1.
A Child's Garden of Verses
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
with illustrations by
E. Mars and M. H. Squire
Published by Rand McNally (Chicago) in 1900
Yellow pictorial cloth-covered boards.
16cm x 20cm.
Light wear to covers, and a little scuffing.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
2.
A Child's Garden of Verses
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
with illustrations by
Charles Robinson
Reprint,
published by John Lane in 1901
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
13cm x 19cm.
Light wear to covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Gilt on spine slightly dulled.
Light foxing on endpapers and pastedowns.
Contents clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
3.
A Child's Garden of Verses
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
Published by Longmans, Green and Co in 1918
Red leatherette boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers and spine.
All edges gilt.
11cm x 16cm.
"New Impression".
Light wear to corners of covers and spine edges.
Contents clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
4.
A Child's Garden of Verses
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
with illustrations by
Jessie Willcox Smith
Published by Scribner in 1924
Black cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
18cm x 24cm.
Title page dated "MCMXXIV", copyright date on reverse is 1905.
Covers worn at edges.
Picture onlay scuffed.
Some old splash marks on back board, contents not affected.
Contents slightly shaken, but generally clean.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
5.
A Child's Garden of Verses
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
with illustrations by
Jessie Willcox Smith
Published by Scribner in 1927
Black cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
18cm x 24cm.
Title page dated "MCMXVII", copyright date on reverse is 1905.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners bumped.
Gift dedication on half-title, and previous owner's bookplate.
Contents slightly shaken, but generally clean.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
6.
A Child's Garden of Verses
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
with illustrations by
Joan Hassall
Reprint,
published by Blackie in 1961
Octavo.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper a little worn at edges, with 4cm loss at base of spine and price-clipped.
Book itself close to VG.
Name in childish hand on front endpaper.
Neat gift dedication between front endpaper and half-title.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
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8.
9.
A Child's Garden of Verses
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
Published by Thunder Bay Press in 1996
ISBN: 1571451005.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Comprises a small keepsake book with extracts from the poems, plus a number of note-cards and envelopes, all in a folding cardboard pouch.
Five of the original eight note-cards still present.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
10.
A Child's Garden of Verses
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
1st Thus edition,
published by Dorling Kindersley in 1997
ISBN: 0751371041.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
11.
12.
13.
14.
Annie On My Mind
by
Nancy Garden
Reprint,
published by Farrar Strauss and Giroux in 1985
ISBN: 0374404135.
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
15.
Birds in Our Gardens
by
Reg Jones
1st edition,
published by Jarrold and Sons Ltd. in 1976
ISBN: 0853066620.
Paperback.
Thin card covers, staple bound.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
16.
Brave with Ben
by
Christobel Mattingley
with illustrations by
Elizabeth Honey
1st thus edition,
published by Picture Puffin in 1984
ISBN: 0140504494.
Paperback.
Quarto.
47 pages.
Black and white illustrations.
A boy explores an unknown wild garden.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Name on inside cover.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
17.
18.
Come into the Garden
by
C. W. Wilman
with illustrations by
Marjorie Wratten
1st edition,
published by Hollis & Carter Ltd in 1947
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper a little worn and soiled.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
19.
Doctor Dolittle's Garden
by
Hugh Lofting
with illustrations by
Hugh Lofting
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin in 1968
Paperback.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
20.
Doctor Dolittle's Garden
by
Hugh Lofting
with illustrations by
Hugh Lofting
Published by Jonathan Cape in 1977
ISBN: 0224604430.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on spine.
Minor wear to edges.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
21.
Four More Adventures of Doctor Dolittle
by
Hugh Lofting
Published by Puffin in 1968
Paperback.
Boxed set of four Doctor Dolittle paperbacks:
"Doctor Dolittle's Circus",
"Doctor Dolittle's Caravan",
"Doctor Dolittle's Garden", and
"Doctor Dolittle in the Moon".
Box is worn at edges and a listtle scuffed.
Books have light wear to their covers, and their pages are tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
22.
Garden Crafts for Children
by
Dawn Isaac
1st edition,
published by CICO Books in 2012
ISBN: 9781908170255.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Light wear and a little creasing to dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
23.
Garden Flowers
by
Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald
with illustrations by
John Leigh-Pemberton
Published by Ladybird Books in 1960
Light brown paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Series 536.
Plain white endpapers.
Square blue open-wing ladybird logo facing title page.
Minor wear to covers.
Name on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
24.
Get Crafty: Nature
by
Vivienne Bolton
Reprint,
published by Parragon in 1998
ISBN: 0752530569.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
32 pages.
Instructions for making a range of gifts from objects found in a garden.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
25.
Grow your own for kids!
by
Chris Collins
1st edition,
published by Mitchell Beazley in 2012
ISBN: 9781845335106.
Quarto.
Laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
112 pages.
A comprehensive, down to earth gardening book for children.
Copiously illustrated.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)