Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin and Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson – Tusitala Edition
$29.00
Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin and Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson combines two significant works of biography and family history.
In the memoir, Stevenson writes with warmth and admiration about Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin, the Edinburgh engineer, inventor and professor who was both his teacher and close friend. Records of a Family of Engineers traces the Stevenson family’s distinguished engineering tradition, including its celebrated lighthouse builders.
This is the Tusitala Edition issued in London by William Heinemann in association with Chatto & Windus, Cassell & Company, and Longmans, Green & Company.
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Titles: Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin; Records of a Family of Engineers
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd., London, in association with Chatto & Windus, Cassell & Company Ltd., and Longmans, Green & Company
Date: 1924
Edition: Tusitala Edition
Series: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XIX
Language: English
Country of publication: United Kingdom
Format: Hardcover in blue cloth with printed dust jacket
Pagination: Approximately 330 pages
Subjects: Biography, engineering history, lighthouse history, Scottish literature, family history
Condition: Fair vintage condition. The original dust jacket is heavily worn, with extensive tearing, creasing, staining and large areas of loss to the upper front panel, corners and spine. The blue cloth boards show rubbing and edge wear. The binding remains intact, and the pages are age-toned with occasional light spotting and handling marks.
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, BIOGRAPHY, NON-FICTION BOOKS, VINTAGE BOOKS
Type: NON FICTION
Category: B0129, BIOGRAPHY, BOOKS, ENGINEERING HISTORY, FAMILY HISTORY, LIGHTHOUSE HISTORY, NON FICTION, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, SCOTTISH LITERATURE, TUSITALA EDITION, VINTAGE
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