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STEVENSON**, R[obert] L[ouis]: : A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES

US.NY.CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS,1917.

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US,Royal 8vo HB,1st edn thus.No owner inscrptn.Colour pictorial paper onlay with some minor,but miniscule chipping/loss to edges and top,right-hand corner (assumed removal of adhesive price-label (?), ilustrated artwork by Jessie Willcox Smith,to upper bd,which has some minor blemishes to it's cloth border edges and bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and near immaculate,clean,3 colour-block (blue-green,brown+ white) illustrated eps - also by J W S,both hinges solid and intact - not cracked, split,nor torn.Publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with some minimal shelf-wear to edges and corners,all corners and both head+foot of spine/ backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing: bright,crisp,gilt top edges,fore -edges untrimmed and heavily aged/toned - as usual/normal.Rear board has several blemishes to it's cloth covering.Contents bright,tight,generally clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Some slight grubbing/marks to the foot of last page of illustration's list and also to the foot of the opposite unpaginated,separator title page.US,8vo HB,1st edn thus,v-xiipp+3-124pp [paginated] includes dedication(?) poem [to Alison Cunningham from R. L. S.], separate contents+illustrations lists/ tables,4 parts including an untitled section along with the following sections,'The Child Alone','Garden Days' and 'Envoys' - each with a J. W. S b/w line illustrated drawing to unpaginated section separator pages; comprising 41,9,8 and 6 poems respectively,63 poems in total,profuse b/w line illustrations within the text,12 full page,full colour illus (all called for) by J. W. S. - which inexplicably,the believed titled tissue-guards for the plates are all missing and/or removed (probably the book's biggest fault/impairment],plus [unpaginated] half-title page,colour pictorial artwork and an illustrated title-page (again by J. W. S) with MCMXVII (1917) date.Described hard,but fairly and honestly,nowhere as distressed or impaired as it would appear,nor as it reads or sounds!! For over five generations,R.L.S's 'A Child's Garden of Verses' has enchanted and captured the hearts of readers. Stevenson's work presents a child's-eye view of the world,which is fresh and spontaneous.To a child,these 63 poems reflect the feelings,thoughts and dreams of childhood; to an adult,they evoke long-forgotten memories.First published in the UK in March 1885,although over half the verses in it were originally composed from 1881 onwards,published under the title 'Penny Whistles' (1883),Robert Louis Stevenson's classic collection of poems has been an enduring favourite with generations of children and parents alike.They were an immediate success and have never been out of print.Stevenson was prompted to write verse after reading some of Kate Greenaway's rhymes.Before Stevenson,very little verse had been written as though by the child themself - the exceptions being some of the poems by Blake,Ann and Jane Taylor,and Christina Rossetti.This collection includes the classics: 'Bed in Summer','The Land of Counterpane','My Shadow','Foreign Children','The Lamplighter',and 'The Swing'. The first illustrated edition of the work appeared in US and UK simultaneously,in 1895 [by Charles Robinson],after the author's death in Samoa at the age of forty-four. Since then,many artists have produced accompanying illustrations to the text,of which this edn and illustrator are highly sought after and collected by collectors. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

US,Royal 8vo HB,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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