An Apology For Idlers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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AN APOLOGY FOR IDLERS.
by Stevenson, Robert Louis.
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- Used - Light wear to corners, previous owner bookplate to front fixed endpaper, else fine
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- Limited edition
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- 1931
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- Hardcover
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Fort Bragg, California, USA
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Oakland: Ben Kennedy, 1931. Limited edition. Hardcover. Light wear to corners, previous owner bookplate to front fixed endpaper, else fine. Original yellow cloth and blue boards, 7.75 x 5.5 inches, 18 pp., illustrations after drawings by W. R. Cameron.
#51 of 110 copies printed by Ben Kennedy, bound by Lawton Kennedy. Stevenson's essay was originally published in Cornhill… Read more about this item Item Price
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An Apology for Idlers: Robert Louis Stevenson (Penguin Great Ideas)
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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An Apology For Idlers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Oakland: Ben Kennedy, 1931. Hardcover. Near fine. First Edition. One of 110 numbered copies. This copy unnumbered and unsigned, but specially bound in quarter orange calf with the title blind-stamped on the spine and brown paper boards with long natural fibers. Wear at head and heel of spine, otherwise fine.
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AN APOLOGY FOR IDLERS
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- First Edition
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- 1932
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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AN APOLOGY FOR IDLERS, Ashlar Press, 1932, first separate edition, a fine copy in bevelled boards. 1/200 copies of this fine press item. The first publication from the press with the prospectus laid in. Item Price
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An Apology for Idlers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Limited Edition
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- 1932
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New York, New York, USA
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Glen Head, New York: The Ashlar Press, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Dark green cloth binding with gilt cover design and lettering on spine. One of 200 copies. 26 pages. Tape residue to front and rear pastedowns, else a fresh copy.
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An Apology For Idlers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- First Edition
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- 1917
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East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters. Very Good. 1917. First Edition. Paperback. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Collectible Done into a brochure by The Roycrofters, at their print shop, which is in East Aurora, Erie County, New York State. A scarce Roycrofters publication done post-humously, two years after the death of their founder Elbert … Read more about this item Item Price
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An Apology for Idlers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- 1951
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Diss, Norfolk, GBR
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Connecticut: The Redcoat Press , 1951. Hardback, marbled paper covered boards. 27pp. Limited edition of only 185 copies. Slightest wear. A very pleasing copy. (al9). Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good. Item Price
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An Apology for Idlers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - VG- (A spot of soiling to front cover)
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- 1932
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Glen Head, New York: Ashlar Press, 1932. Hardcover. VG- (A spot of soiling to front cover). Green cloth over boards with gilt titling and decoration; 26 pp.; Illustration on title page, but no others. One of 200 copies in this edition; Prospectus laid in. Item Price
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Apology for Idlers
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
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- 1932
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1932. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. An Apology for Idlers. Original gilt-pictorial cloth. [Glen Head, NY]: The Ashlar Press, 1932. One of 200 copies. Small bookplate, else fine. Item Price
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An Apology for Idlers
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- 2010
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- 9780141399249
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Penguin Publishing Group, 2010. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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An Apology for Idlers
by STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1917
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- Soft cover
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, 1917. Soft cover. Very Good. 24 Mo. (15.3 cm x 8.6 cm). Pp. 15. Decorated blue card covers, pamphlet-stitched binding. Very good, clean copy. Item Price
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An Apology for Idlers: Robert Louis Stevenson (Penguin Great Ideas)
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Paperback
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- 9780141043968
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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An Apology for Idlers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Greeb cloth. Fine
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- One of 200 copies printed by August & Maurice Heckscher
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- 1932
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- 26, [2]pp. 12mo
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, USA
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Glen Head, [N.Y.]: The Ashlar Press, 1932. One of 200 copies printed by August & Maurice Heckscher. 26, [2]pp. 12mo. Greeb cloth. Fine. One of 200 copies printed by August & Maurice Heckscher. 26, [2]pp. 12mo.
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An Apology for Idlers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Gray wrappers. Fine
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- A few copies of this essay have been Privately Printed at Hillac
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- 1931
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- [32] pp. 1 vols. 12mo
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, USA
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Riverside, Conn: Privately Printed The Hillacre Bookhouse, 1931. A few copies of this essay have been Privately Printed at Hillacre, Riverside, Connecticut. [32] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Gray wrappers. Fine. A few copies of this essay have been Privately Printed at Hillacre, Riverside, Connecticut. [32] pp. 1 vols. 12mo.
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Apology for Idlers
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- New
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- Paperback / softback
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- 9780141043968
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Uxbridge, Greater London, GBR
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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850. The son of a prosperous civil engineer, he was expected to follow the family profession but was finally allowed to study law at Edinburgh University. Stevenson reacted forcibly again Item Price
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An Apology for Idlers (Penguin Great Ideas)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- 2010-10-26
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Apology for Idlers (Penguin Great Ideas)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- 2009-09-01
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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An Apology for Idlers
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- 9780141043968
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Southport, Merseyside, GBR
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Paperback / softback. New. Offering an invitation to reject the work ethic and enjoy life's simple pleasures (such as laughing, drinking and lying in the open air), this essay on the joys of idleness contains writings on, among other things, growing old, visiting unpleasant places and the overwhelming experience of falling in love. Item Price
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An Apology For Idlers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - very good condition in wraps
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- 1917
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- Paperback
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Berkeley, California, USA
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the Roycrofters, 1917. paperback. very good condition in wraps. Item Price
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APOLOGY FOR IDLERS AND OTHER ESSAYS
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- N.D.
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- Softcover
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Owens Cross Roads, Alabama, USA
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Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications. N.D.. Softcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Pages yellowing. Spine weak, small piece missing at top edge, ; Little Blue Book; Vol. 349; 63 pages . Item Price
$20.00