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Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes . (In the Original Slipcase - Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone)
by Stevenson Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society. As New with no dust jacket. 2003. FolioSociety Edition; Thirteenth Printing. Hardcover. FOLIO SOCIETY Edition. In the original FINE/As NEW light green cloth pictorial boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, the boards illustrated with black line drawings by Edward Ardizzone. This book is in the original FINE dark green slipcase negligible. NO INSCRIPTIONS OR MARKS. Plain very pale green endpapers. Internally EXCELLENT. Unused. UNREAD. 136 pp. Illustrated throughout with vignette b/w drawings - large and small - by the wonderful Edward Ardizzone. An Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright, As NEW copy. A lovely edition of this humorous travel classic. GIFT QUALITY. See Images. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 120058
- Title
- Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes . (In the Original Slipcase - Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone)
- Author
- Stevenson Robert Louis
- Illustrator
- Edward Ardizzone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- FolioSociety Edition; Thirteenth Printing
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes ., By Robert Louis Stevenson., (in The Original Slipcase - Illustrated By Edward Ardizzone), Folio Society Edition 13th Printing., Edward Ardizzone Drawings Throughout
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Folio Society; Humour; Bindings; Europe;
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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- Vignette
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- Cloth
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- Folio
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- Jacket
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