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Stevenson Robert Louis
In the South Seas
Hogarth 1987. Very Good. Stevenson Robert Louis. In the South Seas. London: Hogarth 1987. 347pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with light soiling and rubbing. Hogarth paperback books
Bookseller reference : USTETHE00TW
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Stevenson Robert Louis
IN THE SOUTH SEAS BEING AN ACCOUNT OF EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS IN THE MARQUESAS PAUMOTUS AND GILBERT ISLANDS IN THE COURSE OF TWO CRUISES ON THE YACHT 'CASCO' 1888 AND THE SCHOONER 'EQUATOR' 1889
London: Chatto & Windus 1900. Early 20th century polished calf spine gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. gilt 'RLS' device on both boards. Spine extremities a bit worn otherwise very good. First separate British edition preceded by a rare preliminary edition twenty copies for syndicate use published in 1890 the U.S. edition of 1896 and publication in volume 3 of the Edinburgh edition. BEINECKE 527. PRIDEAUX 30:3. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT58591
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Stevenson Robert Louis
In the South Seas: Being an Account of Experiences and Observations in The Marquesas Paumotus and Gilbert Islands
University Press of Hawaii 1971. Very Good. Stevenson Robert Louis. In the South Seas: Being an Account of Experiences and Observations in The Marquesas Paumotus and Gilbert Islands. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii 1971. 343pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with rubbing and light soiling. University Press of Hawaii paperback books
Bookseller reference : USTETHE00LNW
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Stevenson Robert Louis
IN THE SOUTH SEAS: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS IN THE MARQUESAS PAUMOTUS AND GILBERT ISLANDS IN THE COURSE OF TWO CRUISES ON THE YACHT 'CASCO' 1888 AND THE SCHOONER 'EQUATOR' 1889
London: Chatto & Windus 1900. Octavo pp. i-v vi-vii viii 1 2-343 344: blank title page printed in orange and black original bevel-edged navy cloth t.e.g. black coated endpapers. First separate public British edition. Preceded by a very limited edition titled THE SOUTH SEAS printed in 1890 for syndicate use the American 1896 Scribner edition and publication as part of the Edinburgh Edition of THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON in 1896. Beinecke 527. Top edge of text block dusty else a bright nearly fine copy. #95788 Chatto & Windus unknown books
Bookseller reference : 95788
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
INLAND VOYAGE
1883. STEVENSON Robert Louis. AN INLAND VOYAGE. Boston: Roberts Brothers 1883. First American edition of Stevenson's first novel. Small 8vo 261 pp. ads.; vignette title inserted. Terracotta cloth showing wear especially at spine ends and corners but the gilt decoration remains bright; rather skewed. A good copy. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 35982
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Island Night's Entertainments
London: Cassell 1893. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. full green calf. Teg. Near fine. 227 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Twenty-seven illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. Works include "The Beach of Falesa" "The Bottle Imp" and "The Isle of Voices." First edition first issue with ink correction in price list. 14 pages of adverts at rear. SLATER p.19. Fine binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; raised bands gilt spine panels inner dentelles green marbled endpapers original covers bound-in. Spine uniformly faded to brown. Cassell unknown books
Bookseller reference : 65
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Island Nights' Entertainment
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Decorated cloth binding with 26 b&w illustrations. 220 pages. Collection of short stories published shortly before his death the following year. Light soiling to cloth but a quite sound copy overall. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
Bookseller reference : D16996
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STEVENSON Robert Louis
Island Nights' Entertainment
London: Cassell 1893. First. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated 8vo pictorial cloth. London: Cassell 1893. First Edition.<br/><br/> First English Edition published five days after the American. First issue with the ads dated 3/93 & the price of this book changed in ink to 6/<br/><br/> Cassell unknown books
Bookseller reference : 118649
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Stevenson Robert Louis
ISLAND NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENT.
