857d. THE MANUSCRIPTS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON’S RECORDS OF A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS. The Unfinished Chapters. Chicago. 1929.
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857d. THE MANUSCRIPTS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON’S RECORDS OF A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS. The Unfinished Chapters. Chicago. 1929.
857d. na. THE MANUSCRIPTS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON’S RECORDS OF A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS. The Unfinished Chapters. Walter M. Hill, editor. Chicago . 1929. Limited to 300 copies. Quarto. 92p. Boards, cloth backed, edges uncut. In 1929 Mr. Hill acquired the original manuscripts, together with hitherto unpublished portions, of R. L. Stevenson’s Record of a Family of Engineers. As Robert Louis Stevenson accumulated notes explaining the lighthouse work of his forebears, he first sketched out one chapter, then another which were eventually published, along with extracts from his grandfather’s work on the Bell Rock Lighthouse. The mass of notes and drafts out of which the original book was finally carved, illustrates the great author’s mode of work. First, there is the manuscript as printed in 1912. Second, a series of finished and unfinished chapters intended for publication but afterwards contracted and reduced. Third, we find a wealth of supplementary notes and projected chapters – a most interesting and significant mine of material. These notes and unfinished chapters are introduced by a recapitulation of Stevenson’s study of his family history, to which has been added a description of the manuscripts. A remarkable insight to the work and the thoughts of these important lighthouse engineers, and in the style of R.L.S. Extremely scarce, only 300 printed. Quite clean, tight. Only light edge wear to boards. (VG+) $185.