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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Text/NEW & Bright but for w/4 tiny folded corner tips. 1999, First Edition, 1st Printing. Illustrated boards/Fine. DJ/None. Strikeout to fEP. Gift inscription to fEP Verso, with presentation dated Christmas, 1999. A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1985. Collection of 64 poems for children, written from a child's point of view, and dedicated to his childhood nurse, Alison Cunningham by Scottish author, novelist & poet Louis Stevenson by Scottish author, novelist & poet Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) known for Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Hyde. In this publication, the poems are interwoven w/selections from Mother Goose, Robert Browning and others, enhanced with paintings from American artist Thomas Kinkade (1958 - 2012), so very deft with realistic yet pastoral & idyllic renditions. 208 pages. Strong copy. Thomas Kinkade (Artist) (illustrator). …