London: Cassell & Company 1893. Large octavo. Gilt pictorial cloth. Frontispiece and plates. Colored map. Rear inner hinge cracking bound without or lacks preliminary advert leaf else a near fine bright copy. First British edition. The terminal catalogue is dated 9.92 suggesting this is likely from the first binding lot of 4000 copies from the total edition of 5000. The preliminary advert leaf is not present in this copy so the status of the price change is not ascertainable. Works include "The Beach of Falesa" "The Bottle Imp" and "The Isle of Voices." BEINECKE 576. PRIDEAUX 38. BLEILER p.186. Cassell & Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT60466
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Stevenson Robert Louis
ISLAND NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENT.
London: Cassell & Company 1893. Large octavo. Early 20th century polished calf spine gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. gilt 'RLS' device on both boards original spine and upper panel bound in back. Frontispiece and plates. Colored map. Spine extremities a bit worn with tiny crack at crown of lower joint otherwise very good. First British edition. Bound without the terminal catalogue and without the preliminary advert leaf. BEINECKE 576. PRIDEAUX 38. BLEILER p.186. Cassell & Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT58343
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Stevenson Robert Louis
ISLAND NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS
1893. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1893. Original tan cloth decorated in brown and black. First Edition published five days before the English one. This collection consists of "The Beach at Falesa" "The Bottle Imp" and "The Isle of Voices"; the middle one is one of Stevenson's weirdest tales -- a supernatural blend of Aladdin's lamp the monkey's paw and a game of hot potato. Included are 26 illustrations. This is a very good-plus copy of this busily-decorated volume with scarcely any wear but as usual for this cloth the spine is sunned. This American edition is not at all common: we see at least five English copies for every American one. Beinecke 575; Princeton 53. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Gilbert Burgess who was a literary and dramatic critic for London Sketch perhaps best-known for his interviews with Oscar Wilde. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 14323
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Stevenson Robert Louis
ISLAND NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS
1893. Consisting of The Beach of Falesa / The Bottle Imp / The Isle of Voices. With Illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. London Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company 1893. 16 pp ads dated Mar 1893. Original blue-grey cloth pictorially decorated in gilt. First English Edition published five days after the American. "The Bottle Imp" is one of Stevenson's weirdest tales -- a supernatural blend of Aladdin's lamp the monkey's paw and a game of hot potato. As with most if not all copies the book's price on the preliminary ad leaf was raised by hand. Some copies have ads dated as early as Sept 1892; however since the book wasn't published until early April 1893 we would regard the ads in this copy March 1893 as "primary." This is a near-fine copy minor cracking of the rear endpaper spine very slightly darkened. Beinecke 577; Princeton 53A copies 2-3. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 13879
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Stevenson Robert Louis
ISLAND NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS
1893. Consisting of The Beach of Falesa / The Bottle Imp / The Isle of Voices. With Illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. London Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company 1893. 16 pp ads dated Mar 1893. Original blue-grey cloth pictorially decorated in gilt. First English Edition published five days after the American. "The Bottle Imp" is one of Stevenson's weirdest tales -- a supernatural blend of Aladdin's lamp the monkey's paw and a game of hot potato. As with most if not all copies the book's price on the preliminary ad leaf was raised by hand. Some copies have ads dated as early as Sept 1892; however since the book wasn't published until early April 1893 we would regard the ads in this copy March 1893 as "primary." This is a bright near-fine copy minor cracking of the rear endpaper faint damp-mark at the front cover fore-edge. Beinecke 577; Princeton 53A copies 2-3. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 13584
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Stevenson Robert Louis
ISLAND NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS
1893. Consisting of The Beach of Falesa / The Bottle Imp / The Isle of Voices. With Illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. London Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company 1893. 16 pp ads dated Mar 1893. Original blue-grey cloth pictorially decorated in gilt. First English Edition published five days after the American. "The Bottle Imp" is one of Stevenson's weirdest tales -- a supernatural blend of Aladdin's lamp the monkey's paw and a game of hot potato. As with most if not all copies the book's price on the preliminary ad leaf was raised by hand. Some copies have ads dated as early as Sept 1892; however since the book wasn't published until early April 1893 we would regard the ads in this copy as "primary." This is a bright near-fine copy light bubbling of the cloth near the top of each cover front endpaper cracking. Beinecke 577; Princeton 53A copies 2-3. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 11955
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STEVENSON Robert Louis
Island Nights' Entertainments
London Cassel & Company Limited 1893. 1893. First English edition first issue with change price. Tall 8vo. Color map and 27 plates by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. Original gilt stamped pictorial blue cloth upper cover with gilt stamped design of Polynesian maiden patterned endpapers minor rubbing front inner hinge starting. Very good. Publisher's catalog at end dated 7G-3.93. Beinecke 576; Prideaux 38. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Cassel & Company Limited, 1893. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 6764
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STEVENSON Robert Louis
Island Nights' Entertainments
London Cassell & Company Limited 1893. 1893. First English edition first issue. Tall 8vo. Color map and 27 plates by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. Original gilt stamped pictorial blue cloth upper cover with gilt stamped design of Polynesian maiden patterned endpapers one corner slightly bumped; olive green floral endpapers. Good-very good. Publisher's 16 page catalogue at end dated March 1893. Beinecke 577. Prideaux 576. F. Hardcover. London, Cassell & Company Limited, 1893. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 6763
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Island Nights' Entertainments
London: Cassell 1893. First English Edition. Illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue-green cloth stamped in gilt slight wear and fading rear endpapers badly abraded otherwise a decent serviceable copy. First English Edition. Illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. 1 vols. 8vo. Contains The Beach of Falesá The Bottle Imp and The Isle of Voices. The English edition was preceded by the American by five days. Prideaux 576 Cassell unknown books
Bookseller reference : 7641
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Island Nights' Entertainments
London: Cassell 1893. First English edition. Illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue-green cloth stamped in gilt slight wear and fading inner hinges starting else very good copy. First English edition. Illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. 1 vols. 8vo. Contains The Beach of Falesá The Bottle Imp and The Isle of Voices. The English edition was preceded by the American by five days. Prideaux 576 Cassell unknown books
Bookseller reference : 32647
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
Island nights' entertainments. Consisting of The Beach of Falesa / The Bottle Imp / The Isle of Voices. With illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell
London Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Co 1893. First British edition published 5 days after the New York edition; 8vo pp. x 2 277 16 ads; inserted map printed in blue black green and red; 28 full-p. illustrations included in the pagination; original pictorial blue cloth; very slight darkening of the spine else fine and bright. This copy has the price correction in ink in "Works by R. L. S." p. ii. Beinecke 576; Prideaux 38. <br/><br/> Cassell & Co hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 29580
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STEVENSON Robert Louis
ISLAND NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS; Consisting of The Beach of Falesa The Bottle Imp The Isle of Voices
London: Cassell 1893. First Edition first state. Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. 8vo pp. 277 plus advertisements. State 1. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. Cover somewhat soiled o/w VG. First English Edition published five days after the American. Cutler Stiles p. 140; Prideau 38. "5" changed to "6" p. ii; Beinecke 577. Cassell unknown books
Bookseller reference : 29630
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Kidnapped
London: Cassell & Company Limited 1886. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first issue with "business" on page 40 line 11 and adverts at rear dated 5G. 4.86 and 5B. 4.86. Bound in publisher's original cloth ruled in blind with titles in gilt on the spine; with folding map at front. Very Good with light lean to spine and darkening to spine cloth cloth soiled front inner hinge repaired and rear inner hinge partially exposed pages toned. Cassell & Company, Limited unknown books
Bookseller reference : 140941285
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Kidnapped
Reader's Digest 1986. Very Good. Stevenson Robert Louis. Kidnapped. Pleasantville NY: Reader's Digest 1986. 221pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with soft gutter between half-title and title pages. Reader's Digest hardcover books
