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Stevenson, Robert Louis. Child's Garden of Verses, A. Oxford University Press, NY, 1947.
Price: US$19.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 119pp; green cover with paper title label paste-down on front cover; gilt lettering on spine is faded; color ils on white endpages; color plates & other b/w ils; small tear bottom edge of first 3 or 4pp; some wear to extrems of cover
Seller: THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1947.
Price: US$19.80 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Green cloth binding. Color and black and white illustrations. 118 pages. Illustrated eps. Most of spine cover missing. Light spotting to eps. Owners name on fep.
Seller: Betty Mittendorf /Tiffany Power BKSLINEN, Ralston, NE, U.S.A.
STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS. CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, NY, 1947.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SOLID CLEAN BRIGHT AND UNMARKED A CLASSIC BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR BY TASHA TUDOR BOUND IN GREEN WITH GOLD LETTERING AND A BRIGHT COMPLETE PASTEDOWN ON FRONT COVER ONE TIP IS BUMPED SOME SUNFADE TO SPINE A CLEAN BRIGHT COPY
Seller: ARD Books, cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hbk square 8vo 118pp illustr throughout in b+w and color with color illustr endpapers lacks dj green cloth boards with affixed title-label showing light edgewear and dulling to the spine, front hinge beginning to loosen now in custom acetate jacket faint remains of prev ownerÕs name erased on front endpaper otherwise internally a very good clean bright unmarked pages
Seller: Sutton Books, Norwich, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated by Tasha Tudor. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket, with two small tears to front panel.
Seller: Albatross Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Very good with faded, bumped, and rubbed edges Good with soiling, chipping, and short closed tears
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses. NY Oxford Univ Press 1947., 1947.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Description: G. Green binding, paste down pictorial title square ft cover. Heavy edge wear, spine faded, some & soil discoloration binding. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor. 1st ed.
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7 x 9 in. Paper boards with plate, color illus. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean, mils wear to corners and spine ends. Binding tight. Text clean, unmarked. Chil. Stax.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An Oxford Books for Boys and Girls edition from the late 1940s of the Stevenson classic with a mixture of b/w & color illustrations by Tasha Tudor. Green boards with a decorated title plate on the front board. Dull patches to the boards that are probably due to silverfish. There are similar patches on the DJ probably also due to silverfish. Edge wear to the DJ with 1.25" loss at the top of the spine. Wear to the edges. The interior is clean and tight. Overall a good to very good copy.
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses. Oxford University Press, New York, 1947.
Price: US$37.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean, crisp and tight. Green boards. 118 pages. Some edgewear and a little color loss to spine.
Seller: funyettabooks, Bloomington, MN, U.S.A.
STEVENSON.ROBERT L.. A CHILD'S GUIDE TO VERSES.. OXFORD UNIV. PRESS., NEW YORK., 1947.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED BY TASHA TUDER ON PAGE FOLLOWING FFEP.1947 DATE ON TITLE PAGE.LETTERING ON THE SPINE DULLED.BINDING TIGHT.SOME LIGHT SOIL IN TEXT AND ON COVER PASTE-ON.LOWER FRONT CORNER SLIGHTLY STUBBED.
Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Childs Garden of Verses. Oxford University Press, New York, 1947.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Corners, head and tail of spine slightly worn, prev. owner's bookplate on front paste down and inscription on half title, otherwise Near Fine. Dust wrapper chipped at corners, head and tail of spine, worn along hinge of spine. Some water spotting on spine, otherwise Very Good in mylar jacket. Cover illustration still bright.
Seller: The Dawn Treader Book Shop, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor. Octavo. Very good or a little better in good dustwrapper with some loss at the spine ends. Ownership signature of the poet Eleanor Ross Taylor.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$49.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: HC/DJ - Green cloth boards with Decorated & Ttitled White pastedown. Gilt lettering to spine. Illust. endpapers. Gift Inscription backside of 1st endpaper. Clean Interior. No markings. Color and B/W prolifically Illust. throughout. DJ has small closed tears at edges and some rubbing. Is price-clipped. 118pp. 8vo. --B.R. Box 42
Seller: Best Books And Antiques, Chandler, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth, 22 cm, 118 pages, with color and black & white plates. Date 1947 on title page. Very good copy. Previous owner's address label on front blank. No dustjacket.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), illus. paper label on upper cover, gilt letters, 118 pp. Fine in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with darkened spine and edges. From dust jacket: One of the happy events of childhood is one's first introduction to A Child's Garen of Verses. Through succeeding generations these poems continue to be part of the heritage of all American and English children. Stevenson's memory of his own childhood never grew dim, and because he was a poet he was able to share with children the happiness and wonder of his early years. Tasha Tudor has loved these poems always and has now given us one of their loveliest interpretations. Through the pages of this volume she has portrayed the same dark-haired, bright-eyed small boy who might indeed by R.L.S. Children's Literature, Illustrated. bxsli
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
Robert Louis Stevenson. A Child's Garden of Verses. Oxford University Press January 1947, 1947.
Price: US$57.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED BY TUDOR ON SECOND FLYLEAF. used hardcover in a PRICECLIPPED dust jacket. jacket is a bit worn about the edges and somewhat scuffed, but without any serious tears. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.
Seller: Magus Books Seattle, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. 118 pages. Near fine condition in dust jacket that has some soiling, yellowing and light edgewear. (A4)
Seller: Jeff Jeremias Fine Arts, RMABA, Aurora, CO, U.S.A.
STEVENSON, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses. Oxford University Press, New York, 1947.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Octavo. Dust jacket in wrappers over green color with decorated book plate on cover and gilt lettering on spine, illustrated pastedowns and free end papers, illustrated by Tasha Tudor. Very good, small chips and short closed tears on dust jacket, cup stain on front panel, timetoning to dustjacket overall, previous owner's bookplate on second free end paper, pages clean.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses. Oxford University Press, 1947.
Price: US$65.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Scarce early Tudor title. Extra clean and tight.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses. Oxford University Press, New York, 1947.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This copy is in good condition. The jacket has moderate rubbing and edgewear. The spine has yellowed with age. The boards at the head of the front cover have been midly damaged, there is wear through the cloth and into the board underneath. All text edges have yellowed with age and have mild foxing. The interior of the front cover and then FEP have mild foxing and the previous owner has inscribed on the FEP. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover, bound in green cloth with dust jacket. The jacket lightly rubbed with one nick; the text unmarked.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses. Oxford University Press, 1947.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description:
Seller: RP BOOKS, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES. Oxford University Press, us, 1947.
Price: US$81.00 + shipping
Description:
Seller: Happy Heroes, Monroe, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor. Octavo. Spine heavily sunned, binding with some wear at the corners and spine ends, one page spread with two small stains, very good, lacking the dust jacket. Signed by Tudor on the front fly.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses. Oxford University Press, New York, 1947.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 1st ed. US, 8vo, full green cloth with color cover label and decorated endpapers by Tasha Tudor, illustrated in color and grayscale. Fine in lightly edgeworn, unclipped dj with small water stain to inside front jacket fold, clear tape reinforement to inside of dj spine. No previous owner's marks.
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Bookplate else a clean copy in like jacket with some dust darkening to the spine. Brief SIGNED INSCRIPTION ("To --- with love from.) by Tudor! Scarce thusly!; Signed by Author
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.