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Prayers written at Vailima
by STEVENSON Robert Louis 1850-1894
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
111 St. Martin's Lane, London: Chatto & Windus, 1910. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. SANGORSKI Alberto. In cream card covers with gilt tooling and title to upper cove, some browning to edges, corners rubbed. Spine, titles in gilt, some browning,, edges bumped and worn slightly. Internally, no inscriptions, not paginated but 24 leaves of illuminated text, leaves uncut, printed to 1 side only, second impression. With an introduction by Mrs RL Stevenson. Stevenson, who for the last four years of his life made his home on his plantation of Vailima, beautifully situated 600 feet above sea-level, on the mountainside among thick woods, with fine views of the Pacific. On their arrival in Samoa from Sydney in September 1890 Stevenson and Fanny lived at Vailima in a rough cabin in the most primitive conditions while work proceeded on clearing the estate and building a suitable house. They moved into the new house in April 1891 (it was enlarged in 1893). Stevenson gathered his family around him and lived in patriarchal style, like a clan chieftain, with a number of Samoan servants in both house and plantation, in whose welfare he took the greatest interest. See ODNB.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005312
- Title
- Prayers written at Vailima
- Author
- STEVENSON Robert Louis 1850-1894
- Illustrator
- SANGORSKI Alberto
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- 111 St. Martin's Lane, London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 1.10 lbs
- Keywords
- Sangorski illuminated plates RL Stevenson Prayers Vailima religion
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