St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
1898447364London: William Heinemann 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. First English edition. Black cloth gilt. A little rubbing near fine. William Heinemann hardcover books
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189815342ELondon: Heinemann 1898. First Edition - British. Minor offsetting to the endpapers else very good plus copy with some minor rubbing to the cloth at the edges and a few tiny tears at the top and bottom of the spine without dust jacket. At the time of his death Stevenson had left sent St. Ives unfinished and Arthur Quiller-Couch wrote the last few chapters to complete the work using Stevenson’s notes and the outline he had sent to S.S. McClure publisher of McClure’s Magazine which serialized Stevenson’s novel St. Ives prior to book publication. Heinemann hardcover books
189712063JNew York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1897. First Edition preceding the English edition. Laid in is a one page Autograph Letter Signed by the author Robert Louis Stevenson to S.S. McClure publisher of McClure’s Magazine which serialized Stevenson’s novel St. Ives prior to book publication. Written from Valima in Samoa on September 7 1894 just weeks before Stevenson’s death on December 3rd. “.Pursuant to a note from Bunter I have the pleasure to send you an epitome of St. Ives. Without doubt it was a task! And I fear it will not increase the interest of any human being but you must be judge of that and employ it accordingly or not as your better wisdom shall suggest. The Magazine seems to me to go on swimmingly. Please remember me to your wife and the twins. Ever yours R.L. Stevenson.†At the time of his death Stevenson had left St. Ives unfinished and Arthur Quiller-Couch wrote the last few chapters to complete the work using Stevenson’s notes and the outline he had sent to McClure. Near fine bright copy in original cloth with one of Stevenson’s very last letters and a remarkably historic one showing that his efforts did indeed prove of great interest allowing one of his most interesting works to be completed. Charles Scribner’s Sons hardcover books
1898447364London: William Heinemann 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. First English edition. Black cloth gilt. A little rubbing near fine. William Heinemann hardcover books
1897D17009New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Precedes the UK edition. Original brown cloth blocked in gilt. Slight spine lean but a nice copy. Published posthumously A.T. Quiller-Couch wrote the final six chapters consulting notes and outlines left by Stevenson. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
189841402London: William Heinemann 1898. First British edition 8vo pp. vi 2 312; slightly rubbed else a very good sound copy in original gray cloth lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover. Beinecke 655. <br/><br/> William Heinemann hardcover books
189730033NY: Scribner's 1897. First Edition. 8vo pp. 438. This edition preceded the 1898 UK edition. Spine darkened VG. As pointed out in an editorial note A. T. Quiller-Couch wrote the final six chapters from notes and outlines left by Stevenson. Beinecke 654; Princeton 68. Scribner's unknown books
18934983New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1893. First edition. First edition. Original light tan fine wove cloth with superb cover design by Margaret Armstrong consisting of brown heart motifs in mosaic pattern and four bold silver interlocking swords similar heart designs on spine gilt lettering. A scarce Stevenson title to find in first edition with s superb design by Armstrong. Near fine. Gullans #240. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1921WRCLIT63431Boston: The Bibliophile Society 1921. Small quarto. Three quarter parchment and cloth. Engraved colophon and 29 facsimile plates. Bookplate otherwise fine in lightly worn slipcase and chemise. First edition. Edited with transcriptions and commentary by William P. Trent. One of 450 copies printed on Japan vellum. Foreword by. The Bibliophile Society hardcover books
192149232Boston: Bibliophile Society 1921. Edition limited to 450 copies small 4to pp. 63 plus facsimiles inserted engraved limitation page and frontispiece; bookplates on endpapers library blindstamp on title page else a very good copy in original parchment-backed red cloth with chemise and slipcase marked with a call number. Reproductions of select pages from Stevenson's manuscripts with significant variants and/or unpublished versions of his printed works. <br/><br/> Bibliophile Society hardcover books
192129662Boston: Bibliophile Society 1921. Edition ltd. to 450 copies small 4to pp. 3-63 plus facsimiles inserted engraved limitation-p. and frontispiece; a near fine copy in orig. red cloth backed in paper vellum. Reproductions of select pages from Stevenson's manuscripts with significant variants and/or unpublished versions of his printed works. <br/><br/> Bibliophile Society hardcover books
188612816This classic novel which apparently came to the author in a dream was originally meant to be published for Christmas of 1885; however since there was a glut of books on the market at that time the publishers decided to hold the release date until 1886.<br />This is one of an unspecified number of copies to have had the date changed in ink by the publisher from 1885 to 1886 the numeral 5 into the numeral 6.<br />The ownership signature is that of the famed Richard Garnett noted British poet editor and librarian. Longsman, Green & Co. hardcover books
