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Torchlight
by Stevenson, Robert Louis III
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0399143157
- ISBN 13
- 9780399143151
- Seller
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Weare,, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
G.P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0399143157 . A terrific clean tight copy in jacket, Signed by the Author on the half title page before the story. Jacket shows light shelf and edge wear. ; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh. In the brief span of forty-four years, dogged by poor health, he made an enormous contribution to English literature with his novels, poetry, and essays. The son of upper-middle-class parents, he was the victim of lung trouble from birth, and spent a sheltered childhood surrounded by constant care. The balance of his life was taken up with his unremitting devotion to work, and a search for a cure to his illness that took him all over the world. His travel essays were publihsed widely, and his short fiction was gathered in many volumes. His first full-length work of fiction, Treasure Island , was published in 1883 and brought him great fame, which only increased with the publication of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886). He followed with the Scottish romances Kidnapped (1886) and The Master of Ballantrae (1889). In 1888 he set out with his family for the South Seas, traveling to the leper colony at Molokai, and finally settling in Samoa, where he died.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boomer's Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20689
- Title
- Torchlight
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis III
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399143157
- ISBN 13
- 9780399143151
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 0399143157
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About the Seller
Boomer's Books
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About Boomer's Books
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Glossary
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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