Complete Poems for Children

Reeves, James

ISBN 10: 043495893X / ISBN 13: 9780434958931

Published by Heinemann Young Books, 1973

About this Item

William Heinemann Ltd.; 1973. First edition. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. "This volume contains all the poems James Reeves has written for children over the past quarter century". Hardcover with clipped dust cover. Dust cover protected by a transparent removable cover. Dust cover in excellent condition. Very minor wear to edges. Spine a little sunned. White end papers. No previous owner marks. Binding tight and text clean. Very minor foxing to text block edges. B/w illustrations. Index of first lines and index of titles to rear. A beautiful copy.

Seller Inventory # 0106222

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complete Poems for Children
• Publisher: Heinemann Young Books
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 043495893X
• ISBN 13: 9780434958931
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's Verse

About this title

Synopsis

In the Oxford Companion to Children's Literature it says of James Reeves, 'His real achievement, however, lies in his poetry, which is generally regarded as the best British ''serious'' children's verse since Walter de la Mare - though the poems are usually far from serious in subject-matter.'

In this complete edition, first published in 1973, the delight is two-fold as the poems are complemented by Edward Ardizzone's beautiful and witty illustrations.

About the Author

James Reeves (1909-78) was a poet, educationalist and folklorist. He read English at Cambridge University, where he co-founded the influential literary magazine Experiment with Jacob Bronowski. After university, he forged a successful career in teaching, but failing eyesight forced him to retire in 1952, whereupon he became a full-time writer and editor. His other publications include Collected Poems, 1929-1974, Complete Poems for Children (1973), and, with Martin Seymour-Smith, Inside Poetry (1970).