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1889424261889. STEVENSON Robert Louis and OSBOURNE Lloyd. THE WRONG BOX. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1889. First American edition. Pink cloth with 2 labels title and reproduction of the newspaper ad. that figures in the story. Somewhat soiled with spotting on the spine. Gerstley 42A. unknown books
1889514871889. STEVENSON Robert Louis and OSBOURNE Lloyd. THE WRONG BOX. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1889. First American edition. Olive green cloth 2 paper labels. Extremes slightly worn. A very good copy. Gerstley 42A. unknown books
1900134091Boston MA: L.C. Page & Company 1900. illustrated cloth. 12mo. illustrated cloth. viii 631 pages. A volume in "The Day's Work Series." List of illustrations. Frontispiece and illustrations in text. Covers stained. Considerable foxing throughout text. L.C. Page & Company unknown books
189695799London: Chatto & Windus 1896. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-289 290 291-292: blank 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "March 1896" inserted at rear title page printed in orange and black original bevel-edged navy cloth spine panel stamped in gold t.e.g. other edges untrimmed. First British published edition. Scribner's American edition preceded this UK edition by five days. Beinecke 629. Some faint scuffing to cloth large private owner's library number in ink on front paste-down a tight internally clean very good copy. #95799 Chatto & Windus unknown books
1896D17042London: Chatto & Windus 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. March ads. Original navy blue cloth beveled. A very nice copy. "'He wrote Weir of Hermiston hard all that morning of the last day' Lloyd Osbourne wrote the day Stevenson died 3 December 1894." Swearingen. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1896246771New York: Scribner 1896. First. hardcover. very good. 8vo olive cloth decoratively stamped in gilt with design by Margaret Armstrong spine faded. New York: Scribner 1896. First American Edition.<br/><br/> Scribner unknown books
18961682London: Chatto and Windus 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. March ads. Original navy blue cloth beveled. An unusally tight copy. Michael Sadleir's copy with his bookplate. "'He wrote Weir of Hermiston hard all that morning of the last day' Lloyd Osbourne wrote the day Stevenson died 3 December 1894." Swearingen. <br/><br/> Chatto and Windus hardcover books
189629666London: Chatto & Windus 1896. First edition 8vo pp. 8 289 1 plus 32-page. publisher's catalogue dated March 1896; title-p. printed in red and black; slightly rubbed but a very good sound copy in original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Beinecke 629; Prideaux 45: "Though but a fragment Weir of Hermiston affords sufficient evidence to show that it would have been its author's greatest work." <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
189611160ELondon: Chatto & Windus 1896. First Edition. Bookplate. Some light cloth rubbing a very good tight copy. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1896TB29106New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1896. First US Edition. An ex-library in very good condition in its original olive green cloth covered boards with gilt text and designs on the spine and on the front board created by Margaret Armstrong. The upper edge of the text block is gilt. A 12mo measuring 7 by 4 3/4 inches with library call numbers written in white ink at the base of the spine a 1/4" closed tear to the cloth at the head of the spine the cloth on the spine is very slightly faded and there is a university library book plate on the front paste down. The call number is repeated in pencil on the copyright page and there is a stamped accession number on the dedication page. There is a library pocket and date slip attached to the rear end pages. The joints hinges and binding remain tight and strong. 266 pages followed by four pages of ads from the publisher for other titles by Stevenson. Gerstley Stevenson Collection 62B Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover 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
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
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
188727151New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1887. 8vo. vi 2 278 10 index pp. <br><br>Second American edition. Publisher's red cloth spine with gilt-stamped title; light shelf wear small area of discoloration to spine. Exsocial club library: call number on endpapers rubber-stamp on title-page no other markings. Pages clean. Charles Scribner's Sons 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
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
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
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
