In the South Seas
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Andover, Massachusetts, United States
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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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- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012933
- Title
- In the South Seas
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Travel Adventure
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Adventure;
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