... in Author's autograph : " Sidney Colvin from his friend W. E. H. 29/6/88 , " and with the beautiful book - plate of the recipient . Widener , No. 178 ; Prideaux , No. 1 , p . 266 . Only 20 copies printed of which the above is No. 3 ...

... in author's collection . 4. Telegramfrom Cecil B. DeMille to Jesse L. Lasky , April 30,1919 , photocopy in ... Robert Louis Stevenson . In later years , Henleybecame editor of such publications as London , the Magazine ofArt ...

Pictures of a father and child out in the moonlight illustrate Stevenson's poem from A child's garden of verses.

... STEVENSON ( Robert Louis ) . EDINBURGH EDITION , with a fine the last volume ) facsimiles of the pieces 2312 2313 2314 2315 2316 1922 Works . 28 vols . , 8vo . , etched portrait , and ( in author's rare early little Edinburgh , 1894-98 ...

Claire Harman's Myself & the Other Fellow is a fascinating portrait of a man of humor, resilience, and strongly unconventional views, the most authoritative, comprehensive, and perceptive biography of Robert Louis Stevenson to date.

In recent years there has been a wave of enthusiasm for the author of these works, with the publication of major biographies and collections of his letters.

... Robert Louis Stevenson, quoted in Author 101 (2005) This is how we got where we are. You get a whole nation full of people who spend 99 percent of their free time worrying about their lawns or their short iron game, you convince them ...

The short life of Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was as adventurous as almost anything in his fiction: his travels, illness, struggles to become a writer, relationships with his volatile wife and step-family, friendships and quarrels have ...

The text chronicles Stevenson's life and achievements right through to his death in 1894.

In this book, 317 of Stevenson's most interesting and revealing letters represent each stage of his mature life. With a linking narrative and full annotation, Ernest Mehew sets the letters in the context of Stevenson's remarkable life.