STEVENSON (Robert-Louis)Livre Rare Book
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35372Paris, La Sirène, 1920. In-8°, 231p. Reliure demi-maroquin noir à bandes, dos lisse avec titre argenté à froid, tête graphite, couverture et dos conservée.
1911703791911. STEVENSON Robert Louis. THE LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. Edited by Sidney Colvin. In four volumes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1911. Very good. unknown books
12479Fort in 8 cartonné, couverture illustrée en couleurs, avec titre en blanc. Traduction de A. CANAUX. Faux-titre, frontispice, titre, 304 pages, illustrations en noir dans le texte et hors-texte, plus la couverture de MAITREJEAN. Tours, Mame (1935) dos renforcé, deux coins légèrement émoussés.
1968USTEMAS00sjrLancer Books 1968. Very Good. Stevenson Robert Louis. Master of Ballantrae. New York: Lancer Books 1968. 350pp. 12mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Lancer Books paperback books
1889450031889. STEVENSON Robert Louis. THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE. A Winter's Tale. London: Cassell & Company 1889. First edition. 8vo. red pictorial cloth spine lettered in gilt. Ink ownership. Hinges cracked; slight soiling and rubbing to cloth wear to extremes; residue offsetting from bookseller's label to rear endpapers. Just a good copy. unknown books
191931453London & Edinburg, T. N. Foulis, (1919). Un vol. au format in-8 étroit (211 x 128 mm) non paginé, broché, sous couverture illustrée à rabats rempliés.
1887319959New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1887. First American edition preceding the first English edition by 25 years. viii 302 8 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth. Faintest traces of rubbing to spine a near fine copy. Bookplates. Blue morocco-backed slipcase and cloth chemise. First American edition preceding the first English edition by 25 years. viii 302 8 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED. Inscribed on the first blank <br/>"Given under my hand at Saranac Lake in the year eighteen hundred and eighty eight Robert Louis Stevenson"<br/>Stevenson's biography of Professor Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin the professor of engineering at the University of Edinburgh who exerted a strong influence upon the young Stevenson. Jenkin and his wife met Stevenson when he was an engineering student and aspiring poet. "It was the beginning of a friendship marked by admiration and affection on their side but something like idolatry on Louis's . Greater even than his intellectual impact on the young Louis was his moral influence: he taught the young man not to strive for effect as a critic and instead to aim for integrity" McLynn pp. 37-8.<br/><br/>Stevenson "found the writing of the memoir difficult doubtless because of the complex emotions involved: work proceeded slowly McLynn p. 249. He completed the manuscript at Bournemouth in June 1887 just after his father's death. They left England in late August and stayed in Saranac Lake from October until April 1888. The preface to the American edition is dated October 1887 at Saranac. <br/>Uncommon inscribed. Prideaux 25 Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1887D17059New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1887. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo; original red cloth. Inscribed by Stevenson to neurologist S. Weir Mitchell. PRESENTATION COPY OF AN EARLY WORK.Dr. S. Weir Mitchell with the grateful good wishes of Robert Louis Stevenson. Both Stevenson and Mitchell had deep feelings about their Scottish ancestry. Fleeming Jenkin a Scottish engineer was one of the most important figures in RLSs life Stevenson studied engineering before turning to law and then dedicating himself full-time to his writing. The author consulted with Mitchell at this time when he was experiencing depression exacerbated by an insane father a hysterical mother a neurotic wife and a feckless fainéant stepson see Frank McLynn Robert Louis Stevenson: A Biography. Yale has a letter from RLS to Mitchell from this year. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1912616031912. STEVENSON Robert Louis. MEMOIR OF FLEEMING JENKIN. London: Longmans Green & Co. 1912. First separate edition. 8vo. navy cloth spine in gilt t.e.g. Bookplate discreet blind-stamp to title page small description tipped into rfep. Very good overall with a slight split to the top of the front joint. unknown books
1925Embry 192366Scribner 1925. South Seas Edition Volume XVI. Near fine in very good dust jackets. Green cloth. Scribner, 1925. South Seas Edition Volume XVI. hardcover books
1912D16984Boston: Le Roy Phillips 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Stiff wraps. Dust jacket design by Marion King. Spine worn but internally nice with attractive tipped in photographic plates. An uncommon sweet little book. <br/><br/> Le Roy Phillips hardcover books
