Buy this book on-line Stockton, Frank R : John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told ThereinCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1902
Original publisher's green cloth binding. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4." 365 pages, complete. Eight black and white plates, complete. Multicolored ocean-themed illustration on front cover with seahorse, fish, and ships. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Tales told by the character of John Gayther, a man who tends to a garden of an aristocratic household. Tales include the following: "What I Found in the Sea," "The Bushwhacker Nurse," "The Lady in the Box," "The Cot and the Rill," "The Gilded Idol and the King Conch-shell," "My Balloon Hunt," "The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter," "The Conscious Amanda," "My Translatophone," "The Vice-consort," and "Blackgum ag'in' Thunder." Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902) was an American writer and humorist best-known for his creative children's stories.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Stockton, Frank R : John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, atlases, first editions, fine bindings and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |