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18952280913Stone & Kimball 1895. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Both volumes lack jackets spine heads and spine bases of both volumes lightly rubbed. 1895 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 281; iv 275 pp. Two volume set. Top page ridges of both volumes gilt. A collection of correspondences between Robert Louis Stevenson and his good friend Sidney Colvin. Stone & Kimball 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
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
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
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
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
188741404London: Chatto and Windus 1887. First edition regular issue small 8vo pp. xv 3 137 32; original blue cloth gilt lettered spine; edges and corners a bit bumped and rubbed interior fine. "List of Books Published by Chatto & Windus" dated July 1887 bound in back. Beinecke 445. <br/><br/> Chatto and Windus hardcover books
190029624Portland ME: Thomas B. Mosher 1900. First Mosher edition limited to 925 copies on Van Gelder paper; narrow 12mo pp. xv 1 2 101 1; original stiff cream wrappers printed in brown on upper cover and spine yapp edges; some toning of the wrappers; very good and sound. <br/><br/> Thomas B. Mosher unknown books
188729622London: Chatto & Windus 1887. Small 8vo pp. xv 3 137 3; original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine; spine and extremities a bit rubbed otherwise very good. First published the same year but in green cloth with advertisements at the back. Conforms in all respects to the first edition as detailed in Beinecke but for the absence of the adverts at the back. See Beinecke 445-450. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1887414421887. FAE. STEVENSON Robert Louis. UNDERWOODS. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1887. First American edition. Boards nicked at extremes and spine rather soiled. Still a good copy. unknown books
188758525London: Chatto & Windus Picadilly 1887. First Edition. 1 vols. 4to. Original dark blue cloth. Very good. First Edition. 1 vols. 4to. Beinecke 445 Chatto & Windus, Picadilly unknown books
188795797London: Chatto & Windus 1887. Small octavo pp. 1-2 i-v vi-vii viii-ix x-xii xiii xiv-xv xvi-xviii 1-2 3-137 138 139: printer's imprint 140: blank note: first leaf is a blank 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "July 1887" inserted at rear original slate blue cloth front and rear panels ruled in blind spine panel stamped in gold edges untrimmed dark brown coated endpapers. First edition. "Requiem" one of Steven's best-known poems was first printed in this volume. Beinecke 445. Small label removed from front cover several small areas of discoloration to paste-downs where labels were removed and surface re-colored overall still a very good copy with bright spine stamping. #95797 Chatto & Windus unknown books
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
1883125712London: Cassell & Company 1883. First edition with the following <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">points</span>: "dead man's chest" on p.2 and p.7 not capitalised; "rain" for "vain" in last line p.40; "a" not presen p.63 line 6; "7" is missing from pagination on p.127; full-stop is missing after "opportunity" p.178 line 20; "worse" for "worst" p.197 line 3. Octavo original blue cloth map frontispiece. In very good condition with light rubbing. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Inspired by a detailed map of an island that Stevenson and his stepson drew one rainy day with hidden treasure and cryptic instructions reverently included. Treasure Island is best enjoyed as its author intended simply as a good tale well told" Silvey 631. The serial publication in Young Folks running through January 1882 was not especially well-received but on its appearance in book form the following year in an edition of only 2000 copies the story was hailed as the best tale of adventure in print. "The force of invention and vividness of narrative appealed to every reader" DNB. Cassell & Company hardcover books
1884140941397Boston: Roberts Brothers 1884. First American Edition. Very Good. 292 pp. 4 ads. First American edition. First issue with "rain" uncorrected on the last line of page 40. Bound in publisher's ochre cloth stamped decoratively in black floral patterned endsheets. Very Good. Cloth worn and soiled spine ends and corners frayed. Glue repairs evident to inner hinges cracking at hinges of both free endpapers and preliminary pages leaving them rather fragile. Pages toned with light sporadic staining. Roberts Brothers unknown books
