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DR HYDE AND MR STEVENSON: The Life of the Rev. Dr. Charles McEwen Hyde including a discussion of the Open Letter of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Edition: First trade edition.
Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - An attempt to look at the overall achievements of the New England-bred missionary to Hawaii, although he is best remembered by his incautious words regarding Father Damien - 'he was a coarse, dirty man, headstrong and bigoted...and the leprosy of which he died should be attributed to his vices and carelessness.' The publication of this letter resulted in Stevenson's 'open letter' in defence of Damien. Illustrated with photographs, includes several appendices, index. 309 pages. ISBN: 0-8058-10621.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped)
Book ID: 19085More details Price: $30.00 -
DR HYDE AND MR STEVENSON: The Life of the Rev. Dr. Charles McEwen Hyde including a discussion of the Open Letter of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Edition: First trade edition.
Rutland, VT: Tuttle Books, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - An attempt to look at the overall achievements of the New England-bred missionary to Hawaii, although he is best remembered by his incautious words regarding Father Damien - 'he was a coarse, dirty man, headstrong and bigoted...and the leprosy of which he died should be attributed to his vices and carelessness.' The publication of this letter resulted in Stevenson's 'open letter' in defence of Damien. Illustrated with photographs, includes several appendices, index. 309 pages. ISBN: 0-8058-10621.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 23344More details Price: $35.00 -
ARMED WITH COURAGE.
Edition: First printing.
Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1957. dj. Hardcover first edition - Brief biographies of heroic men and women, written for older children, and beautifully illustrated with both full-page and smaller pictures, in black and white, by Lynd Ward. Includes chapters on Florence Nightingale, Father Damien, George Washington Carver, Jane Addams, Wilfred Grenfell, Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Schweitzer. 112 pp.
Condition: Ex-school library with the usual markings, no dustjacket.
Book ID: 27182More details Price: $12.50