1887136601887. London: Chatto and Windus 1887. Original very dark blue cloth beveled. First Edition of these "memories of childhood and youth portraits of those who have gone before us in the battle." The edition is believed to have consisted of 2000 copies. A near-fine copy cloth worn at the top of the front joint. Beinecke 454; Princeton 36. <br/><br/> hardcover books
18876769London Chatto and Windus 1887. 1887. First edition. Thick small 8vo. Original gilt stamped dark blue cloth t.e.g. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Beinecke 454. F. Hardcover. London, Chatto and Windus, 1887. hardcover books
1887D17008London: Chatto & Windus 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo pp. 2 x 299 1; very good copy in original blue buckram lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. Spine leaning a bit else a very nice copy. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
188729657London: Chatto & Windus 1887. First edition 8vo pp. 2 x 299 1; very good copy in original blue buckram lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. This copy with an early inscription "Walter McLaren with love F. S. O. Christmas 1887" -- McLaren likely the British Member of Parliament for Crewe. Beinecke 454. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
188729659London: Chatto & Windus 1887. First edition 8vo pp. 2 x 299 1; very good copy in original blue buckram lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. Beinecke 454. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
48562Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Boston: H. B. Turner & Co. 1903. 271 pages hardbound. Ex-library o/w good and sound with light soil to the tight maroon cloth binding. . Other hardcover books
188727462New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1887. 8vo. x 299 1 8 adv. pp. <br><br>Early U.S. edition. Publisher's red cloth spine with gilt-stamped title; extremities and back cover mildly rubbed spine with small area of discoloration. Exsocial club library: call number on endpapers rubber-stamp on title-page no other markings. Pages clean. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1969126756Berkeley CA: The Hart Press 1969. stiff paper wrappers fore-edge uncut. Hart Press. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers fore-edge uncut. 8 pages. Illustrations by Victor Anderson. A witty tribute to Ide born on December 25. Originally written June 19 1891. Greeting from publishers Ruth and James D. Hart laid in. The Hart Press unknown books
1887630891887. STEVENSON Robert Louis. THE MERRY MEN and Other Tales and Fables. London: Chatto & Windus 1887. First edition. 8vo. blue decorative cloth. As is: ex-library no external marks. Soil slight bumps to boards; darkened with wear to the extremes at the spine. Hinges starting binding shaken; dust soil to top-edge. unknown books
1928WRCLIT53797New York: William E. Rudge 1928. Cloth and marbled paper over boards. Introduction and notes by Charles Vale. First edition. Copy #69 of two hundred and fifty numbered copies printed after a design by Bruce Rogers. Gilt morocco bookplate on pastedown else a near fine unopened copy in lightly chipped glassine wrapper. William E. Rudge hardcover books
1928016352New York: William Edwin Rudge. Very Good. 1928. Hardcover. Marbled paper boards over quarter cloth binding title gilt on spine; fore edge deckled. Most leaves are uncut. This is numbered 121/250 copies. Boards have light wear and chipping to corners; text block has light toning. A very good copy of Robert Louis Stevenson's play "Monmouth." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 75 pp . William Edwin Rudge hardcover books
192867721New York: William Edwin Rudge 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Limited to 250 copies this copy is unnumbered. A play in three acts with an introduction and some notes by Charles Vale. Typography by Bruce Rogers. Octavo. Original marbled paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine with gilt titles. A very good copy. <br/><br/> William Edwin Rudge hardcover books
1921136076New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1921. First edition. Small hardcover. First printing. 79 pages. A collection of poems and woodcuts by Stevenson. Printed at the Davos Press by Lloyd Osbourne who provides a preface. An about very good copy with some wear to the spine label and illustrated label on the front cover and some tanning to the endpapers. No dust jacket. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1921D16981London: Chatto & Windus 1921. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. pp xxii 80. Original navy blue gilt-stamped cloth. Each poem is illustrated with a small corresponding woodcut by the author. New edition of a book first printed at the Davos Press by Lloyd Osbourne when he was only twelve. A fresh copy. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
