Hardback, blue cloth, gilt titles and illustrations to front board. 125pp. Colour plates by Millicent Sowerby. Spine a little darkened and frayed to ends. Spotting to fore edge, and occasionally to contents. Private ownership. (r39)
An attractive hardback Folio Society volume, 1998 printing, in Fine condition, appears unused, in a Fine slipcase. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own).
New York: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1929. First edition with the Eulalie illustrations, 1929. Externally worn, internally very good. Classic poems for children, illustrated with eleven full color plates plus numerous black and white illustrations throughout the text. Blue cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover, decorative endpapers, 88 pages. Covers rubbed, mainly at the extremities and especially at the corners and spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, gift notation neatly written on half-title, no other markings. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall.
A Childs Garden of Verses By Robert Louis Stevenson Illustrated By Ruth Mary Hallock
Robert Louis Stevenson
A Childs Garden of Verses By Robert Louis Stevenson Illustrated By Ruth Mary Hallock
Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Rand McNally
Format: Hardcover
Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Good clean unmarked copy. Wear to edges as expected, uncommon in a dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
118 pages. Very good plus, owner bookplate on front pastedown and small stamp on rear pastedown, in a very good dust jacket (in fresh mylar protector), clipped at both the top and bottom of the front inner flap; overall a tight, clean, vintage copy. With a biographical sketch of the author and an index of first lines. Charmingly illustrated by Eulalie. Additional photo(s) available upon request. Prompt, professional shipping, with free tracking on U.S. orders!
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