A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
STEVENSON, Robert Louis, Roger Duvoisin(illus.)
[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1944. Quarto (8" x 10-1/2") bound in half blue leather and batik paper sides with decorations by Roger Duvoisin who has also illustrated the book with water-colors hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley. Introduction by William Rose Benet. Copy #243 of 1100 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. One of the more charming books of the press and one of its smallest limitations. Mild and typical rubbing to the spine tips with slight loss of leather. Small university bookplate on the verso of the front free endpaper. The original glassine is still present but torn. Near Fine in torn glassine and Very Good clamshell case with some soiling and rubbing (Item ID: 010409)
$200.00