STEVENSON, Robert Louis; Charles ROBINSON [Illus.] ~ A Child’s Garden of Verses.

FIRST UK PRINTING. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London: 1896.

8vo, original green cloth, decorated with an elaborate gilt design by Robinson to both covers and spine; outer edges untrimmed; additionally illustrated throughout with charming engraved half and full titles, vignettes, head and tail pieces, and decorative initials in black and line; THE BOOK a beautiful example, a little pushed to spine tips and bumped at corners; some toning to edges of text block, an ownership name and a later inscription dated 1928 to the ffep; a very good example. The wrapper is protected in a removable mylar cover. FIRST UK EDITION THUS. This copy the correct first issue, with the pp.16 publisher's catalogue to rear dated 1895.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Very Good