Robert Louis Stevenson — A Christmas Sermon

London, Chatto and Windus, 1906. Hardback. A scarce and charming pocket-size edition of Stevenson's Christmas sermon written when recovering from illness, in quarter paper vellum. A Christmas Sermon, a scarce pocket-size edition, written by prolific writer Robert Louis Stevenson.In quarter cream paper vellum, with paper boards.A charming early edition of Stevenson's mediations on life and the festive period written while recovering from a lung illness. While best known as a novelist, Stevenson's was known to be a profound essayist, including on social, political and philosophical matters. In quarter cream paper vellum, with paper boards. Externally, mostly smart, with a couple of small marks and slight dulling to boards. Slight fading to board extremities and bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Offsetting to free end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a couple of faint marks. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .