A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES. Ilustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1959]. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo, original mauve cloth with pictorial paper label on front panel, spine lettered in sliver, pictorial endpapers. 105 pp. Coloured title leaf and 12 additional full-page colour plates printed on glossy paper inserted throughout the text; plus over 100 small black & white vignettes, endpapers and cover design, all by Jessie Willcox Smith. Ink inscription on a preliminary blank leaf, dated Christmas, 1960. Cloth mottled, small bump to top edge of rear panel; a very good copy. Very Good. Item #312671
¶ Summer fading, winter comes--
Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs,
Window robins, winter rooks,
And the picture story-books.
Water now is turned to stone
Nurse and I can walk upon;
Still we find the flowing brooks
In the picture story-books.
All the pretty things put by,
Wait upon the children's eye,
Sheep and shepherds, trees and crooks,
In the picture story-books.
We may see how all things are
Seas and cities, near and far,
And the flying fairies' looks,
In the picture story-books.
How am I to sing your praise,
Happy chimney-corner days,
Sitting safe in nursery nooks,
Reading picture story-books?
Price (USD): $35.00