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6771LONDON CHATTO 1921. GOOD-VERY GOOD. LONDON, CHATTO, 1921 unknown books
1986Embry 185170Polygon 1986. First printing thus. Remainder mark to lower edge else fine in fine dust jacket. Ills. with woodcuts. Polygon, 1986. First printing thus. unknown books
188520757London: Longmans Green and Co 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 207 pp in original cloth boards with titles in black brown coated endpapers. A very good copy with the spine lightly sunned and a small split in the cloth along the front hinge. Bookplate of the noted collector Beverly Chew on the front pastedown. Longmans, Green and Co hardcover books
1903333534New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. Later edition. The Dynamiter was written in collaboration with Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson. Very good with faded spine cracked front gutter and sticker to inside front cover. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
2002Embry 103761Creative Editions 2002. First edition first printing. Owner's gift inscription else fine in fine dust jacket. Color illus. by Monique Felix. Creative Editions, 2002. First edition, first printing. unknown books
19742506San Francisco: Westwinds Books 1974. First Edition. Quarter cloth and decorated paper over boards. Fine. 38 pages. 19.5 x 13. 5 cm. Limited edition of 950 copies - two-color frontispiece portrait of author. With an intriguing introductory by author Brian McGinty - giving the reader a glimpse into the years Stevenson lived in this northern California area. A fascinating survey of Napa Valley in the late 1880's. Copies printed at Cranium Press San Franciso. Decorative papers by Brian Day. Pristine copy. Westwinds Books hardcover books
196517100552St. Helena California: James E. Beard 1965. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Dean Mallette. Duodecimo size 22 pp. A chapter from the "Silverado Squatters" first published in 1883 this version with relief-cut illustrations and initials by Mallette Dean 1907-1975 and a frontis portrait of R.L.S. at the office of the St. Helena Star 1880 from the collection of Norman H. Strouse. <br/><br/>A brief recollection of the fine varieties of Napa wine written by Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894 after he'd moved to the south of France for health reasons. The brief text is ripe with yearning for the wines of Napa Valley and their "inimitable fragrance and soft fire." With a brief historical background in the form of an introduction by American food writer and founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library M.F.K. Fisher 1908-1992.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Original quarter olive-green cloth and patterned green and white paper covered boards title-page spreads over two pages in black and green with frotis portrait and grape-vine decoration in green colophon device printed in green floriated initials in black and green running headpieces in green one green tailpiece; Centaur type duodecimo size 7.5" by 5.25" pagination: i-iv v-x 1-2 3-12 pp. In the original white tissue paper dust jacket.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy internally bright and free of prior owner markings covers are clean no chipping or rubbing to jacket no foxing or age-toning; a lovely copy like new.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Hawk no. 401.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. (James E. Beard) hardcover books
19113355San Francisco: Paul Elder; The Tomoye Press 1911. First edition thus. First edition thus. 12mo. Original fine paper pictorial wrappers with cover stamped in light green dark green and orange silk ties. Attractive and scarce work designed by John Henry Nash with wood cut designs. In original color printed envelope. Book and envelope are very fine. Scarce. <br/><br/> Paul Elder; The Tomoye Press unknown books
1882146511882. New York: Henry Holt and Company 1882. Undated endpaper ads. Original mustard yellow cloth decorated in black. First American hardbound edition issued as No. 141 in the Leisure Hour Series; George Munro's pirated "Seaside Library" edition with triple-column text in a magazine-sized format was listed in Publisher's Weekly a week earlier -- though actual dates of publication are not known. NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS published in the U. K. as Stevenson's only multi-volume first edition consists of "The Suicide Club" three loosely-connected tales "The Rajah's Diamond" four loosely-connected tales "The Pavilion on the Links" plus three short French tales. Calder has observed that although RLS was very fond of these tales himself they "rest uneasily in a limbo between fantasy and psychological realism." This is a clean attractive copy in fine condition -- quite remarkable for one of these delicate pale-colored volumes of the Leisure Hour Series the same series that contains the first American editions of most of Thomas Hardy's novels. Beinecke 142; Princeton 17A; Queen's Quorum 11 "Conan Doyle considered The Pavilion on the Links 'the very model of dramatic narrative'". unknown books
