Skip to main content

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

Object information

Awaiting location update

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
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 August 2012 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "A child's garden of verses" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118382 Accessed: 2024-12-22 23:11:41

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118382 |title=A child's garden of verses |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 23:11:41|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-118382

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...