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1908 A Child's Garden of Verses
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Description
Colour Plates, Decorative Binding, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
The first large paper edition with colour plates. This illustrated edition first published in 1895.
In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding.
With eight colour plates and many full-page and in-text line drawings throughout. Collated, complete.
'A Child's Garden of Verses' is an anthology of children's poems for children by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, considered one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century.
Verses such as 'Bed in Summer', 'Foreign Lands', 'Pirate Story' and 'Singing' make up this charming collection, all of which are written from the point of view of a child.
With four leaves of publisher's advertisements to the rear, uncut.
Condition
In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities, most notable to the spine head and tail. A few small marks to the boards, including a couple damp spots to the rear. Internally, firmly bound. With scattered spots throughout, heaviest to the first and last couple leaves. Offsetting to the endpapers.
Very Good
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