19221311503New York: Current Opinion 1922. Hardcover. 12mo; G/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine grey with black print; Boards in grey paper with black print soiled spine smudging wear to corners and spine caps rear hinge tear at top of spine; Text block has grey-tinted top edge spotting and mild tanning to endpapers mild age-toning to paper name in ink on front flyleaf; 400 pages frontispiece port. 1311503. FP New Rockville Stock. Current Opinion hardcover books
19769025381New York: Limited Editions Club 1976. Hardcover. Fine. Clarke Hutton. Bound in publisher's original cloth covered boards. Spine and covers stamped in gilt. One of 2000 numbered copies designed by Eugene M. Ettenberg made at The Garamond Press. Illustrations by Clarke Hutton. Signed by Hutton. Fine condition in matching slipcase which is worn and chipped at the edges and spine. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover books
188250220New York: Henry Holt & Co 1882. First American edition; # 141 of the Leisure Hour Series. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. New York: Henry Holt & Co 1882. First American edition; # 141 of the Leisure Hour Series. 329 pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Mustard yellow black - and gilt-stamped cloth. Light wear to covers at head and heel; front hinge strengthened; bookplate on front pastedown; ownerÕs signature and date of Dec. 1882 in ink on title-page; bottom and fore-edges of Contents page chipped else clean and tight. Over all a nice looking copy of a scarce first. Very good/No dust jacket. Insurance required to ship this item. Henry Holt & Co hardcover books
1903183525New York: Charles Scribners Sons 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. Later. Very good plus. Hardcover cover and foredges soiled spine faded rubbing of spine ends and corners sticker inside front cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. Charles Scribners Sons hardcover books
1976TB26016Avon Conn.: The Limited Editions Club 1976. Limited Editions. Fine in gilt decorated yellow cloth covered boards with a gilt on green title label on the spine. A quarto measuring 11" by 7". In the publisher's original glassine dust jacket. Both the book and its jacket are contained within a near fine paper covered slip case with one corner of the case cracked and repaired. This copy is identified as number 380 on the last page of text out of only 2000 copies printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club. Additionally this copy is signed by the illustrator Clarke Hutton. 246 pages of text illustrated by drawings by Clarke Hutton. With an introduction by Norman H. Strouse. Laid-in at the front of the book is the publisher's 8 page monthly letter describing this title. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
188958504London: Chatto & Windus 1889. Large Paper Edition no. 76 of 100 copies. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Original white cloth. Small rust mark on front board toning of endleaves else a Fine copy. Large Paper Edition no. 76 of 100 copies. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Beinecke 145 Chatto & Windus unknown books
188414294London: Chatto and Windus 1884. 'New edition'. Full red morocco binding with elaborate gilt decorated spine. AEG. Marbled eps. Gilt dentelles. VG sun oxidized section to boards. 328 pp adverts at rear. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1976RSTENEW00EFLimited Editions Club 1976. Very Good. Stevenson Robert Louis. New Arabian Nights. Hutton illustrator Clarke. Avon Connecticut: Limited Editions Club 1976. 246pp. Illustrated. 4to. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped edges. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Slipcase is in very good condition with faintly bumped edges and a few small stains. Signed by the illustrator Hutton on colophon. Limited Editions Club unknown books
