Sunday, May 11, 2014

1895 A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES ROBINSON - STUNNING ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING - First American Edition

1895

A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES ROBINSON

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ STUNNING ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING ~ PRE-RAPHAELITE MOVEMENT ~ CLASSIC POETRY ***

Publisher:
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895.

Features:
• measures about 7.5" x 5.25"
• beautiful publisher's decorative green cloth Art Nouveau fine binding
• intricate embossed gold gilt stamping to all three panels
• textblock top edge gilt, otherwise deckle edge
• frontispiece portrait and vignette title page
• profusely illustrated by Charles Robinson





1 comment:

  1. This was my very favourite book as a child. It looked exactly like this. I miss it still.

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