Prayers Written at Vailima by Stevenson, Robert Louis - 1999

Concordia Publishing House, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Concordia Publishing House, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Concordia Pub House, 1999-08-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.5000 in x 10.3000 in x 8.5000 in. 1999. Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc. Concordia Publishing House. Hardcover. Dust jacket has some edge wear. Inscribed inside. Pages are good.

Concordia Publishing House, 1999-08. Hardcover. Good.

Concordia Pub House, August 1999. Hardcover. Very Good - Cash/Very Good. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Concordia Publishing House. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Concordia Publishing, 1999. In 1889, Robert Louis Stevenson and his family moved to Vailima, their homestead in the South Sea island of Samoa. The Scottish novelist and poet's health had been failing, and his doctors had hoped that this change in climate might prove beneficial. Stevenson was a great believer in the power of prayer and composed many of his own. He held evening prayer services at his home, attended by his family members and his Samoan servants, since the Samoans themselves also believed in closing the day with prayers and hymns. Stevenson lived another four years, and died in 1894, at the age of 44. He had been much loved by the Samoans, who had nicknamed him "Tusitala" or "Teller of Tales." For his funeral, 60 Samoans bore his body to its final resting place on top of Mount Vaea, overlooking the Apia harbor. It had been Stevenson's own desire to be buried in this new land among people he loved. In 1910, Stevenson's widow, the American-born Fanny… Read More

Concordia Publishing House, 1999. A" First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. NOT an ex library book. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears.

New York: Ottenheimer Publishers. Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0570052203 .

Concordia Publishing House, 1999. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Color illus. boards. New/as issued, dust jacket now in mylar. 1st thus. Illus. in color in the manner of medieval illuminated manuscript pages..