1886145561886. London: Longmans Green and Co. 1886. One page undated ads. Original salmon cloth. First English Edition which according to McKay was published on 9 January 1886 -- four days after the American one Longmans had intended to publish it in December 1885 but the bookstalls were already so full of Christmas numbers that the trade "would not look at it". The story of how RLS came to write this classic tale is by now well known: He was one night in the middle of a nightmare when Fanny alarmed by his disturbance woke him. Louis complained with irritation that she had interrupted a 'fine bogy tale.' Seizing his pen the following day he began to write down the story he had dreamed. Initially it was the Gothic horror of the story that excited him and he produced a first draft at great speed reading the story triumphantly to Fanny when he finished. But Fanny wasn't happy with the story. She felt that it could be more than a Poe-like crawler that it could be more morally pointed than Louis had fashioned it. Certainly in this case it can only be said that her comments did the story and Louis considerable good. Angrily the first draft was cast into the fire and he started again this time producing the version of STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE that we know. Calder What an imagination! -- hard to believe that this is the same writer who came up with another book published by Longmans Green just one year earlier and here promoted on the ad leaf: A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES. This is a very good-plus copy of what was a very cheaply-produced book: there is minor soil as usual for this light salmon cloth and slight bubbling of the cloth due to the semi-flexible nature of the boards. The original patterned endpapers are fine and there is no foxing on the leaves within. McKay Beinecke/Yale 348; Princeton 30A copy 1. Housed in a handsome calf-backed slipcase with leather label with inner chemise. unknown books
1886140940950London: Longmans Green and Co 1886. First Edition. Very Good. First British edition. Bound in publisher's salmon cloth stamped in black; floral endpapers. Very Good or better with toning to spine cloth lightly soiled lightly scratched and bubbled. Housed in a custom slipcase with scuffing to morocco spine. A lovely copy. Longmans, Green and Co unknown books
1886140940949New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1886. First Edition. Fine. First American edition first printing; precedes the London edition by four days. Bound in publisher's greenish-gray cloth stamped in gilt top edge gilt. Fine with trivial touches of wear to cloth name erased from top of title page pages lightly toned. A fantastic copy of the of Stevenson's Gothic horror classic centering around the interplay between one man's unpredictable duality of character--outwardly good but sometimes shockingly evil. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1886140941050London: Longmans Green and Co 1886. First Edition. Very Good. First British edition. Bound in publisher's salmon cloth stamped in black; floral endpapers. Very Good with soiling bubbling to cloth light fraying at corners and spine ends and rubbing at edges. Small date inked on front paste down front inner hinge slightly exposed. Pages toned. Longmans, Green and Co unknown books
188610257London: Longmans Green & Co 1886. First Edition/First State. Original Wraps. Very Good textblock Fine. Light even toning/soiling to the wrappers publication date corrected 1886 else tight bright and unmarred. Original printed wrappers red ink text black ink text and decorative elements advert at rear. 12mo. 141pp. Early catalogue clipping laid in. <br/><br/>One of the unspecified number of copies which had the date hand-corrected in ink by the publisher from 1885 to 1886. Initially scheduled to be released for Christmas 1885 it was delayed until 1886 due to the glut of new work being released for the holidays. <br />"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. Longmans, Green & Co paperback books
1886140939554London: Longmans Green and Company 1886. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first issue with correction to front wrap. viii 141 1 blank pp. Bound in three-quarter blue calf and blue cloth ruled and lettered in gilt with five raised bands. Original wrappers with ads on versos bound in. Housed in custom clamshell case. Very Good with creasing and evidence of repair along gutters. Front and back wraps slightly scuffed and a little soiled slight diagonal crease to half-title contents generally bright and clean. A nice example of the classic novel of man's duality. Longmans, Green and Company unknown books
1980274939Norwalk: Easton 1980. hardcover. fine. Wilson Edward A. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson. 123 pages tall slim 8vo gilt-stamped brown leather all edges gilt fuchsia silk moire endpapers. Norwalk: Easton Press 1980. A fine copy.<br/><br/> 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books
19521094New York. Limited Editions Club. 1952. Bound in half morocco and paper covered boards. 4to. Limited Edition#1346 of 1500 copies. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. Signed by Wilson on the Limitation page. Scuffing and some wear to spine else Near Fine. Limited Editions Club. hardcover books
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
