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1920011736San Francisco: Edwin & Robert Grabhorn 1920. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. VG-. Grabhorn's 1920 edition of Stevenson's telling of Diogenes different from its 1921 edition. This edition has a different introduction by Hopkins not Vincent Starret and different title. The colophon of this early version identifies 150 copies this unnumbered printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn and bound by Florence Grabhorn. The paper over board covers is a Deco-style free-form"marblized" pattern printed in black and brown. String-tied the paper over spine has perished. Still bound. Laid-in is the first signature from the 1921 edition title page and Starrett introduction and a leaf of text in a font and size different from that used in either version. This early 1920 version was being printed by the Grabhorns for the legendary San Francisco bookman John Howell who had opened his bookstore around 1912. Edwin & Robert Grabhorn hardcover books
191620468London: Chatto & Windus 1916. First separate and first book edition 16mo pp. 27 3; orig. printed dust-jacket soiled and with a few short tears and splits around the edges. First published in Scribner's Magazine January 1915. Prideaux 73 and Beinecke 702 neither mentioning the printed jacket. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus unknown books
32988Paris, Union Bibliophile de France - Maximilien Vox éditeur, 1948. 2 volumes pt. in-4°, 139-150p. en feuilles, sous couvertures rempliées, chemises et étuis.
191056452London: Chatto & Windus 1910. Sangorski. ca. 25p. unpaginated. Slim 4to inscription on end paper bound in some worn off-white boards;The whole reproduced in colors and gold after the original illuminated drawings by Alberto Sangorski. Ornate title and borders in various colors & gilt. Sangorski. A very good copy. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1892137701892. With Other Memories and Essays. London: Chatto & Windus 1892. Original very dark blue cloth beveled. First Edition English -- published on the same day as the American. This volume consists largely of Stevenson's thoughts as he journeyed by train in 1879 from New York to San Francisco in pursuit of the American woman he had recently met on the Continent and who was to become his wife. Also included are his subsequent impressions of the city of Monterey. This is a near-fine copy endpapers cracking but scarcely any other wear; the front paste-down bears the small leather bookplate of Clara & Irwin Strasburger. Beinecke 546; Princeton 48. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1924815621924. WYETH N. C. STEVENSON Robert Louis. DAVID BALFOUR: BEING MEMOIRS OF THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF DAVID BALFOUR AT HOME AND ABROAD. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1924. xv 356 pp. 8vo. black buckram with gilt spine lettering and color illustrated pastedown on front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Pp. 9-10 roughly opened with several closed tears to edges. Spine slightly sunned cloth lightly rubbed. Nine color plates. Very good overall. unknown books
1930WRCLIT61909San Francisco: Printed for William Andrews Clark Jr. by John Henry Nash 1930. Two volumes. Large quarto and octavo quarter vellum and boards. Portraits. Tan offsetting from slipcase to boards two faint smudges to one margin otherwise about fine in dual compartment slipcase with modest wear and soiling. Compliments slip tipped in. One of two hundred and fifty numbered copies printed on handmade paper by John Henry Nash for private distribution. Introduction by William Andrews Clark to the larger volume which is a new typographic rendering of the text. The smaller volume is a photofacsimile of the 1890 Sydney edition. Printed for William Andrews Clark, Jr., by John Henry Nash hardcover books
1883359821883. STEVENSON Robert Louis. AN INLAND VOYAGE. Boston: Roberts Brothers 1883. First American edition of Stevenson's first novel. Small 8vo 261 pp. ads.; vignette title inserted. Terracotta cloth showing wear especially at spine ends and corners but the gilt decoration remains bright; rather skewed. A good copy. unknown books
1893WRCLIT60466London: Cassell & Company 1893. Large octavo. Gilt pictorial cloth. Frontispiece and plates. Colored map. Rear inner hinge cracking bound without or lacks preliminary advert leaf else a near fine bright copy. First British edition. The terminal catalogue is dated 9.92 suggesting this is likely from the first binding lot of 4000 copies from the total edition of 5000. The preliminary advert leaf is not present in this copy so the status of the price change is not ascertainable. Works include "The Beach of Falesa" "The Bottle Imp" and "The Isle of Voices." BEINECKE 576. PRIDEAUX 38. BLEILER p.186. Cassell & Company hardcover books
1893138791893. Consisting of The Beach of Falesa / The Bottle Imp / The Isle of Voices. With Illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. London Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company 1893. 16 pp ads dated Mar 1893. Original blue-grey cloth pictorially decorated in gilt. First English Edition published five days after the American. "The Bottle Imp" is one of Stevenson's weirdest tales -- a supernatural blend of Aladdin's lamp the monkey's paw and a game of hot potato. As with most if not all copies the book's price on the preliminary ad leaf was raised by hand. Some copies have ads dated as early as Sept 1892; however since the book wasn't published until early April 1893 we would regard the ads in this copy March 1893 as "primary." This is a near-fine copy minor cracking of the rear endpaper spine very slightly darkened. Beinecke 577; Princeton 53A copies 2-3. unknown books
