Selected by M.G. Edgar
A Treasury of Verse for Little Children Selected by M.G. Edgar
Crowwell, 1908.
First US edition. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Eight coloured plates and numerous line drawings, some full page and many in the text. A very good copy, some spotting to the rear board and occasional foxing. Contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper.
This is a charming book of children's verse, including poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear's "Owl and the Pussycat", Clement C. Moore's "A Visit From St. Nicholas"(The Night Before Christmas) and many more.
Stock ID: 45625
