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A Child's Garden of Verses (Golden Classics)
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good to very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0307102262
- ISBN 13
- 9780307102263
- Seller
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Woodbridge, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A.: Golden Books, 1999. A Child's Garden of Verses (Golden Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen. Oversize hardback 76 page picture book of poetry for children has had some gluing-overall is clean and in good to very good condition. No dust jacket in a Brodart protector-looks nice. NOT AN EX-LIB!. Hard Cover. Good to very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Provensen, Alice and Martin.
Synopsis
Rediscover the delight and innocence of childhood in these classic poems from celebrated Scottish author, Robert Louis Stevenson.From make-believe to climbing trees, bedtime stories to morning play and favorite cousins to beloved mothers.Here is a very special collection to be treasured for ever. First published in 1885, the first printing of A Child's Garden of Verses ran 1000 copies by Longhaus, Green and Co in London. This book was not illustrated until the 1896 edition, published 2 years after Stevenson's death. The collection contains about 65 poems, and many of the poems, including “The Land of Counterpane,” take a positive perspective on Stevenson's own childhood which was plagued by sickness. He dedicated the work to his nurse Alison Cunningham. Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer. (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) Although he died at just forty four years old and suffered from ill health the majority of his life he managed to travel and write extensively in that short period. His most famous works are Treasure Island , Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , Kidnapped, and A Child's Garden of Verses . Although Stevenson fell out of the canon for a number of years, today he is one of the most translated authors and is highly celebrated for his stories.
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- Seller
- Bev's Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 33701
- Title
- A Child's Garden of Verses (Golden Classics)
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Illustrator
- Provensen, Alice and Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0307102262
- ISBN 13
- 9780307102263
- Publisher
- Golden Books
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Bev's Books
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Woodbridge, Virginia
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We specialize in books for children, teens and young adults-although we have a smaller inventory of cookbooks and miscellanious other items written for grown up folk.
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