Marrin's Bookshop

Synopsis

By robert louis stevenson. illustrated by charles robinson.

Item Description

8vo. 7 x 5 inches. [8] +136 + [4] pp. + [6] pp. publisher's advertisements. Bound in maroon reverse calf, with yap edges and blind stamped titles and decorative block. Top edge gilt. some water staining of flyleaves, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by title page and by black and white drawings and vignettes in text. Stevenson's collection of sixty four poems for children, first appeared under the title, Penny Whistles, in 1885. Numerous later Illustrated editions followed and this version was illustrated by Charles Robinson (1870-1937). A prolific book illustrator, Robinson had first illustrated the title in 1895 in black and white and it was also the first full book he illustrated.