2011, ISBN: 9780711231306

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Clean and Unmarked Text: New York : Harper and Row, 1964 Quality Hardback : hard cover edition in Very Good condition, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book; and in very go… Mehr…

Clean and Unmarked Text: New York : Harper and Row, 1964 Quality Hardback : hard cover edition in Very Good condition, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book; and in very good reprinted dust jacket with some minor egdewear, mylar protected, the portrait on the back of dj is a waist up photo of Silverstein with curly hair and full beard. Previous owner name and date, 1976. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great GIFT IDEA for the fan / reader in your life. Editorial Reviews : To say that this particular apple tree is a 'giving tree' is an understatement. In Shel Silverstein's popular tale of few words and simple line drawings, a tree starts out as a leafy playground, shade provider, and apple bearer for a rambunctious little boy. Making the boy happy makes the tree happy, but with time it becomes more challenging for the generous tree to meet his needs. When he asks for money, she suggests that he sell her apples. When he asks for a house, she offers her branches for lumber. When the boy is old, too old and sad to play in the tree, he asks the tree for a boat. She suggests that he cut her down to a stump so he can craft a boat out of her trunk. He unthinkingly does it. At this point in the story, the double-page spread shows a pathetic solitary stump, poignantly cut down to the heart the boy once carved into the tree as a child that said 'M.E. + T.' 'And then the tree was happy... but not really.' When there's nothing left of her, the boy returns again as an old man, needing a quiet place to sit and rest. The stump offers up her services, and he sits on it. "And the tree was happy." While the message of this book is unclear (Take and take and take? Give and give and give? Complete self-sacrifice is good? Complete self-sacrifice is infinitely sad?), Silverstein has perhaps deliberately left the book open to interpretation. All ages / Karin Snelson ;; Book Description 'Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy.' So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Ages 10+. First Edition / Early Reprint. Hard Back / Pictorial Binding. Good Clean Cond./Mylar Protected. Illus. by Fully Illustrated. POPULAR TITLE OF INTEREST. A: Children's Reading Book., New York : Harper and Row, 1964, 2.5, Clean and Unmarked Text: New York : Harper and Row, 1964 Quality Hardback : hard cover edition in Very Good condition, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book; and in very good reprinted dust jacket with some minor egdewear, mylar protected, the portrait on the back of dj is a waist up photo of Silverstein with curly hair and full beard. Previous owner name and date, 1976. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great GIFT IDEA for the fan / reader in your life. Editorial Reviews : To say that this particular apple tree is a 'giving tree' is an understatement. In Shel Silverstein's popular tale of few words and simple line drawings, a tree starts out as a leafy playground, shade provider, and apple bearer for a rambunctious little boy. Making the boy happy makes the tree happy, but with time it becomes more challenging for the generous tree to meet his needs. When he asks for money, she suggests that he sell her apples. When he asks for a house, she offers her branches for lumber. When the boy is old, too old and sad to play in the tree, he asks the tree for a boat. She suggests that he cut her down to a stump so he can craft a boat out of her trunk. He unthinkingly does it. At this point in the story, the double-page spread shows a pathetic solitary stump, poignantly cut down to the heart the boy once carved into the tree as a child that said 'M.E. + T.' 'And then the tree was happy... but not really.' When there's nothing left of her, the boy returns again as an old man, needing a quiet place to sit and rest. The stump offers up her services, and he sits on it. "And the tree was happy." While the message of this book is unclear (Take and take and take? Give and give and give? Complete self-sacrifice is good? Complete self-sacrifice is infinitely sad?), Silverstein has perhaps deliberately left the book open to interpretation. All ages / Karin Snelson ;; Book Description 'Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy.' So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Ages 10+. First Edition / Early Reprint. Hard Back / Pictorial Binding. Good Clean Cond./Mylar Protected. Illus. by Fully Illustrated. POPULAR TITLE OF INTEREST. A: Children's Reading Book., New York : Harper and Row, 1964, 2.5, London: Frances Lincoln Limited, 2010. First Frances Lincoln Edition [Stated]. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Rory Stuart. Format is approximately 10.25 inches by 12.25 inches. 256 pages. Illustrations (color). Bibliography. Index. Slight curve to front board. Slight DJ wear. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads For Anne Shirley with all good wishes. From Rory, March, 2011. This is a heavy, oversized book that if sent outside of the U. S. will require additional postage. Why have the peoples of the world made pleasure gardens, and why have they made them in such different styles? Stuart explains how all pleasure gardens derive from one of the world's six great gardening traditions -- Italian, Islamic, Chinese, Japanese, English flower garden, and the English park. Stuart traveled around the world, from Buenos Aires to Vancouver, from Seattle to Cape Cod, from Ireland to India, to China, Japan, and Australia, touring and examining garden styles. He explains them, approaching pleasure gardens as works of art and placing them in their historical and cultural context. Stuart worked as a teacher in India and America and at Uppingham School, Westminster School, and The Cheltenham Ladies' College. He inherited a Cotswold cottage with a beautiful garden and began to look at plants and gardens critically, which eventually led to a course in Garden Design. He set up as a designer, and began writing articles for magazines including Hortus, The Garden, The English Garden and The Historic Gardens Review. He has led garden tours of France, India and Italy and his fascination with gardens has now taken him to Rome, where he is learning how to grow plants in the city's challenging conditions. Extracted from reviews found on-line: An ambitious book... brilliant color photographs and a perceptively critical text. Stuart's thoughtful text takes a pensive look at where the English get their passion for flowers and why every country has such unique gardening traditions. Very few books cover so much ground geographically and historically, and Stuart has obviously traveled the world and thought about the gardens very seriously while he photographed them. Stuart has succeeded in his brave attempt to portray the great traditional garden styles. Nicely illustrated with good examples and interesting text. If you want to spend the winter swotting up on the history and culture of gardens around the world, this book should ensure that you'll be fully clued up come spring. An intelligently illustrated overview of garden history through the ages. Rambles around the globe with an eye firmly set on different cultures and ages of garden design. All gardening is borrowing and because of the way the book is organized, Stuart can frequently demonstrate how much one tradition may influence another... The scope of this book is extraordinarily wide, but Stuart's narrative steers clear of bog. It's a pleasure to read. Stuart has been a schoolmaster and is now a tour leader and garden-owner outside Rome. He writes with clear authority, but is effacingly modest about the foundations on which his global book rests. The color pictures are stunning and every one of them seems to be his own, whether in Iran, Japan or America. Years of travel have gone into his survey, and as a result he presents gardens with an incisive understanding of their distinctive relationship to nature. Some great comments find a place too. He sets out to discover why gardeners around the world have always taken pleasure in growing for beauty. It is a proper, scholarly history of the pleasure garden. But Stuart's elegant prose is a delight to read, and his magnificently illustrated survey of the great gardening traditions of Islamic and Oriental cultures, as well as more familiar English, Italian and US ones, it is a wonderful introduction to the subject. A delightful round-the-world tour, perfectly illustrating he culture and aesthetics of sundry pleasure gardens: Italian, American, Islamic and Oriental. Scotsman This one-man Grand Tour places him ahead of many stay-at-home theorizers. This new book by a rare polymath and a skillful author covers ground examined by no other. It gives appetizing descriptions of notable gardens in a range of countries, many of which will be unfamiliar to British garden visitors. Aims to increase our understanding of a garden's meaning in order to enhance our enjoyment of the whole garden experience. A wide-ranging and fascinating investigation of the great traditions of international garden design., Frances Lincoln Limited, 2010, 3<