An Apology For Idlers

by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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AN APOLOGY FOR IDLERS.

by Stevenson, Robert Louis.

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1931
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Oakland: Ben Kennedy, 1931. Limited edition. Hardcover. Light wear to corners, previous owner bookplate to front fixed endpaper, else fine. Original yellow cloth and blue boards, 7.75 x 5.5 inches, 18 pp., illustrations after drawings by W. R. Cameron. #51 of 110 copies printed by Ben Kennedy, bound by Lawton Kennedy. Stevenson's essay was originally published in Cornhill… Read more about this item
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AN APOLOGY FOR IDLERS

by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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AN APOLOGY FOR IDLERS, Ashlar Press, 1932, first separate edition, a fine copy in bevelled boards. 1/200 copies of this fine press item. The first publication from the press with the prospectus laid in.
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Oakland: Ben Kennedy, 1931. Hardcover. Near fine. First Edition. One of 110 numbered copies. This copy unnumbered and unsigned, but specially bound in quarter orange calf with the title blind-stamped on the spine and brown paper boards with long natural fibers. Wear at head and heel of spine, otherwise fine.
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An Apology for Idlers and Other Essays

by STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS

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1932
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by STEVENSON, Robert Louis

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1932
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1932. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. An Apology for Idlers. Original gilt-pictorial cloth. [Glen Head, NY]: The Ashlar Press, 1932. One of 200 copies. Small bookplate, else fine.
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An Apology for Idlers

An Apology for Idlers

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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1932
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Glen Head, [N.Y.]: The Ashlar Press, 1932. One of 200 copies printed by August & Maurice Heckscher. 26, [2]pp. 12mo. Greeb cloth. Fine. One of 200 copies printed by August & Maurice Heckscher. 26, [2]pp. 12mo.
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by STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS

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by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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An Apology for Idlers

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Riverside, Conn: Privately Printed The Hillacre Bookhouse, 1931. A few copies of this essay have been Privately Printed at Hillacre, Riverside, Connecticut. [32] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Gray wrappers. Fine. A few copies of this essay have been Privately Printed at Hillacre, Riverside, Connecticut. [32] pp. 1 vols. 12mo.
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Apology for Idlers

Apology for Idlers

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850. The son of a prosperous civil engineer, he was expected to follow the family profession but was finally allowed to study law at Edinburgh University. Stevenson reacted forcibly again
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