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1886229372<p>First English edition first issue. Thin octavo. One page of publisher's advertisements at beginning and 2 pages at end. Front wrapper printed in red and blue with publication date altered from 1885 to 1886 as issued. Original beige wrappers bound in. 3/4 gilt stamped red morocco over red cloth spine with raised bands and gilt stamped floral device within a gilt ruled compartment covers ruled in gilt marbled endpapers t.e.g. Fine. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Longmans, Green, and Co. hardcover books
1952000365New York: Heritage Press 1952. Brown cloth back strip. In edgeworn slipcase. With the Sandglass Number x:16 laid-in. 123pp. Marbled Boards. Nearly Fine. Octavo. Heritage Press Hardcover books
1886117203London: Longmans Green & Co 1886. First English edition of Stevenson's classic book. Octavo original cloth olive green floral endpapers. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown. "If Bram Stoker's Dracula leaves one with the sensation of having been struck down by a massive 400-page wall of horror then Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is like the sudden mortal jab of an ice pick" Stephen King. Leaping to life out of a "fine bogey dream" from which the author's wife abruptly awakened him Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde proved "immediately and lastingly Stevenson's most famous story" Baugh et al. 1499. "Published as a 'shilling shocker' a form at that time in fashion it became instantly popular; was quoted from a thousand pulpits; was translated into German French and Danish; and the names of its two chief characters have passed into the common stock of proverbial allusion" DNB. "It is a Faustian moral fable which takes the form of a tale of mystery and horror. It is the prototype of all stories of multiple personality transformation and possession. The psychological power of the writing including Jekyll's agonies is patent" Clute & Nicholls 1165. "When we thrill to the shock and horror of the story I think it is because we all at least to some degree have been torn by Jekyll's internal conflict. When we recoil in terror from the selfish savagery of Mr. Hyde I think it is because we fear our own secret selves" Jack Williamson. It is the basis for many adaptations to the screen most notably in 1931 starring Fredric March and in 1941 featuring Spencer Tracy Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner. Longmans, Green & Co hardcover books
1886110275London: Longman Green and Co 1886. First edition first issue with the publication date on the upper wrapper altered by hand of Stevenson's classic book. Octavo original wrappers advertisements. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. First editions in the original wrappers are rare. "If Bram Stoker's Dracula leaves one with the sensation of having been struck down by a massive 400-page wall of horror then Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is like the sudden mortal jab of an ice pick" Stephen King. Leaping to life out of a "fine bogey dream" from which the author's wife abruptly awakened him Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde proved "immediately and lastingly Stevenson's most famous story" Baugh et al. 1499. "Published as a 'shilling shocker' a form at that time in fashion it became instantly popular; was quoted from a thousand pulpits; was translated into German French and Danish; and the names of its two chief characters have passed into the common stock of proverbial allusion" DNB. "It is a Faustian moral fable which takes the form of a tale of mystery and horror. It is the prototype of all stories of multiple personality transformation and possession. The psychological power of the writing including Jekyll's agonies is patent" Clute & Nicholls 1165. "When we thrill to the shock and horror of the story I think it is because we all at least to some degree have been torn by Jekyll's internal conflict. When we recoil in terror from the selfish savagery of Mr. Hyde I think it is because we fear our own secret selves" Jack Williamson. It is the basis for many adaptations to the screen most notably in 1931 starring Fredric March and in 1941 featuring Spencer Tracy Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner. Longman, Green, and Co unknown books
1886107326London: Longman Green and Co 1886. First edition first issue with the publication date on the upper wrapper altered by hand of Stevenson's classic book. Octavo original wrappers advertisements. In very good condition without the usual restoration seen on most examples. