A rare first-edition book of poems signed by Robert Louis Stevenson's mother is being auctioned for charity. A Child's Garden Of Verses was anonymously handed in to an Oxfam shop in Byres Road, Glasgow, and will be sold to raise funds for the charity.
The book is inscribed: "To my GG Niece and Nephew at Chudleigh with kind love." Stevenson's mother Margaret gave the book, to her niece and nephew as a gift.
The book is expected to fetch between £400-£800 at the Bonhams auction in Edinburgh on 30 August. A slip of paper inside the book, which was first published in 1885, revealed it came from the library of Dr Adam Watson, who was Stevenson's contemporary at Edinburgh University and his first cousin once removed.
The book is inscribed: "To my GG Niece and Nephew at Chudleigh with kind love." Stevenson's mother Margaret gave the book, to her niece and nephew as a gift.
The book is expected to fetch between £400-£800 at the Bonhams auction in Edinburgh on 30 August. A slip of paper inside the book, which was first published in 1885, revealed it came from the library of Dr Adam Watson, who was Stevenson's contemporary at Edinburgh University and his first cousin once removed.
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