Weir of Hermiston An Unfinished Romance By Robert Louis Stevenson published 1896

Description: "Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished Romance" by Robert Louis Stevenson published by Charles Scribner's Sons 1896 first American edition. Stevenson's last novel, left unfinished at his death in 1894, considered to have great promise. This is a Very Good Plus copy of the First American Edition. Olive decorative cloth binding, a design by Margaret Armstrong her initials on front cover. Ruled on the front cover with gilt arrows, with a decorative device of thistles; the thistles repeat as a theme on the spine. Clean text; 266 pages, with Glossary and Editorial Note. Several pages of ads in the back. Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for classic works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses. Born: November 13, 1850 in the United Kingdom and Died: December 3, 1894 in Samoan Islands. In 1876 Robert Louis Stevenson met and fell in love with Fanny Matilda van de Grift or Osbourne In an American separated from her husband. Frances "Fanny" Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson was an American magazine writer. She became a supporter and later the wife of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the mother of Isobel Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd Osbourne, and Hervey Stewart Osbourne. Other sites are selling this book for over $65.00 in this condition.

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