A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1892. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 322+ pages, 8vo. Bound in original green cloth with gilt lettering along spine. Includes 8 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear of volume. Includes map as frontis. Shelfwear: scuffing along edges and cover boards, spine is cocked to right, heavy foxing, light taning. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good-minus condition..
Synopsis
An affair which might be deemed worthy of a note of a few lines in any general history has been here expanded to the size of a volume or large pamphlet. The smallness of the scale, and the singularity of the manners and events and many of the characters, considered, it is hoped that, in spite of its outlandish subject, the sketch may find readers. It has been a task of difficulty. Speed was essential, or it might come too late to be of any service to a distracted country.
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- Bookseller
- Russian Hill Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49981
- Title
- A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London, Paris & Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SAMOA
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Russian Hill Bookstore
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About Russian Hill Bookstore
Russian Hill Bookstore, established in 1974, is one of the last family-owned used and new bookstores in San Francisco. We began as Sunset Bookstore in 1974, a small used bookshop servicing the Sunset District west of 19th Avenue, and have been in continual operation for the past 43 years. Over the years Sunset Bookstore has since closed and merged with Russian Hill Bookstore, which has grown to become also the best note card shop in the city, and a favorite place for toys and games for children of all ages.
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