story of Robert Louis Stevenson

by Joan Howard

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Published 1958 by Grosset & Dunlap in New York .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 -- Fiction.

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Edition Notes

Statement	by Joan Howard [pseud.] Illustrated by Jo Polseno. Enid LaMonte Meadowcroft, supervising editor.
Genre	Fiction.
Series	Signature books,, 42
Classifications
LC Classifications	PZ7.G658 Str
The Physical Object
Pagination	179 p.
Number of Pages	179
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL6245241M
LC Control Number	58005704
OCLC/WorldCa	1678145

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