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Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses. London: John Lane, 1896, 1896.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 2nd ed, gilt titles, pages loose w/tape repairs, hinges loose, foredge gilt, with all faults
Seller: mauna kea books, kurtistown, HI, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert L.. A Child's Garden of Verses. John Lane, 1896.
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: the boards are shelf rubbed and marked. tanning. scribbling in text. ownership inscription. foxing. 1st illustrated edition. some age related marks. well bound. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A child's garden of verses. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1896.
Price: US$23.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1896 John Lane The Bodley Head third edition hardback, green boards with gilt titling and illustration to front and spine have light wear, gilt page edges, no dj; Good+ clean copy, slight loosening to internal hinges; UK dealer, immediate dispatch
Seller: Simply Read Books, Boat Of Garten, United Kingdom
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a 1926 edition in green 3/4 leather with 5 rib spine with gold lettering on the spine, t.e.g., green cloth boards, green endpapers, Scribner logo on copyright page. Gold Berkshire School logo stamped on the front cover (not an exlib copy). This is a really nice copy, VG or maybe near fine.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden Of Verses. John Lane, 1896.
Price: US$51.17 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st Illustrated edition. Green cloth covers with gilt illustration and decoration. Corners bumped and rubbed with rubbing to head & foot of spine. Hinge cracked inside covers. Black and white illustrations. No frontispiece (I dont think it was published with one). 137 pages + 16pp of adverts at rear.
Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$60.20 + shipping
Description: 19.5 x 12.5 cm., xiv, 136 pp. The book is illustrated throughout with a delightful mixture of full page drawings, head and tail pieces and borders. With a 16 page catalogue dated 1895. The book is covered in green cloth with gilt decoration and lettering on the spine and front, gilt page edges. CONDITION. VG. The pages are clean and tight, though showing a few faint finger marks in the margins. The corners and ends of the spine are lightly rubbed. No marks of ownership.
Seller: Peter Rhodes, Southampton, United Kingdom
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1896.
Price: US$60.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2nd 1896. Very good condition with no wrapper. Dark green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. B/w text illustrations. 136 pages plus publication list to rear. All edges gilt. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; a few to page margins. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$67.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Illustrated Edition; green vertical fine-ribbed cloth; lettering and design in gilt on spine; beautiful designs in gilt on front and rear covers; all gilt is bright; all edges gilt; 137 pp; also the 16 page John Lane Catalogue of Publications in Belles Lettres is included at rear; slightest of edge wear at one tip; beautiful Charles Robinson illustrations in a very handsome binding; front hinge cracked but holding.
Seller: Reeve & Clarke Books (ABAC / ILAB), South River, ON, Canada
Stevenson,Robert Louis. A Child's Garden Of Verses. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1896.
Price: US$70.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is a Good Only Copy of this book in dark green cloth with gilt lettering and decorations to both spine and upper cover.This is the Third Edition but the First Edition with the black and white illustraions by Charles Robinson.There are some stain marks to the bottom section of the front and rear cover.It lacks it's front endpaper and the text internally is a little lumpy (like the Vaccine roll-out) and crinkled in places.There is one small bookplate to the front pastedown and one owner's name to the front endpaper.All the page edges are in gilt.Illustrated in b&w by Charles Robinson with some wonderful and evocative drawings.The contents remain generally clean internally with just an odd smudge mark and slight spotting,8vo 139pp + 16 page publisher's catalogue at rear of the book.First Charles Robinson Illustrated Editiion [1896]
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a hardcover 1896 third edition copy in dark green cloth with gold stamping on spine and both boards, all edges gilt. No DJ. By Bodley Head & Scribner's. Gift inscription dated 1897 on the front flyleaf, otherwise a VG unmarked copy. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. at the Ballantyne Press. 140 pages plus a 16 page List of books in Belles Lettres by the Bodley Head at the rear.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First illustrated edition. Small octavo. Contemporary full green calf, spine gilt, marbled endpapers. Spine sunned, wear to board edges. Very clean
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$105.68 + shipping
Description: 1st Ed., thus. xiv + 137pp. + [iii] + [iv] + 16pp. publ. adverts. Dec. title page, dec. head and tail pieces, dec. initial letters, illus. chapter headings and numerous decorations throughout. Contemporary ownership inscription, e.ps. lightly browned, some sporadic light spotting, upper hinge tender, original gilt lettered dark green cloth with gilt decoration to upper board and spine, lightly soiled and rubbed, corners and head and tail of spine bumped, fore and lower edge uncut. US$105
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$116.91 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Illustrated Charles Robinson Edition. Original green cloth binding with gilt illustrations and titles to boards and spine. All fore edges tipped in gilt. Many full page and in-line illustrations by Charles Robinson. Book condition: Pushing and rubbing to leading corners and spine tips. Some small marks to the boards. Two tiny closed tears to two pages not affecting text. Front hinge is cracked but the book is firm. Ink name to ffep. Light foxing to prelims.
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
Stevenson, Robert L.. A Child's Garden of Verses. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1896.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Binding tight, no markings, shelf wear, corners bumped. green cloth with gilt decor and lettering. Some page edges uncut in the advertising section torn uneven. D4 3
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. A Child's Garden of Verses. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1896.