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions in the original wrappers are rare. "If Bram Stoker's Dracula leaves one with the sensation of having been struck down by a massive 400-page wall of horror then Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is like the sudden mortal jab of an ice pick" Stephen King. Leaping to life out of a "fine bogey dream" from which the author's wife abruptly awakened him Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde proved "immediately and lastingly Stevenson's most famous story" Baugh et al. 1499. "Published as a 'shilling shocker' a form at that time in fashion it became instantly popular; was quoted from a thousand pulpits; was translated into German French and Danish; and the names of its two chief characters have passed into the common stock of proverbial allusion" DNB. "It is a Faustian moral fable which takes the form of a tale of mystery and horror. It is the prototype of all stories of multiple personality transformation and possession. The psychological power of the writing including Jekyll's agonies is patent" Clute & Nicholls 1165. "When we thrill to the shock and horror of the story I think it is because we all at least to some degree have been torn by Jekyll's internal conflict. When we recoil in terror from the selfish savagery of Mr. Hyde I think it is because we fear our own secret selves" Jack Williamson. It is the basis for many adaptations to the screen most notably in 1931 starring Fredric March and in 1941 featuring Spencer Tracy Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner. Longman, Green, and Co unknown books
1905D17002London: Chatto & Windus 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo; vi 237 pp. Original navy blue buckram. Contains three stories: The Misadventures of John Nicholson The Body-Snatcher and The Story of a Lie. Endpapers with some tape shadows else an exceptional copy: tight square and fresh. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
190529660London: Chatto & Windus 1905. First edition in this format 8vo pp. vi 2 237 3; very good copy in original blue buckram lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. Includes the story The Body Snatcher. Beinecke 769. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1905WRCLIT58592London: Chatto & Windus 1905. Early 20th century polished calf spine gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. gilt 'RLS' device on both boards original cloth spine bound in rear. Spine extremities a bit worn with minuscule loss at crown of spine otherwise very good. First collective British edition in this format preceded by a Boston edition under a different title published in 1904. PRIDEAUX 59. BLEILER p.186. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
190557504London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good. 1905. Hardcover. 237pp. black boards gilt stamping to spine covers show some light scuffing at edges contents just lightly toned very good. . Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1961105177Westport: The Redcoat Press 1961. cord-tied wrappers. Redcoat Press. 12mo. cord-tied wrappers. ii 131 pages. A Christmas greeting printed by the Redcoat Press. Wrappers tanned at the edges. The Redcoat Press unknown books
1928335Stevenson Robert Louis. <i>Ten Fables with Twenty One Illustrations by Rachel Russell</i>. London: The Swan Press Chelsea : MCMXXVIII 1928. With a memorial bookplate "In Memory of Michael Hariot Huth Walters for his Friend" with the name Betty Menzies written in ink. Elizabeth G.C. Menzies was the rare woman staff photographer at Princeton University whose images decorated the front cover of the <i>Princeton Alumni Weekly</i> for many years and a friend of Michael Heriot Huth Walters. Walters died suddenly. His friends at Princeton and his family owners of the Swan Press compiled a memorial volume of tributes from his classmates. This volume of Stevenson was given in appreciation to each of those contributors. The woodcut frontispiece is "'Drink' Sang the Daughter of Miru." Unpaginated In-8. iv; 36 pages; iv 26 cm. Copy 65 of 250 printed in Baskerville type on hand-made paper. Copy 65 is one of the numbered uncolored copies numbered from 11 to 240. Blue swan decorated paper boards with a white linen backstrip. Two corners slightly bumped otherwise very good to fine condition with a bittersweet association. The Swan Press, Chelsea hardcover books
1984USTEAMA00fpHogarth Press 1984. Very Good. Stevenson Robert Louis. The Amateur Emigrant. London UK: Hogarth Press 1984. 138pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and pages toned. Hogarth Press paperback books
19919008162London: The Folio Society 1991. Hardcover. Fine Condition. The text is based on Volume III of The Edinburgh Edition of Stevenson's works published in 1895 and detailing Stevenson's travels from Glasgow to San Francisco. Housed in a slipcase. <br/><br/> The Folio Society hardcover books
1895WRCLIT68068Chicago: Stone and Kimball 1895. Green cloth ruled in gilt t.e.g. others untrimmed. Spine a shade darkened and a bit rubbed at tips; bookplate scar and a few spots on front pastedown and endsheet front inner hinge cracking; just a good copy. First separate edition and first U.S. edition in the same year in the Edinburgh Edition and revised considerably from the text suppressed ca. 1880. Inscribed on the verso of the title by Ingalls Kimball: "This is of the first edition Stone & Kimball." BEINECKE 66. PRIDEAUX 41. KRAMER 36. Stone and Kimball hardcover books
1976678Ashland: Lewis Osborne 1976. xxiv96pp. Illustrated with numerous plates and a folded map laid in. Title page vignette. Edition limited to 600 numbered copies. Beige linen gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown. D.j. Lewis Osborne unknown books
195645965LA: Limited Editions Club 1956. Hardcover. Very good. #610 of 1500cc signed by the illustrator Millard Sheets. Light damage to the cloth of the spine else very good; lacking the slipcase. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1956WB17241New York: The Limited Editions Club 1956. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Signed by the illustrator Millard Sheets. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. Book and publisher's slipcase are in excellent well-preserved condition. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
