Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894,.

The amateur emigrant.

New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2002. Reprint. Paperback. 172 pp. English text. Condition : as new. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - An account of the nineteenth-century author's six-thousand-mile journey to reunite with his then-future wife chronicles how the couple fell in love but were separated in Europe, Stevenson's turbulent Atlantic crossing, and his emigrant train trip across the United States to California. ISBN 9780786709847.

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Book number: #275263

STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894); A. Edward Newton (1864-1940)

The History of Moses

Doylesford, Penna, Privately Printed [for] A. Edward Newton, "Oak Knoll, 1919. Stiff Wrappers. Limited Edition reproducing Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest literary composition. Foolscap 8vo (178 x 120mm): [2],10pp, with tissue-guarded color frontispiece of Israelites Going Out of Egypt (from a childhood drawing Stevenson made to illustrate this composition for a family competition) and full-page facsimiles of Mrs. Stevenson's manuscript (the six-year-old R.L.S. dictated the story to her over six successive Sunday evenings) and of a page from his uncle's "The Happy Sunday [Reward] Book." Original blue paper wrappers printed in black, stitched (as issued) with braided blue cord. Inscribed to recto of first leaf: "With the Compliments of A. Edw. Newton this first edition of R. L. S." A Fine Copy. Wainwright 92. Most sources say Stevenson was six years old when, competing against his cousins, he won a prize from one of his Balfour uncles for this history of Moses dedicated to his mother. Newton, the avid bibliophile, purchased the manuscript in an Anderson sale (November 24, 1914, lot 294) and later issued this limited edition. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Fine .

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Book number: BB2724

Catalogue: MODERN FIRSTS

Stevenson, Robert Louis [1850 - 1894]

An INLAND VOYAGE

London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1, Paternoster Square, 1878. Original publisher's light blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering and black & gilt stamped graphic to front board. Bevelled edges. Housed in a custom blue cloth chemise in a blue quarter leather slipcase. Engraved title leaf [by Walter Crane]. T.p. publisher logo. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5" Author's 1st book, a travelogue about a canoeing trip through France and Belgium in 1876. It is considered as a pioneering work of outdoor literature. It's "a fundamentally Romantic work in style and tone, [which] paints a delightful atmosphere of Europe in a more innocent time, with quirky innkeepers, traveling entertainers and puppeteers, old men who had never left their villages, ramshackle military units parading with drums and swords, and gypsy-like families who lived on canal barges." [Wiki]. Modest wear & soiling to binding. Slight lean, spine sunned a bit. Minute paper cracks to hinges. Small, diamond-shaped binder ticket ["Bound by Burn & Co."] to rear paste-down. A VG copy in an About VG slipcase, which has a much-rubbed & sunned spine.

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Book number: 51669

Catalogue: Literature

Stevenson, Robert Louis [1850 - 1894]

SILVERADO SQUATTERS

London: Chatto and Windus, 1883. 1st book edition (Cowan II, p. 615; Prideaux, p. 24; Zamorano 80, #71). Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Bevelled edges. TEG. Custom cut clear protective mylar wrapper. [8], 254, [2] pp. Last page blank. No catalogue at rear. Inserted frontis by Joseph Strong. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Spine a bit faded, with light wear at the spine ends. Early pos to ffep. Withal, a VG+ copy. The work Stevenson's travel memoir of his two-month honeymoon in 1880 to Napa Valley CA with Fanny Vandegrift, and her son, Lloyd Osbourne. A fascinating journal, which describes early aspects of valley life, Stevenson also herein documents, to a small degree, the budding California vinticulture business. One of Powell's 'California Classics'.

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Book number: 32289

Catalogue: Literature

Stevenson, Robert Louis [1850 - 1894]

The TREASURE Of FRANCHARD

London: The Rodale Press, 1954. 1st edition thus. #400 of 1000 cc. Two-tone green cloth binding. Red topstain. Red paper slipcase. xiv, 73, [1] pp. Illustrated by Laszlo Matulay. 9-5/8" x 7-3/8". Smudge to rear board, else a Fine copy in a Nr Fine slipcase.

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Book number: 32308

Catalogue: Literature

Stevenson, Robert Louis [1850 - 1894]

UNDERWOODS. Author's Edition

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887. Brown cloth spine over light tan paper-wrapped boards. TEG. xv, [3], 137, [5] pp. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-5/8". Wear & soiling, with board showing at tips. Cocked. Lacking ffep. Usual age-toning to paper. A Good copy.

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Book number: 51587

Catalogue: Literature