lavishly illustrated throughout, pp. xiv, 137, [3], crown 8vo, original maroon cloth, Robinson designs to both boards and to backstrip stamped in gilt, backstrip lettering also gilt, t.e.g., touch of rubbing, very good. The flyleaf is inscribed: 'to Antony[sic] Eden. Xmas 1906.' Above this is the likely contemporary note, presumably in the recipient's hand, recording it as a gift 'From Nancy Cunard'; Eden's armorial bookplate is on the facing pastedown. The future Prime Minister was then nine years old, whilst Cunard - poet, printer and political activist to be - was ten; both were from influential aristocratic families and evidently acquainted from an early age. Harold Nicolson's diaries record the attempts of Lady Cunard, Nancy's mother, to exert her influence on Eden during the latter's political career. Seller Inventory # 74143

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Title: A Child's Garden of Verses. Illustrated by ...

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons & John Lane

Publication Date: 1902

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Our premises are in the main Blackwell's bookstore, one of the largest and best known in the world, housing over 200,000 new book titles, covering every subject, disclipline and interest, as well as a large secondhand books department. The bookstore is in the centre of the city, opposite the Bodleian Library, Sheldonian Theatre, and many of the colleges and other university buildings, with on-street parking close by.

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Blackwell UK Ltd
48-51 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BQ, United Kingdom

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Blackwell's Rare Books is a part of Waterstones Booksellers Ltd, 203-206 Piccadilly. London W1J 9HD
Company Registration No. 610095 England VAT Reg No. GB 108 277 024
We can be contacted directly on +44 (0)1865 333555 or rarebooks@blackwell.co.uk.

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