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Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
de STEVENSON, Robert Louis; [CRANE, Walter (illustrator)]
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good
- Librería
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. Good. Second edition, later impression. Small crown 8vo, pp. xii, 227, [1], 44 'A List of Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.'s Publications' + Walter Crane's b/w frontispiece with tissue guard; title page features publisher's device. Original decorative blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in black, mountainous landscape vignette in black to upper board. Soiled and rubbed, spine gently sunned, extremities bumped and rubbed, feps foxed and tanned, some foxing and occasional grubby finger marks and soiling to text block, shaken, rear hinge starting, but binding holding firm. A good copy of a later printing of the second Kegan Paul edition. Unusual. One of Stevenson's earliest works, Travels recounts the author's 120 mile, 12-day hike through remote southern-central France. It is considered a foundational work of outdoor literature and one of the earliest accounts of hiking and camping for recreation (including the commissioning of a sleeping bag). The second edition "agrees" with the first in "every particular, save the words 'Second Edition'", while the front cover is "stamped with the landscape in black, and the head of Ass 'Modestine' is omitted on back". The 44-page catalogue to the rear of this copy, which lists Travels at 2s. 6d., alongside An Island Voyage and Virginibus Puerisque, dates this as an 1881 impression (or later). Prideaux, 3
Sinopsis
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes recounts Robert Louis Stevenson's 120 mile, 12 day hike, accompanied only by his stubborn and unwieldy donkey, through the Cevennes of south-central France. A pioneering piece of outdoor literature, it is one of Stevenson's earliest works, and one of the earliest accounts of hiking and camping for recreation rather than necessity. Stevenson's route is still popular today; recently when asked why the Scotsman still informs the identity of the Cevennes, a politician and historian of the area remarked "Because he showed us the landscape that makes us who we are."
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- Librería
- Quair Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2362
- Título
- Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
- Autor
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis; [CRANE, Walter (illustrator)]
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- C. Kegan Paul & Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1879
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
