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A Child's Garden of Verses / [by Robert Louis Stevenson].
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
- Series:
- Running Press miniature edition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's poetry, English.
- Miniature books--Specimens.
- Miniature books.
- English poetry.
- Scottish poetry.
- Genre:
- poetry.
- Poetry
- Specimens
- Poetry.
- Artists' books.
- Miniature books (Printing)
- Miniature books
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 137, [7] pages ; 83 mm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, 1989.
- Contents:
- A Thought
- At the Sea-side
- Bed in Summer
- Young Night Thought
- Whole Duty of Children
- Rain
- Pirate Story
- Foreign Lands
- Windy Nights
- Travel
- 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
- The Hayloft
- Farewell to the Farm
- Time to Rise
- Looking-Glass River
- Fairy Bread
- North-West Passage
- The Unseen Playmate
- From a Railway Carriage
- Winter-Time
- 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
- Night and Day
- Nest Eggs
- The Flowers
- Summer Sun
- The Dumb Soldier
- Autumn Fires
- The Gardener
- Historical Associations
- To Willie and Henrietta
- To My Mother
- To Auntie
- To Minnie
- To My Name-Child
- To Any Reader.
- Notes:
- "A Running Press Miniature Edition"--Title page verso.
- Author statement from dustjacket.
- "This book has been bound using handcraft methods, and Smythe-sewn to ensure durability."--Colophon.
- The dust jacket was designed by Toby Schmidt. The interior was designed by Judith Barbour Osborne and illustrated by Deirdre Newman Griffin. The text was typeset in Garamond Light by Commcor Communications Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."
- Publisher's advertisements: [1] page at end.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1-3 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copies 1 & 3 have dustjackets retained.
- Running Press copy 2 has dustjacket wanting.
- Running Press copies 1 & 2 are "1" printing.
- Running Press copy 3 is "5" printing.
- ISBN:
- 0894717154
- 9780894717154
- OCLC:
- 22208607
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