A Child's Garden of Verses
Stevenson, Robert Louis: Introduction by William Rose Benet
Published by The Heritage Press., 1944
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DESCRIPTION: This illustrated copy of Child's Garden of Verses has been written by Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850 - 1894) a Scottish novelist, poet and writer. He is well known for "Treasure Island", " Kidnapped", and also "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". * Inserted at the front of this Volume is a copy of the Sandglass, # IIG, a four page folded pamphlet from the Heritage Press. * The dust jacket has essentially the same scene as the front and rear endpapers. There are 18 colored illustrations and 56 black & white illustrations. * The contents include the introduction, and four main areas of poetry such as:(#1.) A Child's Garden of Verses, (#2.) The Child Alone, and (#3.) Garden Days, (#4.) Envoys. * This book does not have a slip case. * The special contents of this edition are copyright 1944, by The Limited Editions Club from whom permission has been obtained by the heritage press for this edition. * This dustjacket will be protected with a Brodart archival plastic sleeve. * CONDITION: I think that this book is in very good condition with minor surface wear on the covers and dust jacket. The spine for the dustjacket is slightly darker than the rest of the dustjacket and the photograph of the book shows bumped corners at the top. Seller Inventory # 1402
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Title: A Child's Garden of Verses
Publisher: The Heritage Press.
Publication Date: 1944
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Roger Duvoisin
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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A Child's Garden of Verses
Published by
Heritage Press, NY, 1944
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Hardcover
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
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Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ (in mylar). Roger Duvoisin (illustrator). Parent's gift inscription on ffep, dated Sept. '45, otherwise textlock very clean and tight; Beautifully clean and tight red cloth binding with a large front cover pastedown; Binding is very lightly edge rubbed; Dust jacket worn and scuffed along the edges and at the spine tips and corners; The jacket has a couple of closed edge tears with associated creases, an old tape repair along the front fore edge, but is generally clean and bright; 111p.; Reprinted with permission from The Limited Editions Club. Size: 4to - Over 9 " -12" Tall. Hardcover. Seller Inventory # 24846
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A Child's Garden of Verses
Published by
The George Macy Companies, Inc, n. p., 1944
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Large octavo; pp 112; G-/no-DJ; dark red spine with yellow text; slipcase shows sunned and rubbed exterior, more sunning to spine; split start to head edge; some fraying to edges, as is; cloth has spotting to exterior; some soiling to illustration to front; text block shows slight foxing to exterior edges; previous owner's name to verso of ffep; previous owner's sticker to half title page; illustrated endpapers. 1310566. FP New Rockville Stock. Seller Inventory # 1310566
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