Robert Louis Stevenson

London England: Book Club Edition, 1974. Hardback. Robert Louis Stevenson. With an Introduction by Nigel Nicolson. Piece of paper from inside cover removed. Sunned spine to D/J. At the time of his premature death in 1894 in Samoa, when he was only forty-four, Robert Louis Stevenson's fame, as both a man and a writer, stood very high in the English-speaking world. The author sees Stevenson as an important writer, whose extraordinary talent, force of character and originality deserved a new biography for the 1970s. he has written by far the most detailed, lively and enthralling study of Robert Louis Stevenson yet to appear. His family background and the early days in Edinburgh are in clear focus, as are his involvement with Mrs. Osborne in france, the extraordinarily rough emigrant journey across the Atlantic and through the United States, his marraige and his return to Europe. The book is both biographical and critical, and, in a serious literary revaluation. The author has brought out the real power and beauty of much of Stevenson's work. Lavishly Illustrated. 278 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). 1st Purnell Book Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.