A CHILD'S GARDEN OF OLD VERSES

BEAUTIFUL COLOR PLATES BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH - AN EARLY 20th CENTURY MASTER ILLUSTRATOR OF CHILDHOOD. THE TEN FULL-PAGE COLOR PLATES HAVE LETTERED TISSUE GUARDS.
Jessie Willcox Smith has selected the poems by famous poets or writers. Each poem has a b/w illustration at the top. There is a b/w illustration at the top of every left - hand page and a different b/w illustration at the top of right- hand page. The decorated endpapers have a repeated lovely green drawing of a young girl with her hoop against a cream background.

TEG, blue gilt cloth, gilt is bright, pictorial label is pasted down within a center border. Pictorial label is lightly scratched, the corners on left side of the border are a bit rubbed. There is a bookplate in the center of the pastedown (ep). There is a break at The front eps' inner hinge but it had been previously neatly repaired and is tight. Back cover has a small nick, Very light rub to corners and edges. This is a VG tight copy. A BEAUTIFUL BOOK - HARD-TO-FiND in the FIRST EDITION