Letters From Samoa, 1891-1895

Author: Stevenson, Mrs. M. I.; Marie Clothilde Balfour; Margaret Isabella Stevenson
Title: Letters From Samoa, 1891-1895
Publication: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906
Edition: First U. S. edition

Description: Hardcover. Red cloth hardcover with paper spine-label, gilt top edge, 340 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, a bit of soiling or discoloration to the outer pages, some rubbing and light wear to the tips and edges of the covers, no dust jacket. Margaret Isabella Balfour, the daughter of Lewis Balfour, Minister of Colinton, married Thomas Stevenson in 1848. Together, they had one child, the writer Robert Louis Stevenson. Margaret devoted herself to caring for her tubercular son. She travelled with him to the Continent and to America. When he went to live at Apia in Samoa for his health, she swiftly set out for the Pacific in 1891. By that time he was married to Fanny, an American divorcee. Stevenson went to meet his mother in Sydney but fell ill, requiring her immediate nursing. When they arrived in Apia the house was still incomplete. Margaret returned to Sydney, coming back when it was habitable. Life revolved around Stevenson's writing. After his sudden death in 1894, Margaret returned to Scotland to mourn. Very Good.

Seller ID: s0009423

Subject: Travel

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