The bottle imp : in English and Samoan [ Parallel title on cover: Fagu Aitu ]

Stevenson, Robert Louis [ introduced by Roger G. Swearingen ; edited by Robert Hoskins ]

Published by Steele Roberts, Wellington, 2011

About this Item

21 cm, 102 pp, b&w art illus, soft covers. VG copy. English and Samoan. Robert Louis Stevenson considered his supernatural short story The Bottle Imp one of his best. A Faustian folktale transplanted to the Pacific, The Bottle Imp was the only one of Stevenson's works to be translated into a Polynesian language in his lifetime, as the Samoan O le Fagu Aitu. Featuring an extensive introduction by Stevenson scholar Roger G Swearingen, and accompanied by the original illustrations, this edition is the first to publish the English and Samoan versions together -- back Cover.

Seller Inventory # 011216

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The bottle imp : in English and Samoan [ Parallel title on cover: Fagu Aitu ]
• Publisher: Steele Roberts, Wellington
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft Covers
• Edition: First Thus
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: None
• Seller catalogs:
  • Pacific