Prayers Written at Vailima
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1922. Third Impression. Hardcover. vg. 4to. 24p. Cream-colored paper over boards, red lettering on spine and front, in original dust wrapper. Unopened pages as published. Reproductions of Alberto Sangorski's original illuminations in color and gold. Includes an introduction by Stevenson's wife, and prayers on success, for grace, for the morning, two for evening, two for in the time of rain, for a temporary separation, for friends, for the family, for Sunday, for self-blame, self-forgetfulness, and for the renewal of joy. Very small chips missing from head and tail of dw. Slight age wear. Overall very good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22181
- Title
- Prayers Written at Vailima
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Impression
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- original prayers, illustrated prayers, gilded prayers, english prayers, famous prayers, prayers written,, grace of courage, samoan, tusitala
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....