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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
191663042New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1916. First edition with the Wyeth illustrations. Small 4to. x 3289 pp. Color plates color illustrated title page illustrated endpapers. Owner's name on half-title but a good solid copy. Original black cloth edges rubbed gilt spine title color illustrated paper onlay on upper cover. 9574. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1888146041888. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1888. 8 pp undated ads. Original printed yellow wrappers. First Edition published about six weeks before the London edition. Unlike the English one the American edition is illustrated twelve plates; it was also issued at a higher price in red cloth no precedence. Stevenson wrote this entire novel in the Spring of 1883 for serial appearance in "Young Folks" where TREASURE ISLAND had then just appeared. 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 prompted Scribner's to publish it in book form which in turn prompted Stevenson's publisher Cassell in London. This is a remarkably near-fine copy which for these fragile wrappers is amazing spine paper slightly darkened but very little of the edge-wear and soil which typically afflict this yellow paper. In our experience the American edition is scarcer than the English one even on this side of the Atlantic -- especially in the yellow wrapper binding. Beinecke 480; Princeton 40 copy 3. Housed in a handsome morocco-backed slipcase with inner chemise. unknown books
188840982London: Cassell & Company 1888. First English edition preceded by the American. viii 324 pp. 4 16 pp of ads dated as per Beinecke copy. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt on spine and in black on upper cover. Covers a bit soiled hinges cracked but a good copy otherwise of a book difficult to get in fine condition. First English edition preceded by the American. viii 324 pp. 4 16 pp of ads dated as per Beinecke copy. 1 vols. 8vo. Beinecke 481 Cassell & Company unknown books
1888WRCLIT58597London etc.: Cassell & Company 1888. Early 20th century polished calf spine gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. gilt 'RLS' device on both boards spine and panels of original cloth bound in at rear. Upper joint cracking at crown slight darkening at edges but a good copy. First British edition preceded by the U.S. edition by approximately six weeks. PRIDEAUX 26. BEINECKE 139. Cassell & Company hardcover books
1888447363London: Cassell & Company 1888. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Red cloth stamped in black. Owner's name a small and contemporary bookstore stamp small paper remnant all on the front fly a bit sapine-cocked and sunned a near very good copy. Cassell & Company hardcover books
19422269635Charles Scribner's Sons 1942. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Wyeth N.C. First thus same date on title and copyright pages Scribner seal on copyright page. Spine faded hinges loosening picture plates somewhat foxed. 1942 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. x 328 pp. "Set in England during the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses this swashbuckling historical novel by the author of 'Treasure Island' and 'Kidnapped' tells the story of young Dick Shelton. Betrayed by his treacherous and brutal guardian Sir Daniel Brackley Dick seeks the help of John Amend-All leader of the mysterious fellowship of the Black Arrow Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
188829661London Paris et al.: Cassell & Co 1888. First British edition 8vo pp. viii 324 20 ads dated 5G.7.88; hinges cracked spine faded and a bit stained; a good copy in original pictorial red cloth stamped in black and gilt on spine and in black on upper cover. Beinecke 481; Prideaux 26. <br/><br/> Cassell & Co hardcover books
1888270862New York: Scribner 1888. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated. 322pp. 8pp. of advertisements at rear. 8vo rebound in 3/4 burgundy morocco; gilt-decorated spine with raised bands slight fading; marbled endpapers t.e.g. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1888. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Scribner unknown books
20079023322London: Folio Society 2007. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. First Folio edition bound in the publisher's original decorated cloth covered boards. Illustrations throughout. Slipcase. <br/><br/> Folio Society hardcover books
1895116211895. Illustrated. New York: The Merriam Company n.d. 1895. 3 pp undated ads. Original violet cloth decorated in dark violet. First Edition issued as the second volume in Merriam's "Violet Series." This is Stevenson's famous tale about the anatomist "K---" and his need for cadavres based undoubtedly upon the career of Robert Knox 1793-1862; the 1945 film of the same title starred Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. RLS actually wrote this tale in mid-1881 to be part of a collection of supernatural tales which he referred to as "creepers"; he never completed the project but a few of the tales remain. Ironically this grisly tale's first appearance was in the Pall Mall Gazette's 1884 Christmas Extra substituted at the last moment for a briefer RLS tale in order to fulfill a commitment of sufficient length. It is equally ironic that such a grisly story would first appear in book form in this cute little violet volume decorated with flowers. This is an attractive nearly fine copy unusually free of soil or wear the lettering on the spine is a little faded as always and there are small tape-stains on the endpapers; there is no bubbling of the cloth which is atypical for this book. Beinecke 608. <br/><br/> hardcover books
