Stevenson, Robert
Louis.
Child's Garden of Verses.
ill. Toni Frissell (Photographs).
NY:U
S Camera, 1944. 1st Ed. 4to.
VG / VG.
96
pgs. Photo illustrated boards, light shelf wear, spine lean, small holes to
inner gutter of eps; matching dust jacket with tiny closed tears, some
creasing, price-clipped. A wonderful and increasingly scarce photo-illustrated
edition of Stevenson's classic. Toni Frissell was the official photographer for
the Woman's Army Corps during WWII, was the first woman photographer for Sports
Illustrated, a fashion photographer for Vogue and photographed famous and
important figures throughout her career including Churchill, Frida Kahlo,
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Kennedys. Uncommon in nice condition.
Inv: 9883