1883145541883. London Paris & New York: Cassell & Company 1883. 4 pp ads dated July 1883. Original forest green cloth. First Edition earliest date of ads of this classic. In late 1881 Stevenson wrote this tale titled THE SEA COOK merely as an amusement for his 12-year-old stepson. It was accepted for serial publication pseudonymously by "Captain George North" in Young Folks magazine the editor of which recommended the change of title to TREASURE ISLAND -- which Stevenson had used as the name of the island but not of the book. W.E. Henley at Cassell's then negotiated the book publication: Stevenson initially received 100 pounds "a sight more than TREASURE ISLAND is worth" he told Henley. The first edition consisted of 2000 copies which were issued in four binding orders between 14 November and 11 December 1883. Some copies have ads curiously dated July 1883 while the majority has ads more properly dated October or December 1883. This copy does have the earliest July ads -- though it does not necessarily follow that these were the first bound up. In this copy the "8" is missing from the p. 83 pagination and the "7" is boldly printed in the p. 127 pagination both defects are related to type slippage during the 2000-copy printing; there seems to be no correlation between these defects and the ad dates or the cloth colors. Some dealers persist in citing "dead man's chest" and a few other misspellings as issue points -- which they are not since every first edition copy has them. This copy is in forest green cloth we have also had red blue terra-cotta and sage green -- no priority. The volume is in very good condition neatly though unnecessarily re-backed -- one cannot see but can feel something extraneous under the spine cloth; the original black-coated endpapers were retained with thin slivers of matching paper at the two gutters. As always with this book the volume is slightly askew; there are a few light scratches and there is minor rubbing at the extremities but this is highly-acceptable copy of a book increasingly difficult to find in desirable condition. Beinecke Yale 240; Princeton 22. unknown books
18831906020Cassell 1883. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good first printing with all first issue points present. Housed in a custom-made collector's case. Cassell hardcover books
18831908006Cassell &Co 1883. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good first printing with all first issue points present. Housed in a custom-made fold-out case. Comes with a letter by the bookseller Francis Edwards from London to his client dated December 16th 1924 in which he states that this is a first edition. Cassell &Co; hardcover books
1886500051752cassell 1886. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Second illustrated edition. Hinge cracked through loose title <br/> <br/> cassell hardcover
1888D16985Boston: Roberts Brothers 1888. Hardcover. Good. 235 pp. 8vo. Publisher's pictorial blue-green cloth. Early bookplate signed by a Pearl Awalt. Newspaper clipping of an article by Van Allen Bradley laid in from 1960 discussing book values. He assesses this book at a value of $45-50 for a fine copy and then says "ask a dealer for half". This is not a fine copy and it is not a first edition but it is a reasonable copy of a scarce and fragile Stevenson book. Spine darkened head and foot of spine a bit frayed; corners bumped and edges worn. <br/><br/> Roberts Brothers hardcover books
187950183London: C. Kegan Paul & Co 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co 1879. First edition. B/w frontispiece. 227 pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Dark green cloth. Head heel and corners bumped; head heel corners and gutters professionally repaired and restored; interior lightly sprung. Still a handsome clean copy. Very good/No jacket issued. Insurance required to ship this item. C. Kegan Paul & Co hardcover books
1879261227London: Kegan Paul 1879. First. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece by Walter Crane. Blue-green silk cloth pictorially stamped in gilt brown endpapers: minor binding wear inner hinges starting. London: Kegan Paul 1879. First Edition.<br/><br/> Stevenson's first published work. 1881 ownership signature and two later bookplates one of them the ex libris of Carroll Atwood Wilson. In a cloth clam-shell case.<br/><br/> Kegan Paul unknown books
18982307474London: Printed for Private Distribution Only 1898. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. Limited edition #10 of 30 copies. Rebound in full red leather by Zaehnsdorf. 1898 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 25 pp. Full red leather gilt titles and rules top edge gilt marbled endpapers. Three short poems by Robert Louis Stevenson author of Treasure Island Kidnapped etc. This edition was never intended for public distribution but examples of this 30-copy print run which contains facsimiles of manuscript material somehow found their way onto the market. Printed for Private Distribution Only unknown books
