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) (Tusitala Edition Volume XX; 20)
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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London: William Heinemann, 1924. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tusitala Edition, first edition second printing thus viii + 331 pp folding colour map frontispiece. octavo hardback, Dark blue cloth gilt decorated, top edge blue Very. Good condition No inscriptions
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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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- 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) (Tusitala Edition Volume XX; 20)
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- Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Hardback
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1
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- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
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- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Pages
- 340
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.66 lbs
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- Stevenson, Robert Louis; 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) (Tusitala Edition Volume
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