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192585341NY:: Scribner's. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1925. Hardcover. Volume XXV 25 in The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson South Seas Edition. First printing thus. Very good in a very good minor edge wear and age toning dust jacket. . Scribner's, hardcover books
189815342ELondon: Heinemann 1898. First Edition - British. Minor offsetting to the endpapers else very good plus copy with some minor rubbing to the cloth at the edges and a few tiny tears at the top and bottom of the spine without dust jacket. At the time of his death Stevenson had left sent St. Ives unfinished and Arthur Quiller-Couch wrote the last few chapters to complete the work using Stevenson’s notes and the outline he had sent to S.S. McClure publisher of McClure’s Magazine which serialized Stevenson’s novel St. Ives prior to book publication. Heinemann hardcover books
189712063JNew York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1897. First Edition preceding the English edition. Laid in is a one page Autograph Letter Signed by the author Robert Louis Stevenson to S.S. McClure publisher of McClure’s Magazine which serialized Stevenson’s novel St. Ives prior to book publication. Written from Valima in Samoa on September 7 1894 just weeks before Stevenson’s death on December 3rd. “.Pursuant to a note from Bunter I have the pleasure to send you an epitome of St. Ives. Without doubt it was a task! And I fear it will not increase the interest of any human being but you must be judge of that and employ it accordingly or not as your better wisdom shall suggest. The Magazine seems to me to go on swimmingly. Please remember me to your wife and the twins. Ever yours R.L. Stevenson.†At the time of his death Stevenson had left St. Ives unfinished and Arthur Quiller-Couch wrote the last few chapters to complete the work using Stevenson’s notes and the outline he had sent to McClure. Near fine bright copy in original cloth with one of Stevenson’s very last letters and a remarkably historic one showing that his efforts did indeed prove of great interest allowing one of his most interesting works to be completed. Charles Scribner’s Sons hardcover books
1897TB29109New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1897. First Edition. Very good in its original brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and a decoration on the spine and with gilt text above and below a Heraldic ornament with gilt text on a green background on the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 3/8 by 5 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and at the tips of the boards. 438 pages of text followed by a blank page and four pages of ads from the publisher. This US version of the title was released a year before the British version was published. Gerstley Stevenson Collection 68; Rosenbach 155; Prideaux49 Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
18981686London: Heinemann 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. Second Edition. Original gray cloth. Slight spine lean minor foxing otherwise a nice copy. <br/><br/> Heinemann hardcover books
189829639London: William Heinemann 1898. First British edition 8vo pp. vi 2 312; slightly rubbed else a very good sound copy in original gray cloth lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover. Beinecke 655. <br/><br/> William Heinemann hardcover books
189729623New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1897. First edition 8vo pp. vi 2 438 4 ads; original decorative brown cloth stamped in gilt and green on upper cover and in gilt only on spine; slightly skewed else very good. The binding is designed by Margaret Armstrong. Gullans 210; Beinecke 654. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1898WRCLIT58605London: Heinemann 1898. Early 20th century polished calf spine gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. gilt 'RLS' device on both boards original cloth spine rubbed and upper panel bound in rear. Spine extremities a bit worn with small nick at crown otherwise very good. First British edition preceded by the New York edition published by Scribner. Stevenson had completed the first thirty chapters at the time of his death; the concluding chapters following Stevenson's outline were written by Quiller-Couch. PRIDEAUX 49:2. BEINECKE 655. Heinemann hardcover books
1925Embry 192371Scribner 1925. South Seas Edition Volume XXV. Near fine. Green cloth. Scribner, 1925. South Seas Edition Volume XXV. hardcover books
