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1887WRCLIT58353London: Chatto & Windus 1887. Early 20th century polished calf spine gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. gilt 'RLS' device on each board original gilt cloth spine bound in at rear. First edition ordinary issue of Stevenson's second collection of verse. Bookplate bound without terminal catalogue small spot of gilding bleed at top edge of blank prelims joints lightly worn else very good. BEINECKE 445. PRIDEAUX 23. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1895139231895. Being Correspondence addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin November 1890 - October 1894. London: Methuen & Co. 1895. Original pinkish-tan buckram decorated in gilt. First English Edition domestic issue with title page in red and black published about a week after the two-volume Chicago edition. "Vailima" "five rivers" was the name Stevenson gave to the home he and his family made for themselves in Samoa. This copy is fine except that as always with this color cloth there is some fading of the spine. Beinecke Yale 613; Princeton 60B copy 2 - no ads as with this copy. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1895WRCLIT71175London: Methuen 1895. Gilt polished buckram t.e.g. others untrimmed. Portraits. Extremities a bit rubbed endsheets show usual slight offsetting small snag in rear inner hinge otherwise very good. First British edition edited with notes and introduction by Sidney Colvin. Preceded by the more common Chicago edition from Stone & Kimball. With publisher's 32pp. terminal catalogue dated Sept. 1895. BEINECKE 613. PRIDEAUX 42. Methuen hardcover books
189529651Chicago: Stome & Kimball 1895. First edition 2 volumes 12mo pp. 3-281 3; 2 iv 2 7-275 3; frontispiece in each volume; original green buckram gilt rules on covers gilt lettering on spine rubbed t.e.g.; very good. Beinecke 609; Kramer 49. <br/><br/> Stome & Kimball hardcover books
189518147Chicago: Stone & Kimball 1895. First edition 2 vols. 12mo frontis portrait of Stevenson etched by W. Strang in vol. I and of Stevenson with a Samoan chief in vol. 2; a few small illus. in text; spines a bit darkened else very good in orig. green cloth. Beinecke 609; Kramer 49. <br/><br/> Stone & Kimball hardcover books
189529653London: Methuen 1895. First British edition 8vo pp. xx 366 32 ads; 3 portraits; title-p. in red and black; original decorative brown buckram stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine t.e.g.; a good sound copy. Beinecke 613. <br/><br/> Methuen hardcover books
1895WRCLIT58618London: Methuen 1895. Early 20th century polished calf spines gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. gilt 'RLS' device on both boards original cloth bound in rear. Portraits. Spine extremities a bit worn otherwise very good. First British edition edited with notes and introduction by Sidney Colvin. Preceded by the Chicago edition from Stone & Kimball. BEINECKE 613. PRIDEAUX 42. Methuen hardcover books
1895139221895. 1/100 in unbound signatures Being Correspondence addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin. November 1890 - October 1894. In Two Volumes. Chicago: Stone & Kimball 1895. Original folded unbound signatures. First Edition Large Paper Issue consisting of 100 numbered copies on John Dickinson & Co. paper -- this copy unnumbered and in fact still in its unbound signatures. VAILIMA LETTERS was published in Chicago in late October 1895 about a week before the London edition in the year following Stevenson's death; "Vailima" "five rivers" was the name Stevenson gave to the home he and his family made for themselves in Samoa. This is a remarkable never-issued copy a complete set of the folded sheets which never went to the binder -- where the two volumes would have been bound in grey paper-covered boards and where each volume would have had a frontispiece inserted here absent. Condition is just about fine one small damp-mark at the top edge of the first couplet of Vol I. Beinecke Yale 610; Princeton 60A. Housed in a cloth slipcase with leather labels with two inner chemises. unknown books
1896D17025New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1896. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes. Original green buckram. Housed in custom boxed slipcase. Nice copies. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1895220092Chicago Stone & Kimball 1895. 1895. First American edition. Small 8vo. Frontispieces one is an etched portrait by William Strang. 15 page introduction by Sidney Colvin. Original gilt stamped green cloth t.e.g. uncut. Very good-fine. Later red patterned board slipcase and chemise. Beinecke #609. F. Hardcover. Chicago, Stone & Kimball, 1895. hardcover books
1881001785London: Chatto and Windus 1881. Spine faded. This edition has Kegan Paul on title page but with Chatto and Windus ads at back Chatto and Windus on spine. This book was not a hot-seller at first. Remainders were transferred to Chatto and Windus in 1884. Our copy is from that issue. See Prideaux 5. 296pp 32-page catalogue from Chatto and Windus. First Edition Later Issue. Orange Cloth. Minor Edge W/No Jacket. Octavo. Chatto and Windus Hardcover books
