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THE CRUISE OF THE JANET NICHOL - among the South Sea Islands - A Diary by Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson
by STEVENSON, Mrs Robert Louis - edited by Roslyn JOLLY
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- ISBN 10
- 0295983701
- ISBN 13
- 9780295983707
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Sydney, University of New South Wales Press/University of Washington Press first edition - hard cover in dust jacket In April 1890 the steamer 'Janet Nichol' set off from Sydney for a three month trading voyage through the central and western Pacific. Aboard were seven white men, a crew of forty islanders, and one woman: a short-haired, barefoot, cigarette-smoking Ameri American, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, wife of the famous novelist. This is the story of that voyage. 220 x 162mm., pp. 205, sepia colour plates, Explanatory notes, further reading. H/cover in d.j. Contents, ""p.o. round blind name stamp"" ffep. VG+/VG ISBN: 0295983701
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- EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS
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- Title
- THE CRUISE OF THE JANET NICHOL - among the South Sea Islands - A Diary by Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author
- STEVENSON, Mrs Robert Louis - edited by Roslyn JOLLY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- first edition - hard cover in dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0295983701
- ISBN 13
- 9780295983707
- Publisher
- Sydney, University of New South Wales Press/University of Washington Press
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2004
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