Hardcover. Condition: G+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. All corners rubbed with cloth frayed. Prior owner's name. Illustrated by Eulalie. Blue cloth binding with color past on. Illustrated endpapers. 13" tall; 89 p. See photos
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A Child's Garden of Verse. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
(Foreman.) STEVENSON (Robert Louis)
A Child's Garden of Verse. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
(Foreman.) STEVENSON (Robert Louis)
Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Date published: 1985
FIRST FOREMAN EDITION, half-title vignette, colour-printed and monochrome illustrations throughout, many full page, pp. 124, small 4to, original blue boards, top and bottom edges very slightly faded, backstrip lettered in gilt, dustjacket a little creased at head of backstrip, very good. A centennial edition of Stevenson's classic work for children, updated with "evocative and sensitive" illustrations (dustjacket blurb) by one of the major British children's illustrators of the twentieth century.
The Ballads and Other Poems: a Child's Garden of Verse, Underwoods, Ballads
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Ballads and Other Poems: a Child's Garden of Verse, Underwoods, Ballads
Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Date published: 1895
Format: Hardcover
Good hardcover, no DJ. Gilt-inlay scene with girl, roses, and neighborhood on front cover. Sunning on spine. Previous owner's name on end paper (dated march 1876). Ex-Library (college) with usual markings. Pages are tanned. Binding is secure. Top edge is gilt.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
John Martin's House 1945. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Worn spine. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING
With the Scribner's monogram on the copyright page but a latter date on the title page. Original black gilt cloth with pictorial pastedown and illustrated endpapers. All color plates present. Cover color a bit dull but spine gilt bright. A clean, unmarked, tight copy, scarce in this condition.
A VERY WELL PRESERVED COPY OF THIS RARE EDITION SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BY SUE SEELEY WONDERFUL CLEAN ENDPAPERS TOP TIPS A BIT BUMPED EXCELLENT BLUE PASTEDOWN ON FRONT COVER BOUND IN TAN WITH PERFECT BLUE LETTERING TO SPINE " BOOK BELONGS TO BOX " HAS BEEN NEATLY FILLED IN
1949 Bodley Head Hardcover Edition 7th Impression. Very good clean tight binding in very good restored dustjacket. Wonderful jacket design & illustrations by Charles Robinson.
1945 John Martin's House Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good+ clean tight binding with illustrated boards . Wonderful cover design & illustrations by Peter Mabie as shown.
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top edge gilt: The top of the text block (the edges the pages that are visible when looking directly down at the top of a closed book) has been decorated with a gold-like finish.