188558512London: Chatto & Windus 1885. First Edition. viii 300 pp. 32 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter brown morocco t.e.g. Very fine. First Edition. viii 300 pp. 32 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Beinecke 328 Chatto & Windus unknown books
18986777LONDON HEINEMANN 1898 1898. ORIGINAL BLACK CLOTH; NO DUST JACKET FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. LONDON, HEINEMANN, 1898 hardcover books
1889135441889. A Winter's Tale. London Paris New York & Melbourne: Cassell & Company 1889. 4 pp undated ads plus 16 pp ads dated July 1889. Original red cloth pictorially decorated in black. First Edition published on the day before the Scribner's one with the proper July ads. Stevenson freely acknowledged that his inspiration for this book was Robert Marryat's THE PHANTOM SHIP 1839 which he had recently read. RLS began writing BALLANTRAE in Saranac Lake in 1887 but did not finish it until his first South Seas voyage in 1889. The verso of this copy's front free endpaper lists only ten titles; some copies have a list of twelve or fourteen priority unknown but fewest should be best. A tough book to find in decent condition this copy is very good-plus spine a little faded and dull minor soil -- also the leaves were roughly opened in one case affecting text. Beinecke 487 cites only a copy listing 14 titles; Princeton 41A copy 1 -- mentions copies with all three lists. unknown books
1896139681896. New York: George Munro's Sons n.d. March 13 1896 at the top of the front wrapper. 18 pp ads some dated June 1900. Original tan paper wrappers printed in black. First American edition to consist solely of these two groups of mysterious detective tales which had originally constituted the first volume of NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS 1882 -- in fact the running head on each page of text is that title. At that time Henry Holt published an American edition of that title including these two. It was not until 1894 that Chatto & Windus in response to the popularity of the Sherlock Holmes cases published just these two tales -- and this volume by Munro was in turn a response to that. "The Suicide Club" is actually three loosely-connected detective cases -- "Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts" "Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk" and "The Adventure of the Hansom Cabs"; similarly "The Rajah's Diamond" follows a valuable diamond through four separate unpleasant adventures ultimately requiring the ingenuity of a detective. Despite the March 1896 date at the top of the front wrapper this copy was actually bound up a few years later as some ads are dated June 1900. This is a remarkably close-to-fine copy just a hint of wear at some corners -- of a Stevenson title that is none-too-common. Beinecke 151. <br/><br/> unknown books
1881135361881. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1881. 32 pp ads dated July 1881. Original orange cloth decorated in black beveled. First Edition first issue of Stevenson's first volume of collected essays which had appeared in periodicals such as The Cornhill during the late 1870s. These essays epitomize Stevenson's early expository style. It is good to have been young in youth and as years go on to grow older. These papers are like milestones on the wayside of my life. from this book's dedication to W.E. Henley The title essay Latin for "For Girls and Boys" which he wrote in 1876 as his relationship with Mrs. Sitwell was waning before he met Fanny Osbourne is largely upon the subject of marriage. The first issue is identifiable by the "C. Kegan Paul & Co." at the foot of the spine -- the same as on the title page; later copies bound up read "Kegan Paul Trench & Co." reflecting the firm's change of name and still later copies read "Chatto & Windus" after that firm bought up Kegan Paul. The book was not a hot seller: it is known that by 1884 when Chatto & Windus issued the remaining copies only 900 copies had been sold first and second bindings combined. The ads in this copy are dated July 1881 some copies have April 1881 ads the month of publication while others have leftover ads from 1880 or as implied above ads from later years. This is a very good-plus copy with some cracking of the endpapers and as usual with the unfortunate choice of cloth color general dulling of the light-orange spine. Beinecke 70 with 8/80 ads; Princeton 12 copy 2 7/81 ads. Housed in a cloth clamshell case. <br/><br/> hardcover books
189117675Chicago: J.L. Relling & Co 1891. First edition in Norwegian; thin 12mo pp. 88; orig. maroon cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover; pages browned otherwise very good. Not in NUC Beinecke or Prideaux. St. Olaf and Luther College only in OCLC. <br/><br/> J.L. Relling & Co hardcover books
188657586New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1886. First American edition published simultaneously with the British edition 12mo pp. xi 1 324; folding frontispiece map; contemporary quarter calf paste-paper boards; gilt lettered direct on gilt-ruled spine; spine faded covers rubbed with some ink and dampstaining; good. Beinecke 378. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
10981Paris, Nouvelle Revue Française NRF, 1920. In-8, 286-(2) pp., broché (couverture jaunie, quelques rousseurs).
