstalk ""(a ""Publishers Weekly ""and ""School Library Journal ""Best
Book and ALA Notable Book). She lives in Kingston, New York.

""From the Hardcover edition.""

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From Publishers Weekly

A Scribner Illustrated Classics reissue of Eugene Field's 1904 Poems of Childhood is set in the original typeface with reproductions of eight full color drawings by Maxfield Parrish. The book is more of a time capsule than a treasure trove of enduring poetry-despite works like "Little Boy Blue" and "Wynken, Blynken and Nod," reading nearly 200 pages of late-Victorian sentiment gets wearisome: a typical poem begins, "When our babe he goeth walking in his garden/ Around his tinkling feet the sunbeams play."
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Edition details

• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Publication date: 1904
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517117312
• ISBN 13: 9780517117316
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Maxfield Parrish
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 199