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IN THE SOUTH SEAS: Being an Account of Experiences and Observations in The Marquesas, Paumotus and Gilbert Islands in the Course of Two Cruises, on the Yacht "Casco" (1888) and the Schooner "Equator" (1889). ( With Jack B. Yeats book plate )
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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About This Item
London: Chatto and Windus, 1900. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good copy. 12mo. Black cloth with gilt spine title, top edge gilt. Large, beautiful book plate designed by Jack B. Yeats. Small area of the fore edges of the boards rubbed. A Very Good copy.
Synopsis
IN THE SOUTH SEAS records Stevenson's travels with his wife Fanny and their family in the Marquesas, the Paumotus and the Gilbert Islands during 1888-9. Originally drafted in journal form while Stevenson travelled, it was then ambitiously rewrittento describe the islands and islanders as well as Stevenson's own personal experiences. IN THE SOUTH SEAS was published posthumously in 1896. Its combination of personal anecdote and historical account, of autobiography and anthropology, of Stevenson and South Sea Islands, has a particular charm.
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- Title
- IN THE SOUTH SEAS: Being an Account of Experiences and Observations in The Marquesas, Paumotus and Gilbert Islands in the Course of Two Cruises, on the Yacht "Casco" (1888) and the Schooner "Equator" (1889). ( With Jack B. Yeats book plate )
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- fiction, novel, south, seas, pacific
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