188296749London: Chatto & Windus 1882. First edition first printing of the short story collection containing Stevenson's first published fiction considered by many to be his best work with page 155 of second volume misnumbered '55' and 'Maletroit' misspelt 'Maledroit' on page 179. Octavos two volumes original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and arabesque decorations to the front panels with the 32-page publisher's catalogue at rear of second volume dated May 1882. In near fine condition. From the library of bibliophile and yachtsman Henry C. Taylor with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise case. An exceptional example. A collection of short stories previously published in magazines between 1877 and 1880 Stevenson's New Arabian Nights proved to be a pioneering work in the English short story tradition. The collection contains Stevenson's first ever published fiction A Lodging for the Night as well as The Pavilion on the Links which Arthur Conan Doyle characterized "the high-water mark of Stevenson's genius" and "the first short-story in the world". Chatto & Windus hardcover books
197641401Avon CT: Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club 1976. Folio 28.4 cm 11.18". xv 1 246 2 pp.; 12 plts. illus. <br><br>Limited Editions Club production of this set of acclaimed short stories by the beloved author. Norman H. Strouse supplied the introduction and => Clarke Hutton illustrated the text with 12 full-page two-color and 16 smaller black and white drawings. Designed by Eugene Ettenberg the volume was bound by the Tapley-Rutter Company in full maize buckram stamped in green and gold sides gilt-stamped with an all-over design by Ettenberg.<br>Â Â Â Â "The Pavilion on the Links" appears in its first version.<br>Â Â Â Â This is numbered copy 733 of 2000 printed signed at the colophon by the artist; the LEC prospectus is laid in. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by the Limited Editions Club 499. Bound as above in original matching paper-covered slipcase; slipcase with very slight traces of shelfwear volume clean and bright. => A nice example of this engaging attractive edition. Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club, hardcover books
1979Embry 153518Franklin Library 1979. Fine. Full brown leather decoratively gilt. Franklin Library, 1979. hardcover books
9421Avon Ct. Limited Editions Club 1976. Introduction by Norman Hulbert Strouse; illustrated by Clarke Hutton. Designed by Eugene Ettenberg and printed at Garamond Press. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by Hutton. Bound in full decorated brilliant yellow buckram with title in gold and green on the spine. Fine in a fine slipcase. <br/><br/> Avon, Ct., Limited Editions Club, 1976. hardcover books
1925Embry 192370Scribner 1925. South Seas Edition Volume III. Near fine in very good dust jackets. Red cloth. Scribner, 1925. South Seas Edition Volume III. hardcover books
1912D17006New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Selected and edited by Sidney Colvin. Original red cloth with gilt lettering with very little wear only. 338 pages. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1871319958Edinburgh: Printed by Neill and Company 1871. First edition one of about 50 copies. With five figures in text. 7 1 blank pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Self-wrappers near fine. Blue cloth slipcase with chemise. First edition one of about 50 copies. With five figures in text. 7 1 blank pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation Copy. One of the earliest publications of Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-94 who grew up in a family of lighthouse engineers. Beginning in 1867 Stevenson studied civil engineering at the University of Edinburgh and spent three summers in an apprentice ship at his father's lighthouse projects. In the spring of 1871 Stevenson presented his paper and was awarded the silver medal of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts. "The essay showed the accumulated knowledge of three obedient years" Bathurst but it marked an end to his enginnering studies. Stevenson then studied law and passed the first examination for the Scottish bar in 1872. He cared for nothing but literature and dedicated himself to his literary apprenticeship with far more zeal than he found for engineering. <br/><br/>Inscribed at the head of the title "With the author's compliments"<br/><br/>Prideaux notes "A few copies - probably not exceeding 50 - were pulled separately from the types of the Transactions with the pagination altered and a title-page added". This would have been at Stevenson's request. Preceded only by juvenilia The Pentland Rising 1866 and The Charity Bazaar 1868. OCLC records a dozen locations for this title with only a handful of presentation copies among them. Prideaux II 3; McKay Beinecke 8 Printed by Neill and Company unknown books
1975LIT1529MPréface et traduction de Pierre Leyris avec un portrait de R.L. Stevenson par Jean-Max Toubeau. 1975 / 215 pages. Broché. Editions Mercure de France.