Price: US$186.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 12 mo. Pp. xiv, [137] , [3] - small woodcuts, [1] - advert., [3], 16 - publ. catalogue, nearly 100 illustrations by Charles Robinson. Green ribbed cloth with ornate gilt decorated spine, charming, delicate Art Nouveau gilt-stamped illustrations to both upper and lower covers, top edge rough trimmed, others deckled. Bit of spotting to prelims and endpages, bookseller's small ticket to lower corner of front pastedown, previous owner's pencil signature, dated 4 Decr [sic] 1895, to front free endpaper, else a near fine copy. Prideaux 14 - Illustrated Edition p.39.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$221.91 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description:
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses. John Lane, The Bodley Head 1896, London, 1896.
Price: US$224.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Charles Robinson Edition. (cloth 203 mm tall). A much better than average copy, with a few minor dents to the head and tail of spine and corners. Two leaves with tears to the edge, not affecting the text. Some foxing internally. Very good. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$318.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A bright and clean copy of this classic illustrated edition (First Edition thus) with the attractive and skilled Robinson illustrations throughout including the three small vignettes to rear.16pp Publisher's Catalogue with a very attractive illustrated title page to same by the famous Edward Hort New (who designed for Kelmscott Press), featuring John Lane, Bodley Head front door in Vigo Street, London. Tight binding with very slight movement to front board, faint marks to front cover and light browning to both front and rear end-papers. Highly ornate gilt designs to spine and both boards, a.e.g. with slightly bumped points. Pasted down card inscription to Emma Allen. Superior paper to text block is bright white and not foxed at all. A very good example of this iconic volume.20% price reduction applied.
Seller: Stoneman Press, York, YK, United Kingdom
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Illustrated Edition. Green buckram with lettering & decorations stamped in gilt. Adds dated 1895. Beautiful illustrations by Charles Robinson in black and white. There is offsetting to the pastedowns and free endpapers. Gilt is bright and undamaged. There are no marks or writing. Pages are bright and clean with barely visible foxing on some pages. A photo of Robert Louis Stevenson has been tipped in at front of book. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$384.26 + shipping
Description: First edition with these illustrations. Octavo. pp xiv, 144, 16 adverts. Copiously illustrated with black and white drawings by Charles Robinson. Original green gilt pictorial cloth. All edges gilt. Slight rubbing to head and tail of spine. Endpapers a little tanned and spotted. Very good.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1896.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 136; 16pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Rebound in full green leather with 6 gilt stamped compartments on the spine, and single gilt ruled borders on the covers. All edges gilt. New endpapers and flyleaves. Original cloth boards and backstrip bound in. 16 pages of advertisements at the rear dated 1895. There is a contemporary gift inscription (dated Dec 25, 1895) on the page preceding the half title. The pages have occasional very light foxing and soiling. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. The first Charles Robinson edition in a lovely binding. Charles Robinson (1870-1937) was a prolific British illustrator. He was the brother of the renowned illustrators Thomas Heath Robinson and William Heath Robinson.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$544.37 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.2 inches). Dated 1896 but actually published in 1895. Beautifully illustrated with nearly 100 line drawings by Robinson. 16pp publishers catalogue at end, dated 1895. Finely bound in recent full dark green morocco, spine with five raised bands, the compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. All edges gilt. The publishers original decorative green cloth boards and spine, lettered and decorated in gilt, are bound in at rear. A lovely copy of this wonderful book.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, xiv, 136, [4] pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in three quarter red calf with red cloth boards and paneled spine bearing gilt titling and tooling, rebacked with spine preserved. Some mild rubbing and wear to binding. Top edge of text block gilt. Bookplate to front pastedown. Presumed Large Paper Edition, with limitation to verso of the half-title page: "Of this Edition 150 Copies have been printed." This is presumed to be one of the 150 British copies of the Large Paper Edition, as the 100 American copies have a different limitation as well as an additional Scribner's copyright at the bottom of the title page. Shelved in Case 0. First Robinson illustrated edition. Issued simultaneously in a limited large-paper edition and a trade edition. First published without illustrations in 1885. 1339361. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$652.27 + shipping
Description: Provenance; Francis Graham Brown's copy with his name printed to the front paste-down. Damp stain extending to 3 sq. cms to the lower outer edge of the back board. Very good copy overall in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dust-toned only, as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Publisher's ads to the rear.Related item; Referenced by: Gumuchian 5441. Subjects; Children's poetry, Scottish. Children's poetry, English. Children's Poetry. Genre; Children's books - England - 1896. Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$724.00 + shipping
