NOTE: the torn piece of newspaper at the bottom of the front cover is actually part of the design of the cover, and not a condition issue - there is a small scratch at the lower-left corner. Tear at the outer edge of pages 244 (last page of the novel) and the end paper that follows it. And two fumbling villains are chasing it all over England A mystery spoof by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne adapted by Josephine Ohayon. The pages are clean with the exception of a light stain that appears at the bottom-right corner of page 109 to the end of the book. Crack at hinge at front of book between two end papers. Foxing to front and rear pastedowns and end papers.no foxing found on text pages. The book was the first of three novels that Stevenson co-wrote with Osbourne, who was his stepson. The story is about two brothers who are the last two surviving members of a tontine.
It is a farcical, eccentric and brilliantly written piece of work. The Wrong Box PDF edition and other Robert Louis Stevenson books available for free download from our library. The Wrong Box is a black comedy novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1889. This black comedy of errors deals with a coffin that. NOTE: the torn piece of newspaper at the bottom of the front cover is actually part of the design of the cover.Ī black comic novel about the last remaining survivors of a tontine - a group life-insurance policy in which the last surviving member stands to receive a fortune. Robert Louis Stevenson, know mostly for his tales of adventure and horror, also had a humorous side. 1899 1st Edition, 1st Printing Charles Scribner's Sons New York.
"The Wrong Box" by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne.
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