A Child's Garden of Verses

  • Chicago: M.A. Dononhue & Co, 1916
By STEVENSON, Robert Louis
Chicago: M.A. Dononhue & Co, 1916. Myrtle SHELDON. [JUVENILE] [POETRY] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Myrtle SHELDON, illustrator.
12mo (7 ½" x 6 1/8"); 96pp; mustard colored cloth over board, front stamped with Art Deco stylized hollyhock flowers in black and orange, lettering in black on front and spine; pictorial title page; b&w illustrations throughout; lightly age-toned paper; very good plus. Robert Louis Stevenson's beloved rhyming verse for children illustrated by Myrtle Sheldon (1893-1939). Sheldon was a Black woman illustrator of children's books.

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Title

A Child's Garden of Verses

Author

STEVENSON, Robert Louis

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

M.A. Dononhue & Co: Chicago

Date

1916


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