January 25th Rare Autograph & Book Auction
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Robert Louis Stevenson manuscript fragment from his book In The South Seas, handwritten in a fountain pen. The fragment is 8" x 4" and mounted. In fine condition. Also includes 4.25" x 6" cabinet card. In fine condition. Also included is a manuscript fragment, handwritten in a fountain pen. The fragment is 8" x 4" and mounted. In fine condition.
"The first experience can never be repeated. The first love, the first sunrise, the first South Sea island, are memories apart ..." 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 rewritten to describe the islands and islanders as well as Stevenson's own personal experiences. These revisions continued when Stevenson settled on the Samoan island where he died in 1894, and In the South Seas was published posthumously in 1896.
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses.
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