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1931 A Child's Garden of Verses : Robert Louis Stevenson : H. Willebeek Le Mair
1931 A Child's Garden of Verses : Robert Louis Stevenson : H. Willebeek Le Mair
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A Child's Garden of Verses
By Robert Louis Stevenson and Illustrated by by H. Willebeek Le Mair
George G. Harrap & Co., London, 1931. First Edition of the popular Children's Classic superbly illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair. Hardcover, oblong format, 71pp, illustrated with 12 wonderful colour plates by Willebeek Le Mair.
CONDITION
A good first edition in good clean condition. The boards and cloth spine are good with a little light marking to the rear board. The illustrated endpapers are very good. Small inscription to front endpaper. All contents present and pages in good clean condition throughout. Overall a very good first edition.
A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. The poems, which have been widely imitated, are written from the point of view of a child. Stevenson dedicated the collection to his childhood nurse, Alison Cunningham.
CONTENTS
A Child's Garden of Verses
"Bed in Summer"
"A Thought"
"At the Sea-side"
"Young Night Thought"
"Whole Duty of Children"
"Rain"
"Pirate Story"
"Foreign Lands"
"Windy Nights"
"Travelling"
"Singing"
"Looking Forward"
"A Good Play"
"Where Go the Boats?"
"Auntie's Skirts"
"The Land of Counterpane"
"The Land of Nod"
"My Shadow"
"System"
"A Good Boy"
"Escape at Bedtime"
"Marching Song"
"The Cow"
"Happy Thought"
"The Wind"
"Keepsake Mill"
"Good and Bad Children"
"Foreign Children"
"The Sun's Travels"
"The Lamplighter"
"My Bed is a Boat"
"The Moon"
"The Swing"
"Time to Rise"
"Looking-glass River"
"Fairy Bread"
"From a Railway Carriage"
"Winter-time"
"The Hayloft"
"Farewell to the Farm"
"Northwest Passage: Good Night, Shadow March, In Port"
The Child Alone
"The Unseen Playmate"
"My Ship and I"
"My Kingdom"
"Picture-books in Winter"
"My Treasures"
"Block City"
"The Land of Story-books"
"Armies in the Fire"
"The Little Land"
Garden Days
"Night and Day"
"Nest Eggs"
"The Flowers"
"Summer Sun"
"The Dumb Soldier"
"Autumn Fires"
"The Gardener"
"Historical Associations"
Envoys
"To Willie and Henrietta"
"To My Mother"
"To Auntie"
"To Minnie"
"To My Name-child"
"To Any Reader
By Robert Louis Stevenson and Illustrated by by H. Willebeek Le Mair
George G. Harrap & Co., London, 1931. First Edition of the popular Children's Classic superbly illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair. Hardcover, oblong format, 71pp, illustrated with 12 wonderful colour plates by Willebeek Le Mair.
CONDITION
A good first edition in good clean condition. The boards and cloth spine are good with a little light marking to the rear board. The illustrated endpapers are very good. Small inscription to front endpaper. All contents present and pages in good clean condition throughout. Overall a very good first edition.
A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. The poems, which have been widely imitated, are written from the point of view of a child. Stevenson dedicated the collection to his childhood nurse, Alison Cunningham.
CONTENTS
A Child's Garden of Verses
"Bed in Summer"
"A Thought"
"At the Sea-side"
"Young Night Thought"
"Whole Duty of Children"
"Rain"
"Pirate Story"
"Foreign Lands"
"Windy Nights"
"Travelling"
"Singing"
"Looking Forward"
"A Good Play"
"Where Go the Boats?"
"Auntie's Skirts"
"The Land of Counterpane"
"The Land of Nod"
"My Shadow"
"System"
"A Good Boy"
"Escape at Bedtime"
"Marching Song"
"The Cow"
"Happy Thought"
"The Wind"
"Keepsake Mill"
"Good and Bad Children"
"Foreign Children"
"The Sun's Travels"
"The Lamplighter"
"My Bed is a Boat"
"The Moon"
"The Swing"
"Time to Rise"
"Looking-glass River"
"Fairy Bread"
"From a Railway Carriage"
"Winter-time"
"The Hayloft"
"Farewell to the Farm"
"Northwest Passage: Good Night, Shadow March, In Port"
The Child Alone
"The Unseen Playmate"
"My Ship and I"
"My Kingdom"
"Picture-books in Winter"
"My Treasures"
"Block City"
"The Land of Story-books"
"Armies in the Fire"
"The Little Land"
Garden Days
"Night and Day"
"Nest Eggs"
"The Flowers"
"Summer Sun"
"The Dumb Soldier"
"Autumn Fires"
"The Gardener"
"Historical Associations"
Envoys
"To Willie and Henrietta"
"To My Mother"
"To Auntie"
"To Minnie"
"To My Name-child"
"To Any Reader
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