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Verse accompanied by nine full page colour plates, signed at the bottom, and in text illustrations in black and white from line drawings.
Jessie Willcox Smith was arguably the most famous American illustrator and her sensitive images were able to perfectly capture the moods and expressions of children.
Published by Longmans Green &Co 1927
Printed by The Scribner Press New York U.S.A
Copyright 1905 Charles Scribner’s Sons for the United States of America
Large format hardback cover, black with pastedown by Jessie Willcox Smith, to front, park gates and two children inside the park, purple border. Gold titles on spine. Cover in very good condition, pastedown is slightly scuffed top left.
Pictorial endpapers, sunned on one side.
128 pages, heavy cream paper.
Minor marks, two small nicks, archival tape repaired.
Dedication from Robert Louis Stevenson to his childhood nurse Alison Cunningham ‘from her boy’.
Beautiful illustrations.
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