1887242465London: Chatto & Windus 1887. Second edition Number 21 of 50 Large Paper copies signed by the Printers R. & R. Clark Edinburgh. vi ii 278 1 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Cream cloth. Spine sunned light rubbing to spine ends else fine. Unopened copy. Second edition Number 21 of 50 Large Paper copies signed by the Printers R. & R. Clark Edinburgh. vi ii 278 1 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Stevenson the Essayist. Beautifully produced collection of Stevenson's essays including the title work An Apology for Idlers Child's Play and many others. Beinecke 75 Chatto & Windus unknown books
1881D17061London: C. Kegan and Paul 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo; original cloth. Spine faded hinges tender and cracking. Still a very good copy of this early RLS title. Housed in a custom slipcase. <br/><br/> C. Kegan and Paul hardcover 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
188158533London: C. Kegan Paul &Co 1881. First Edition. 296 32 ads dated 4.81pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original orange cloth. The first state of the binding of three the spine imprint reading "C. Kegan Paul & Co." Rubbed. Very Good. First Edition. 296 32 ads dated 4.81pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Beinecke 70 C. Kegan Paul &Co unknown books
1887WRCLIT64220London: Chatto & Windus 1887. Small octavo. Original polished brick-red buckram t.e.g. others untrimmed. From the collection of Arthur H. Houghton with his book label on front pastedown. Cloth evidently treated at an early date with some sort of shellac-like fixative a bit faded and worn with offsetting to endsheets and short crack at toe of front inner hinge otherwise a good sound copy. Second edition regular English issue. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title: "To my mother Robert Louis Stevenson." According to the Chatto and Windus stock book 1000 copies of this edition were printed. The first edition appeared in 1881. 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 74. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
190164414New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good-. 1901. Hardcover. 278 pages plus ads maroon cloth with gilt printing. The spine is sunned covers a bit scuffed previous owner signed the front free endpaper. Otherwise this is a clean nice copy. About Very Good. . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1881WRCLIT58347London: Kegan Paul & Co. 1881. Small octavo. Early 20th century polished calf spine gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. gilt 'RLS' device on each board original gilt spine 1st state of the imprint bound in at rear. Joints a bit worn bookplate bound without terminal catalogue otherwise very good. First edition. Although the edition did not sell out until 1887 after a remainder had been transferred to Chatto & Windus this early collection includes many of Stevenson's most popular essays a number of which have enjoyed subsequent separate publication. PRIDEAUX 5. BEINECKE 70. Kegan Paul & Co. unknown books
6783LONDON CHATTO 1887. #27/50; LARGE PAPER SECOND EDITION VERY GOOD. LONDON, CHATTO, 1887 unknown books
1903125465East Aurora NY: The Roycrofters 1903. full green suede title and author gilt-stamped on front cover top edge gilt other edges uncut. Roycrofters. 8vo. full green suede title and author gilt-stamped on front cover top edge gilt other edges uncut. iv 771 pages. McKenna 96. A five-part essay. Covers rubbed and scuffed. The Roycrofters unknown books
189362085New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1893. Hardcover. Good. Boards backed in vellum. Cover foxing and minor warping. Frontispiece title-page and glassine interleaving browned. No Jacket. Copy No. 10 of 212 numbered copies printed on Holland Paper. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1896139301896. An Unfinished Romance. London: Chatto and Windus 1896. 32 pp ads dated Mar 1896. Original very dark blue cloth beveled. First Edition of Stevenson's last fiction left unfinished at his death. Stevenson began writing this book in 1892 he called it THE JUSTICE-CLERK but kept putting it aside to write others -- notably THE EBB-TIDE. "'He wrote WEIR OF HERMISTON hard all that morning of the last day' Lloyd Osbourne wrote of the day Stevenson died 3 December 1894" Swearingen. This is a just-about-fine copy with scarcely any wear. Beinecke 629; Princeton 62A. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1896611631896. STEVENSON Robert Louis. WEIR OF HERMISTON. An Unfinished Romance. London: Chatto & Windus 1896. 8vo. blue cloth spine in gilt; t.e.g. beveled-edge boards. Bookplate ink name on flyleaf and library embossed stamp on title page. Touch of soil and scuffing to cloth. A tight near fine copy overall. unknown books
1896578281896. STEVENSON Robert Louis. WEIR OF HERMISTON. An Unfinished Romance. London: Chatto & Windus 1896. 8vo. blue cloth spine in gilt; t.e.g. beveled-edge boards. Touch of soil and scuffing to cloth. A tight near fine copy overall. unknown books
1896WRCLIT58348London: Chatto & Windus 1896. Early 20th century polished calf spine gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. gilt 'RLS' device on each board original gilt cloth spine bound in at rear. First published edition preceded by an edition for U.S. copyright protection. Spine extremities lightly rubbed with tiny crack at crown of one joint bound without terminal catalogue else very good. BEINECKE 629. Chatto & Windus hardcover books