"A Child's Garden of Verses" by R.L. Stevenson and illustrated by Charles Robinson - John Lane, London - 1908 first thus UK edition - 15cmx13cm - condition: very good, .Illustrated throughout by Charles Robinson, plus eight colour plates and title page with decorative border, new design from earlier Robinson ill. edition with coloured plates and decorated binding, name to ffep, illustrated endpapers A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century.[2] The poems, which have been widely imitated, are written from the point of view of a child. Stevenson dedicated the collection to his childhood nurse, Alison Cunningham