18936763London Cassell & Company Limited 1893. 1893. First English edition first issue. Tall 8vo. Color map and 27 plates by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. Original gilt stamped pictorial blue cloth upper cover with gilt stamped design of Polynesian maiden patterned endpapers one corner slightly bumped; olive green floral endpapers. Good-very good. Publisher's 16 page catalogue at end dated March 1893. Beinecke 577. Prideaux 576. F. Hardcover. London, Cassell & Company Limited, 1893. hardcover books
1892138781892. Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa. London Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company 1892. 16 pp ads dated May 1892. Original dark green cloth. First Edition English -- published on the same day as the American of this account of "eight years of trouble" between the natives and the foreigners on the island of Upolu Samoa where Stevenson then lived -- due to his worldwide search for air suitable for his lungs. The Tauchnitz edition of this work was destroyed by order of the German government due to the "unfavorable" descriptions of German activities in the area. This is a fine copy. Beinecke Yale 566; Princeton 51. <br/><br/> hardcover books
189040990London: Chatto & Windus 1890. First English edition preceded by a few days by the American edition. viii 137 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's dark blue buckram spine lettered in gilt. Very slight rubbing to covers else near fine. First English edition preceded by a few days by the American edition. viii 137 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Beinecke 532 Chatto & Windus unknown books
1890116042London: Chatto & Windus 1890. First. hardcover. near fine. Small 4to 3/4 blue morocco gilt by Bayntun. London: Chatto & Windus 1890.<br/><br/> First English Edition. Number 68 of 100 large paper copies signed by R. & R. Clark printer. Some foxing on blank flyleaves and joints a bit dry otherwise fine. Beinecke 535.<br/><br/> Chatto & Windus unknown books
189332647London: Cassell 1893. First English edition. Illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue-green cloth stamped in gilt slight wear and fading inner hinges starting else very good copy. First English edition. Illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. 1 vols. 8vo. Contains The Beach of Falesá The Bottle Imp and The Isle of Voices. The English edition was preceded by the American by five days. Prideaux 576 Cassell unknown books
19525795San Francisco: Printed for the Book Club of California by the L-D Allen Press Cagnes-sur-Mer France 1952. Sm. 8vo. 60pp. Untrimmed. Half-title and 4 full-page illustrations by Ray Bethers printed in blue & red hand illuminated in gold. Edition limited to 300 copies. Limp boards printed in red & blue orig. glassine wrapper. Enclosed in French style gilt stamped portfolio and matching cardboard slipcase. Ex Bancroft Library copy one embossed "Bancroft Library" on p. vi but still a fine copy. With the original prospectus laid in. BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA BIBLIOGRAPHY #81. Printed for the Book Club of California by the L-D Allen Press, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France hardcover books
189640897London: John Lane 1896. First edition in French. Etched frontispiece and title page. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue gilt-stamped buckram. Fine copy. First edition in French. Etched frontispiece and title page. 1 vols. 8vo. Beinecke 337 John Lane unknown books
