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Poems. Volume One. A Child's Garden of Verses. Underwoods. Songs of Travel. Moral Emblems.
by Stevenson (Robert Louis)
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- Hardcover
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Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, (1927). Sixth Impression of the Tusitala Edition.. Blue cloth, front cover stamped in blind, spine designed and lettered in gilt. Title page printed in black & red. Illustrated. Issued as Volume XXII of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Tusitala Edition. Some small stains to cloth, a clean very good copy. This copy inscribed and signed by Stevenson's son-in-law Lloyd Osbourne, dated 1930. The recipient's bookplate is on the front end paper, and a newspaper clipping of a group photo including Stevenson and Osbourne is pasted to the inner front cover.
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- Bookseller
- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56778
- Title
- Poems. Volume One. A Child's Garden of Verses. Underwoods. Songs of Travel. Moral Emblems.
- Author
- Stevenson (Robert Louis)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Heinemann, (1927). Sixth Impression of the Tusitala Edition.
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About the Seller
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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Sidney, British Columbia
About William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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