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A child's garden of verses: PB 104-2004

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Titles

A child's garden of verses

Maker(s)

Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
Illustrator: Wilson, Joyce Lancaster
Printer: Wilson, Adrian
Publisher: Press in Tuscany Alley
Binder (person): Schuberth Bookbindery

Categories

Description

By Robert Louis Stevenson with nine poems not published in prior editions; illustrations by Joyce Lancaster Wilson ; introduction by Janet Adam Smith.

114, [3] p. : 10 col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • San Francisco

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1978

Note

"Five hundred copies of this edition have been printed by Adrian Wilson at The Press in Tuscany Alley .... Typesetting by Mackenzie-Harris Corporation in Centaur and Arrighi types. The paper is Arches Laid Text improted from France. Bound by The Schuberth Bookbindery ..."--Colophon. Museum has copy no. 110 signed by the illustrator and printer. Inscription: "For John Dreyfus true lover of children, typography and these poems. Adrian & Joyce. London September 8, 1978." With decorated initials and illustrations, printed in full color from blocks. Bound in quarter green linen with green paper sides; paper label on spine.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 104-2004
Primary reference Number: 118382

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 August 2012

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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