Description: Provenance; Francis Graham Brown's copy with his name printed to the front paste-down. Damp stain extending to 3 sq. cms to the lower outer edge of the back board. Very good copy overall in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dust-toned only, as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Publisher's ads to the rear.Related item; Referenced by: Gumuchian 5441. Subjects; Children's poetry, Scottish. Children's poetry, English. Children's Poetry. Genre; Children's books - England - 1896. Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses. John Lane: The Bodley Head, London, 1896.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: xiv, [2], 3-136, [4], [4], 16pp catalogue (dated 1895). Duodecimo [19 cm] Original ribbed green pictorial cloth. All edges gilt. In a custom Sangorski & Sutcliffe fleece-lined clamshell. Touch of foxing at the rear; else a fine copy with the Art Nouveau bookplate of Fred Brown, designed by Charles Robinson. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. First Charles Robinson illustrated edition.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$768.52 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 9 x 6.5 inches. xiv + [4] pp. + [4] publisher's advertisement and colophon. Bound in original maroon cloth with printed paper spine label. Top edge. Slight rubbing to edges and head and tail of spine and light sunning of spine and label (a spare copy is tipped in at end); otherwise a fine copy with the green cloth boards, gilt of the trade edition mounted as doublures on to front and rear endpapers. Illustrated by black and white drawings and vignettes in text throughout. Stevenson's collection of sixty four poems for children, originally to be titled Penny Whistles, was first published in 1885. Charles Robinson (1870-1937), a prolific book illustrator first illustrated the title in 1895 and it was also the first full book he illustrated. A fine copy of the limited edition of 1896, printed on hand made paper. ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS POETRY CHILDREN'S POETRY ILLUSTRATED 19TH CENTURY 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$832.56 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xiv, 136, [8], . . HB. 8vo, orig. red cloth, minor rubbing, paper title-label (rubbed, corners chipped, lightly soiled), teg, with orig. green, gilt-decorated cloth from the standard edition mounted on front and rear pastedowns as doublures, additional paper title label tipped in at rear. A closed horizontal tear across the centre of the free end-paper has been neatly and professionally repaired. A charming book. Large paper copy of the first illustrated edition, limited to 150 copies in the U.K. [and 100 copies in America]. This delightful collection of poems, a celebration of childhood, written from the point of view of a child, is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. The collection includes some of Stevensons most famous poems, including 'The Land of Counterpane', 'My Shadow' and 'The Lamplighter'. This edition is copiously illustrated by over 100 charming pen and ink drawings by Charles Robinson (1870-1937). This was the first book illustrated by Robinson, who went on to illustrate many more children's books.
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Price: US$875.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo. First English Illustrated edition. Limited 150 copies for England and only 100 copies for America of this large paper edition. 136(1) pp. illustrated by Charles Robinson. A Child's Garden of Verses is another classic by Stevenson; in many ways, it is a biography of his early life set to poetry. Stevenson wrote it when he was 35 years old, recalling his childhood joys and cares. A Child's Garden of Verses is notable not only for its prose, but also for its illustrations. It launched the career of an Englishman by the name of Charles Robinson. Bound in the original red buckram, paper spine label printed in red and black, top edge gilt, with the original green pictorial gilt cloth which was used for the regular English edition is mounted inside both covers as doublures, light wear to spine ends. Very scarce in such nice condition. [Beinecke Collection #202].
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
H D Lowry. Make- Believe. John Lane, London, 1896.
Price: US$1152.78 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A beautifully bound and illustrated first edition of this work by H D Lowry. Henry Dawson Lowry was an English journalist, short story writer, novelist and poet. Bound by Riviere and Son for Sotheran. First edition, illustrated throughout by Charles Robinson. Charles Robinson was a prolific British book illustrator. This is an example of some of his earlier illustration work. The first full work he illustrated was Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses in 1895. He was especially popular for his illustrations of fairy tales and children's books. In a full crushed morocco binding by Riviere for Sotheran. Original cloth boards and spine bound in. Externally, in excellent condition with just some rubbing to joints and slightly darkened spine. Attractive marbled endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, xiv, 136 pages, [8]. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in brown calf with gilt tooling and titling to paneled spine. Tricolored onlay designs appear on both boards, with gilt stamped turn-ins. âSlight chipping to head and tail of spine, some rubbing and wear to binding (primarily to hinges and corners), and a small dent to lower rear board. Top edge of text block gilt, fore edge uncut, lower edge cut, with beautiful flower endpapers. Presumed journeyman display or masterwork, with binders mark "LAF". OF Consignment. Shelved in Case 3. Presumed journeyman display or masterwork, due to the slight irregularities in the binding. First Robinson illustrated edition. Large Paper Edition, of which 150 copies have been printed for England and 100 for America. 1321019. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Large Paper Edition, Limited Edition, 1/250 Copies.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$2401.62 + shipping
Description: First Charles Robinson edition, originally published in 1885. Small octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated with floral centre tool gilt, raised bands, decoration to turn-ins gilt, floral patterned endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrations throughout by Charles Robinson. The occasional minor blemish, an excellent copy in a fine binding.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$3267.00 + shipping
Description: First illustrated edition (second overall) 8vo (222 x 142 mm), 16 pp. publisher's catalogue to rear dated 1895, the odd, random spot, browning to extreme edges, otherwise very good; publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, offsetting and the a couple of spots to endpapers, dust-jacket with a few chips to extremities, spine-panel toned, front flap largely replaced but still a notably early example of the dust jacket. A first illustrated edition and still second only to the first edition, published in 1885 in the exceptionally rare, early state dust-jacket.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom