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1886UBURCEN00DACentury 1886. Fair. Burroughs John. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. May-October 1886 Containing Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Roosevelt Theodore; Stevenson Robert Louis. NY: Century 1886. 972pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Small 4to. 3/4 black leather with gilt lettering. Book condition: Fair with rubbing and bumping front joint split four inches and chipped head of spine. Front hinge holding by two cords. Solid text block and clean pages . Also containing articles on ballooning bird eggs and William Morris. Century hardcover books
1898012265London: Methuen and Co 1898. The uncommon first edition issued in two volumes contemporary red half leather gilt to spine marbleized endpapers gte sides untrimmed. A few spots to the title page and frontispiece in volume 1 else near fine. Leather to spine scuffed a bit. Solid bindings binder unknown. Inscribed at Christmas 1905 to Edwin Carlisle Litsey who went on to be Poet Laureate of Kentucky "from his friend Fransic Coker last name indecipherable Methuen and Co unknown books
1896016449London: John Lane 1896. Book measures 20x14.cm. xx3111pp 16pp catalogue etched frontispiece and title page. Bound in original publishers black cloth with gilt design and lettering top gilt edge. Binding in near fine condition. Internally browning to endpapers. Pages near fine. A very nice clean copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus Near Fine. 8vo. John Lane Hardcover
1886500051752cassell 1886. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Second illustrated edition. Hinge cracked through loose title <br/> <br/> cassell hardcover
1885320653London: Longmans Green 1885. First edition first issue. Publisher's presentation blindstamp on the title. 2 x 101 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original blue cloth gilt t.e.g. others uncut. Very minor spotting and wear. Toning to the endpapers as usual. First edition first issue. Publisher's presentation blindstamp on the title. 2 x 101 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Publisher's presentation copy of the first edition first issue of Stevenson's collection of children's verse with first appearances of "The Land of Counterpane" "The Land of Nod" "My Shadow" "Uncle Sparky" and "My Bed is a Boat" Prideaux A35; Hayward 297; Beinecke 192; Gumuchian 5440; Osborne II page 662; McKay 192 Longmans, Green unknown books
1885D17003New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1885. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12 mo. Blue cloth with green paper boards and gilt lettering on spine. Half title states Author's Edition. 101 pages. Bookplate of Frank H. Severence to prelim leaf. Marginal chip to half-title. Corners worn and bumped. A reasonable copy of the uncommon first American printing of this well-loved book. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1898D16997New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Publisher's blue cloth; spine lettered in gilt. 101 pages. Nice copy. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1885D16989London: Longmans Green and Co. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. One of 1000 copies. Stevenson began writing these verses around 1881. He was quoted as having said these are nice rhymes and I dont think they will be difficult to do after reading Kate Greenaways Birthday Book for Children. This is a handsome copy in the original beveled blue cloth. One of the authors most beloved works with light wear only <br/><br/> Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover books
1885140938077London: Longmans Green and Co 1885. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in gilt over beveled boards; top edge gilt. Very Good. Cloth rubbed at extremities darkend at spine and lightly scuffed. Offsetting to endsheets. Stevenson's influential collection of poetry for children. Longmans, Green and Co unknown books
1885305362London: Longmans Green and Co 1885. First edition. 2 x 101 pp. Spottiswoode & Co. Printers. 12mo. Publisher's blue cloth gilt with apostrophe shaped like a small "7." Very slight rubbing at spine ends endpapers offset. First edition. 2 x 101 pp. Spottiswoode & Co. Printers. 12mo. The first edition of Stevenson's classic collection of poetry for children with first appearances of "The Land of Counterpane" "The Land of Nod" "My Shadow" "Uncle Sparky" and "My Bed is a Boat" Prideaux A35; Hayward 297; Beinecke 192-3; Gumuchian 5440 Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
1885WRCLIT64344London: Longman's Green and Co. 1885. Small octavo. Blue cloth lettered in gilt bevelled edges t.e.g. others untrimmed. Binding darkened and worn with chipping to spine ends old and now elapsed repairs to inner hinges between endsheets and text block endsheets darkened and rear pastedown bubbled shaken one leaf carelessly opened with marginal chip; a heavily used and traveled copy with fine provenance. "Second edition" i.e. second printing of the first edition. A fine family association copy inscribed by Stevenson's mother on the half-title: "John Balfour from his affect Grand Aunt M.I. Stevenson October 1885." Margaret Isabella Balfour Stevenson 1829- 1897 or "Maggie" as she was known to her family married Thomas Stevenson in 1848 and gave birth to RLS in 1850. She had a strong and loving relationship with her son. Although quarrels between RLS and his father about religion his career and his marriage were upsetting to the family the family remained close. After her husband died in 1887 Maggie went with RLS and Fanny on their travels to America and the South Seas and even settled with them in Vailima. She returned to Edinburgh to live with her sister after RLS died. BEINECKE 195. HAYWARD 297. PRIDEAUX A35. Longman's Green, and Co. hardcover books
1888218750London: Longmans Green 1888. Third Edition. 101 pp. Spottiswoode & Co. Printers. 1 vols. 12mo. Blue original cloth with mounted cover illustration by Smith. Fine copy in quarter blue morocco slipcase and chemise. Bookplate of Joan Whitney. Third Edition. 101 pp. Spottiswoode & Co. Printers. 1 vols. 12mo. Longmans, Green unknown books
1896D17057New York: Scribners 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's red cloth stamped in gold. Hinges cracking. Pages bright. Odd volume in a larger set. <br/><br/> Scribners hardcover books
1892229294London Longmans Green & Co. 1892. 1892. First edition deluxe issue. 4to. 1 page introduction by Stevenson. Illustrations by Stevenson. Music by C. Villiers Stanford. Original red cloth stamped in gilt and black with a scene of four children marching down the street of a village a.e.g.; yellow coated endpapers. Very good fresh copy. 33 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Small bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown. McKay 217 this is the deluxe issue; there were also copies issued in green wrappers. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1892. hardcover books
1885123972London: Longmans Green and Co 1885. First edition first issue of Stevenson's classic work. Small octavo original cloth gilt titles to the spine top edges gilt. With publisher's logo in gilt at top left of front cover presumed publisher's blind stamp on title page gilt apostrophe on spine with curved tail gilt "of" on spine in smaller type without advertisements. In near fine condition owners name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a contemporary custom clamshell box. An exceptional example. A Child's Garden of Verses is a look at childhood written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixty-six poems Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood from sailing boats down a river to waiting for the lamplighter to sailing off to foreign lands in his imagination. Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover books
188599773London: Longmans Green and Co 1885. First edition first issue of Stevenson's classic work. Small octavo original cloth gilt titles to the spine top edges gilt. With publisher's logo in gilt at top left of front cover presumed publisher's blind stamp on title page gilt apostrophe on spine with curved tail gilt "of" on spine in smaller type without advertisements. In near fine condition bookplate to the pastedown and name. Housed in a contemporary custom half morocco and cloth clamshell and chemise. An exceptional example. A Child's Garden of Verses is a look at childhood written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixty-six poems Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood from sailing boats down a river to waiting for the lamplighter to sailing off to foreign lands in his imagination. Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover books
1900D16990New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Separate Edition. Another of the Merrymount Press editions of Stevenson. Nice copy. Original cloth. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1900128953New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1900. Small octavo cloth-backed boards. First separate edition. An essay published earlier in ACROSS THE PLAINS 1892. Printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Smith 63. Beinecke 552. Cutler p. 143. Private owner's bookplate affixed upside down on front paste-down. Binding rubbed at spine ends and corner tips a very good copy. #128953 Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
190012813New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1900. First separate edition printed at the Merrymount Press; 12mo pp. 4 23 3; vignette title-p.; very good in original green cloth-backed gray paper-covered boards light wear to extremities. Smith 63; Beinecke 552. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
190064486New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good. 1900. Hardcover. 23 pages untrimmed green cloth with blue paper covered boards title printed in navy on the front cover. The front free endpage is missing and the covers are scuffed with some soiling. Spine ends and corners are rubbed. Otherwise contents are bright and nice. A Good copy. . Charles Scribner's Sons 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
1892WRCLIT58339London: Cassell & Company 1892. Early 20th century polished calf spine gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. original cloth spine bound in the rear. First edition. Bookplate bound without the terminal adverts light rubbing to extremities otherwise a very good copy. BEINECKE 566. PRIDEAUX 35. Cassell & Company hardcover books
189232743London Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Co 1892. First edition 12mo pp. viii 322 2 16 ads; original green cloth spine gilt-lettered; previous owner's inscription dated August 20 1892 but overall a very good copy. Beinecke 566. <br/><br/> Cassell & Co hardcover books
189229656London Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Co 1892. First edition 12mo pp. viii 322 2 16 ads; original green cloth spine gilt-lettered; previous owner's inscription dated August 20 1892 but overall a very good copy. Beinecke 566. <br/><br/> Cassell & Co hardcover books
18928245New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1892. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. viii322pp. Plus 12pp. publisher's catalog. Orig. decorative green cloth stamped in black & gilt. Gift inscription on front free endpaper dated 1893. Bookplate on front pastedown. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books