195635470Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club 1956. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Sheets. With an introduction by J. C. Furnas and illustrations by Millard Sheets. 113pp. Small folio cloth-backed boards in board slipcase. Los Angeles: The Limited Editions Club 1956. A fine copy in s dust soiled slipcase.<br/><br/> One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
19236391San Francisco: John Howell 1923 First edition. Number 72 of 250 copies printed on handmade paper. Introduction by Katharine D. Osbourne. Thin quarto. Pp. 4 8 1. Two initials in blue. Gray-blue boards tan cloth spine white paper label. Upper rear corner ever so slightly jammed lower edge of rear free endpaper with small half inch section torn away. Overall a fine copy of a fragile book. An address by Stevenson to the Speculative Society of Edinburgh in March 1873. The colophon states the typography was designed by Edwin Grabhorn and printed by The Kennedy-ten Bosch Company under the direction of Haywood H. Hunt. A note in the Grabhorn bibliography p.34 states that the colophon statement was an error and that the Press had nothing to do with the publication. John Howell hardcover books
19236754San Francisco John Howell 1923. 1923. First edition. Small folio. Introduction by Katharine D. Osbourne. Initials in blue. Original 1/2 tan cloth over blue boards paper label. Very good-fine. 8 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Number 40 of 250 numbered copies designed by Edwin E. Grabhorn. Beinecke 723. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. San Francisco, John Howell, 1923. hardcover books
1923USTEBIB00AFCharles Scribner's Sons 1923. Very Good. Stevenson Robert Louis. The Bibliographic Edition of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson 31 volumes. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1923. Bibliographic Edition. Small 8vo. Red cloth with blind debossing on front covers. Book condition: Very good with faded spines rubbed cloth at spine ends and subtly soiled. Tiny bookstore label on rear pastedowns. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1942192408Charles Scribner's Sons 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Wrapped dust jacket has shallow open tears at top and bottom of spine. Black cloth boards have illustrated label and are good with some fading. Binding is very good. There is a name in script on half title page. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. LO Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1888312518London: Cassell & Company 1888. First English edition. viii 324 pp 4 16 pp publisher's catalogue dated as per Beinecke copy. 8vo. Original red cloth stamped in gilt and black floral endpapers. Contemporary ownership signature inside front cover. Slight lean as usual spine a touch faded some minor soiling but a near fine copy. First English edition. viii 324 pp 4 16 pp publisher's catalogue dated as per Beinecke copy. 8vo. Beinecke 481 Cassell & Company unknown books
1888136311888. A Tale of the Two Roses. London Paris New York & Melbourne: Cassell & Company 1888. 4 pp undated ads plus 16 pp ads dated July 1888. Original red cloth decorated in black. First English Edition of this historical tale of adventure and romance published about six weeks after the New York one. Stevenson wrote this entire novel in the Spring of 1883 for serial appearance in "Young Folks" where TREASURE ISLAND had then just appeared likewise by "Capt. George North". He wrote not only rapidly but also carelessly: proofreaders had to alert him to inconsistencies in his plot and characters. Stevenson derided the work as "tushery"; neither he nor his British publisher considered it worth publishing in book form. However in 1887 the American publisher McClure sought it out for American serialization which in turn prompted Scribner's to publish it followed by Cassell. A tough book to find in truly fine condition this one is near-fine volume slightly askew as usual less cover soil than usual for this bright red cloth; the delicate patterned endpapers are intact. Beinecke 481 these July ads; Princeton 40A. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1888135421888. A Tale of the Two Roses. London Paris New York & Melbourne: Cassell & Company 1888. 4 pp undated ads plus 16 pp ads dated July 1888. Original red cloth decorated in black. First English Edition of this historical tale of adventure and romance published about six weeks after the New York one. Stevenson wrote this entire novel in the Spring of 1883 for serial appearance in "Young Folks" where TREASURE ISLAND had then just appeared likewise by "Capt. George North". He wrote not only rapidly but also carelessly: proofreaders had to alert him to inconsistencies in his plot and characters. Stevenson derided the work as "tushery"; neither he nor his British publisher considered it worth publishing in book form. However in 1887 the American publisher McClure sought it out for American serialization which in turn prompted Scribner's to publish it followed by Cassell. A tough book to find in truly fine condition this one is very good-plus with minor cover soil and fading but very little wear other than a cracked front endpaper. Beinecke 481 these July ads; Princeton 40A. unknown books
