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Pictures from A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, with illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith (Charles Scribners’ Sons, New York, 1905).
Jessie Willcox Smith was an American illustrator born in Philadelphia, USA, in 1863 and died in 1935; the illustrations are in the public domain because published in the USA before 1923. Jessie illustrated over 30 books, which seem to have been very popular, and also painted the covers of Good Housekeeping magazine for many years. There are several printed biographies.
A short online biography of Jessie Willcox Smith
I bought my copy on the 1st of February, 2007, at Librarie Books, 832 Chartres St., New Orleans, LA, USA.
Title: A Child’s Garden of Verses
Published by: Charles Scribner's Sons
City: New York
Date: 1905
Total items: 21
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Girl digging with spade]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Stevenson-GardenOfVerses/wm/big/000-End-Papers-detail-girl-with-spade-and-petticoat-q90-195x200.jpg "[picture: Girl digging with spade]")
![[picture: Title page from A Child's Garden of Verses]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Stevenson-GardenOfVerses/wm/big/000-Title-Page-153x200.jpg "[picture: Title page from A Child's Garden of Verses]")
Title page from A Child’s Garden of Verses
A small boy kneels next to a watering-can and a (dangerously) upturned rake; he holds a flower to examine. On either side of him, two tall stalks grow with flowers; perhaps they are hollyhocks. The title [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: End Papers: children playing in the garden]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Stevenson-GardenOfVerses/wm/big/000-End-Papers-319x200.jpg "[picture: End Papers: children playing in the garden]")
End Papers: children playing in the garden
The end-papers inside the front and back cover of the book are printed with a repeating design of children playing at being gardeners. I have made the individual images available too. [more...] [$]
Pictures from A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, with illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith (Charles Scribners’ Sons, New York, 1905).
Jessie Willcox Smith was an American illustrator born in Philadelphia, USA, in 1863 and died in 1935; the illustrations are in the public domain because published in the USA before 1923. Jessie illustrated over 30 books, which seem to have been very popular, and also painted the covers of Good Housekeeping magazine for many years. There are several printed biographies.
A short online biography of Jessie Willcox Smith
I bought my copy on the 1st of February, 2007, at Librarie Books, 832 Chartres St., New Orleans, LA, USA.
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