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Voyage to Windward; The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson
by J. C. Furnas
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: William Sloane Associates, 1951 William Sloane Associates, New York. 1951. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, but does have F/O address label on the FFFP; occasional pencil checks and braces in rear of book; on page with highlights in the front. Book Condition: bumped head and tail, light wear t upper tips; heavy shelfwear to blue portion of board bottoms. No DJ. Blue boards with cream cloth overlay on the spine with gilt lettering in blue and gilt shadow box on the spine. Sound internal hinges. 566 pp 8vo. Stevenson was one of the most popular and highly praised British writers during the last part of the nineteenth century. This is one of the best biographies of the great Scottish author and traveler. The author researched for 15 years to make this book going through old letters, diaries, and papers to try and define who was the real RLS and what was he like. Fighting tuberculosis most of his life he finally settled in Samoa where he produces some of his most outstanding works. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010052
- Title
- Voyage to Windward; The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author
- J. C. Furnas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- William Sloane Associates
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- RLS, Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, Samoa, South Pacific, Writer, literature, story teller, Treasure Island , Kidnapped , The Strange Case of Dr . Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , A Child’s Garden of Verses
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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