The Violent Friend. The Story of Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson 1840-1914 by MacKay, Margaret - 1969

London: Readers Union / Dent, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. Book club edition. Octavo hardback. xvi, 376 pp. Very Good condition in near Very Good dust jacket.

London England: J. M. Dent and Sons, 1969. Hardback. First Edition. The Violent Friend. Wear to edges of D/J. Price clipped to D/J. This is the romantic life story of Robert Louis Stevenson and the talented and remarkable woman, Fanny , who became his wife. Stevenson met his 'violent friend' in France in 1876 and they fell in love at first sight. But from the outset there were problems. He was a consumptive Scotsman, not quite twenty-six, embarking on a literary career. She was thirty-six, an American with a husband and two children. The scandal of such a divorce can scarsely be imagined today. But it was painfully enacted and Stevenson made his 6,000-mile quest. Thus began a controversial marriage, a passionate companionship. The author narrates the extraordinary story of that marriage and the fierce devotion of the woman Stevenson called his 'tiger and tiger lily'. 'Should Stevenson have married Fanny?' asks the author. On the whole, she believes, he should have. Probably her… Read More

J.M. Dent & Sons, 1969,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 046003880X 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, xvi,376pp, illustrated, owner's name on endpaper, edges slightly browned, text clean and binding sound, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper, price-clipped. ISBN: 046003880X .

London: J M Dent and Sons Limited, 1969. First Edition . Cloth Bound Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From the Library of Sir John Mills and Mary Mills. 1969 First abridged edition. Size 8¾" x 5½", 376 pages including index. Black cloth covered boards with silver titles to the spine. Book condition near fine half of rear endpaper missing, else fine. Dustjacket condition very good, repaired tear top front inner corner, bottom edge a little rubbed, spine slightly faded, else fine.