The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Black Bonded Leather over padded hardboards, 6 Complete and Unabridged Novels of American writer Robert Louis Stevenson. Elegant appearance;, Gilt Decorative Binding. Bright gilt color page blocks all around plus gilt front board and spine lettering and decorative patterns. Lower back cover states BONDED LEATHER printed in gilt. [PLEASE bonded leather is not the same as Whole Grain Leather, but is made from leather and resins.] Dark green gilt decorated end papers. Beautiful craftsmanship. Black Bonded Leather cloth-covered padded boards, Illustrated with lovely B&W illustrations. Longmeadow Press; First Printing edition (1984) (Black Bonded-Leather Bound over Gilt-Decorated Padded Boards). 0681287586, Printed by Kingsport Press, USA. Copyright 1984, Introduction, arrangement & Illustrations by Octopus Books Limited (London, UK). Full The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (1984) First such Edition (Black Bonded Leather over Gilt Decorated Padded Boards) by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author); Duncan SmIth (Illustrator); 6.3w x 9.6 x 1.7 in. [16.0 x 24.3 x 4.4 cm.]. 687 pages,

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Literature, Adventure, Pirates

687 pages, Leather Bound

First published January 1, 1896

About the author

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov.

Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the Western canon.

Reviews

[Bob]

My rating of 4 stars is mainly by the story telling and writing style of this wonderful author. It would have received 5 stars if the typesetting, proofreading, and editing had lived up to my expectations for a leather-bound, gilt-edged, library edition.

[Cws]

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[Tinquerbelle]

1) Treasure Island
2) Kidnapped
3) Weir of Hermiston
4) The Master of Ballantrae
5) The Black Arrow
6) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde