Lot 56 · Fine Books and Manuscripts Online
stevenson, robert louis | a child’s garden of verses. london: longmans, green and co., 1885
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- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Fine Books and Manuscripts Online, New York · 21 June 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4752708
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Robert Louis Stevenson, stevenson, robert louis | a child’s garden of verses. london: longmans, green and co., 1885. Sotheby's, 21 Jun 2019, lot 56. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4752708.
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Robert Louis Stevenson, stevenson, robert louis | a child’s garden of verses. london: longmans, green and co., 1885. Sotheby's, 21 Jun 2019, lot 56. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4752708.
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