Autograph letter signed : "La Solitude", to his cousin Robert Alan N. Stevenson, 1883 Oct.

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Autograph letter signed : "La Solitude", to his cousin Robert Alan N. Stevenson, 1883 Oct.

Discussing litaertue and art, his own work and health, etc., etc.

1 item (16 p.) ; (small 24mo) inlaid to (8vo)

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Stevenson, Robert Alan N.,

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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

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Robert Lewis (later changed to "Louis") Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 13, 1850. He attended the University of Edinburgh intending to become a civil engineer like his father, but ill health curtailed his studies and prompted him to travel to warmer climates. This inspired Stevenson to write stories, novels and essays about his travels. While in France he met American artist Fanny Osbourne. The two fell in love, and in 1879 Stevenson traveled to California, where he...