Buy this book on-line Stevenson, Robert Louis : The Beach of FalesaThe Limited Editions Club. Los Angeles. 1956., 1956
Illustrated front cover. 1500 copies printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. Signed by Millard Sheets, California artist. Lacks slip case. Uncut page sides. Measures 8 1/2 x 12 1/2. In the Introduction, J. C. Furnas comments that this story epitomizes "the terms of life on a hypothetical South Sea Island in the late nineteenth century".. Illustr.: Sheets, Millard. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Cloth Backed Boards Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Stevenson, Robert Louis : The Beach of Falesa. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Stevenson, Robert Louis : The Beach of FalesaThe Folio Society. London. (1959)., 1959
Black and white illustrations with gold tone. Gilt lettering on spine. Decorative front and rear end papers. Slip case has small splits at top and bottom opening. Book plate front end paper. In the Introduction, H. E. Bates tells of his first visit to the Pacific Island of Western Samoa and his visit to Valima, the home where Stevenson spent the last four years of his life and where he is buried. This Stevenson story is of a "trader who comes to take up a post on a black-beached island and is given a bare-breasted Polynesian girl in so-called marriage, together with the most cynical of marriage certificates to prove it, and then finds himself the centre of sinister and apparently supernatural dramas.". Illustr.: Hutton, Clarke. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Illustrated Cloth in Slip Case Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Stevenson, Robert Louis : The Beach of Falesa. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, fine bindings, antiquarian books, collectables and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |