A Child's Garden of Verses (1939) sports framing it as a game

framing it as a game of money management and risk assessment rather than a game of luck

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Anthologies of children's stories (not always Christmas-related) for Christmas were popular from the 19th century onward

First edition of this historical children's novel about a little girl growing up in the American colony of New Sweden

A Child's Garden of Verses (1939) sports framing it as a gameFirst Edition of This Illustrated Linenette Version of Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses Stevenson, Robert. Trimmer, George, illustrator. A Child's Garden of Verses. Chicago, Illinois: Merrill, 1939. Octavo. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition of this linenette abridgement of A Child's Garden of Verses, with striking illustrations by mid century children's illustrator George Trimmer. Originally published in 1885, A Child's Garden