1897139311897. Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1897. 4 pp undated ads. Original brown cloth decorated in gilt and green. First Edition which consisted of 2675 copies preceding the 1898 English edition. Stevenson wrote this at intervals between January 1893 and October 1894 laying it aside six weeks before his death to work on WEIR OF HERMISTON. As pointed out in an editorial note A.T. Quiller-Couch wrote the final six chapters from notes and outlines left by Stevenson. Though the binding design does not bear her initials it is by Margaret Armstrong. This is a close-to-fine copy a few trifling marks on the rear cover. Beinecke Yale 654; Princeton 68; Gullans & Espey 244. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1978018841San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley. Fine. 1978. Softcover. A keepsake presented to the members of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs in 1996. Buff wraps string bound with title label on front; a folder was created on the inside of the rear wrap to hold the keepsake items. Fine. This publication was produced from the over-runs from The Press in Tuscany Alley's Edition of Stevenson's "A Child's Garden of Verses." Includes samples of the decorative initials and full page plates created by Joyce Lancaster Wilson along with a sampling of the poems and the title page. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . The Press in Tuscany Alley paperback books
1896WRCLIT58351London: 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 separate edition 500 copies printed preceded by inclusion in the Edinburgh edition. Bookplate bond without terminal catalogue otherwise very good. BEINECKE 643. PRIDEAUX 46. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1896D17055London: Chatto and Windus 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First separate edition ads dated "Sept. 1896" Beinecke copy dated July 1896. 8vo. original navy blue buckram bevelled edges ix 85 32pp. Early attractive bookplate. A very sharp copy. <br/><br/> Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1896220142London: Chatto & Windus 1896. First. hardcover. near fine. 12mo original cloth. London: Chatto & Windus 1896.<br/><br/> First Separate Edition which consisted of 500 copies. Title page in red & black. 32 pages of ads.<br/><br/> Chatto & Windus unknown books
190215060NEW YORK INGALLS KIMBALL 1902 1902. BEIGE LINEN OVER BLUE BOARDS VERY GOOD. Hardcover. NEW YORK, INGALLS KIMBALL, 1902 hardcover books
190274839New York: Ingalls Kimball. Very Good. 1902. Hardcover. Lightly soiled blue paper covered boards with white stamping and a white cloth spine and corners worn. Half inch tear along bottom edge of the rear board. Contents are bright and complete with a facsimile letter tipped in. A very nice frontis portrait - previous owner inscription on the front free endpaper. . Ingalls Kimball hardcover books
1972403644Ashland: Lewis Osborne 1972. Introduction by Oscar Lewis. Tall 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards; plain dust wrapper. A fine copy. LIMITED EDITION number 323 of 500 copies. <br/><br/> Lewis Osborne hardcover books
1952106868Grabhorn Press 1952. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1952 Grabhorn Press reprint edition. Ex-library copy with library label to front free endpaper and outside spine stamp to bottom and top of end of pages. Envelope remnant to inner board. Paper of front free end page and front paste-down loose at spine. No dj. Very good condition. Grabhorn Press hardcover books
D17713Check signed drawn on RLSs account at the Wilts & Dorset Banking Company August 10 1887 payable to Harry Wilson in the amount of one pound five schillings and six pence sterling. In excellent condition. <br/><br/> unknown books
1922Embry 179599John Howell 1922. First edition first printing. Owner's gift inscription light toning near fine. Blue cloth backed patterned boards. Printed by John Henry Nash. John Howell, 1922. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
2002Embry 87704Mundus Media 2002. Fine. Green leatherette. Mundus Media, 2002. hardcover books
19979004435New Haven: Yale University Press 1997. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Edited by Ernest Mehew. Includes bibliographical references and index. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Fine condition in a fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Yale University Press hardcover books
USTESEL00AFRegnery Gateway. Very Good. Stevenson Robert Louis. Selected Essays. Washington D.C.: Regnery Gateway ND. 300pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Regnery Gateway paperback books
1907724681907. STEVENSON Robert Louis. THE SEA FOGS. Western Classics No. One. With an introduction by Thomas Rutherford Bacon. The photogravure frontispiece after a painting by Albertine Randall Wheelan. San Francisco and New York: Paul Elder and Co. 1907. Limited edition 1/1000 copies on handmade paper. 12mo. slate grey paper-covered boards backed in white vellum lettered in gilt bevelled edges t.e.g. untrimmed silk bookmark bound in. Lightly rubbed with minimal soil to spine with a subtle bump to the crown. Short expertly-repaired edge-tear to one blank small erasure to rfep. A tight near fine copy in a slightly soiled and worn slipcase. unknown books
19636778San Francisco Book Club of California 1963. 1963. Oblong 4to. Preface by James D. Hart. Illustrated from photographs; drawings by Irene Pattinson. Original 1/2 orange cloth over brown pictorial boards with printed paper spine label. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. One of 430 copies printed by Adrian Wilson. BCC #114. Hardcover. [San Francisco] Book Club of California, 1963. hardcover books