Vailima Letters. Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin, November 1890 - October 1894. Edited by Sidney Colvin
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
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About This Item
London. Methuen and Co. 1895, 1895. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 19.2cm, first edition, xx,366p., etched frontis portrait, 2 photographic portrait plates, text maps, appendix, full tan linen, gilt spine and upper cover titles and decorations, t.e.g., somewhat dust worn, stamping clear, good to very good sound copy (hds). - Robert Louis Stevenson spent the last five years of his life on Samoa at his estate, Valima. These letters sent to English literary and art critic, Sidney Colvin, give a vivid insight to Stevenson's temper of mind during his last years.
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- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC) (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23883
- Title
- Vailima Letters. Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin, November 1890 - October 1894. Edited by Sidney Colvin
- Author
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- London. Methuen and Co. 1895
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- CORRESPONDENCE STEVENSON SAMOA SOUTH PACIFIC VAILIMA VALIMA COLVIN FONTHILL LETTERS FIRST EDITION
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