A child's garden of verses
1966, First Edition. London : Oxford University Press. Very good copy in cloth-backed colour-printed boards, with a very good if slightly edge-nicked dust-wrapper. Dust-wrapper shows minor stains to the rear, and is now mylar-sleeved. Cloth spine slightly worn and dust-toned. Remains well-preserved overall; internally tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #480751
Physical description; 96 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith. Contents; To Alison Cunningham -- Happy Thought -- My Shadow -- The Swing -- My Bed Is a Boat -- Looking-Glass River -- The Little Land -- Windy Nights -- The Land of Nod -- From a Railway Carriage -- Where Go the Boats? -- My Kingdom -- The Lamplighter -- Foreign Children -- The Land of Story-Books -- Bed in Summer -- The Moon -- To Any Reader. Subjects; Children's poetry, Scottish. Children's poetry, English.
Price: €35.00