Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Shelf wear. Bookplate inside front cover. Signature of "Captain Crawford" on 2nd free endpaper. Tight and clean.
This is an attractive antique copy of Stevenson's classic travel memoir. This copy is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major Robert Louis Stevenson collector and archivist who, as Chairman of the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, greatly contributed to the preservation of Stevenson's estate in Valima, Samoa.
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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- Uncharted Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2894
- Title
- Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
- Author
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1916
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