Bookseller reference : USTEKID03MEL ISBN : 0895772329 9780895772329
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Kidnapped
Cassell & Co 1886 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE FIRST EDITION RED CLOTH HARDCOVER w/CUSTOM SLIPCASE of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON's "Kidnapped Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751". This is the first edition first issue with "business" on p. 40 line 11 and the ads dated 5.G.4.86 and 5.B.4.86. It was preceded only by the very rare copyright edition. Folding map. Viii 311pp. 17 pp.ad s. A very good copy with a vertical crease on the front cover and an inscription in black ink on black front end paper. In brown cloth custom-made slipcase. Cassell & Co, 1886 hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1S-005
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Kidnapped
Cassell & Co. Limited. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition second state London 1886. With a folding map. Book very good a bit shelf-cocked some edgewear slight staining on boards slight rubbing along joints bookplate on front paste-down rear free end-paper very slightly loose at the top from rest of pages slight discoloration throughout a few pages. No DJ. Cassell & Co., Limited hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 003269 ISBN : 0685003604 9780685003602
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Kidnapped
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. No date - late 19th century edition. Hinges just starting pencil scribbles on rear endpapers ink numbers & small bookseller plate on front endpapers. We have more books available by this author!. iv 262 pp. 8vo. Navy blue cloth gilt titles & red decorations top edge gilt decorated title page. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2120786
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Kidnapped
London: Cassell & Company Limited 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Folding frontispiece map two closed tears repaired. Blue cloth gilt. spine title First issue with 'business' on p. 40 and ads dated '5.G.4.86' and '5.B.4.86'. Wear to edges head and tail of spine and hingeselse a very good copy. Contemporary writing on front pastedown covered by card on which the writer Robert Cameron Rogers has mounted his armorial bookplate. Cassell & Company, Limited hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 18296
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Stevenson Robert Louis
KIDNAPPED : BEING THE MEMOIRS OF THE ADVENTURES OF DAVID BALFOUR IN THE YEAR 1751
New 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 exposed corners tattered spine caps wear to edges hinge tears in front and rear; Text block has grey-tinted top edge mild tanning to endpapers mild age-toning to paper name in ink on front flyleaf; viii 308 pages frontispiece port. 1311506. FP New Rockville Stock. Current Opinion hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1311506
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Stevenson Robert Louis
KIDNAPPED a Fine Bright Turn-of-the-Century Reprint
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates 1897. Stevenson Robert Louis. KIDNAPPED. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates c. 1896. Near Fine bright re-issue of this great classic published in America only ten years after the original first edition. Printed on quality watermarked paper and housed in a publisher's binding blocked in red blue and gilt. Very clean tight hinges no previous ownership marks. A terrific gift book. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. Henry T. Coates Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 001845
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Stevenson Robert Louis
KIDNAPPED BEING MEMOIRS OF THE ADVENTURES OF DAVID BALFOUR IN THE YEAR 1751 .
London: Cassell & Company 1886. Original green cloth. Folding map. Cloth somewhat faded and soiled three small splashmarks on lower board inner hinges cracking some foxing to map prelims and endleaves small pale shadow of a circulating library label on upper board; a sound copy in half morocco slipcase and chemise. First ordinary U.K. edition second "issue" with the corrected forms of the text in the requisite places. This copy has the 4 leaf form of the adverts dated '5G-7.86." BEINECKE 382. PRIDEAUX p .46-7. Cassell & Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT80207
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Kidnapped Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour Written by Himself
New York: M. J. Ivers & Co n.d. Map. 2 ff. 172 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Some marginal chipping and loss at spine ends. Generally clean and sound. Map. 2 ff. 172 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. In its size and pagination this appears to correspond to Beinecke 384 published by Munro just two weeks after the first American edition with one of Stevenson's requested corrections to the text; here with the imprint and wrappers of M.J. Ivers & Co.<br/>An interesting Stevenson variant. Not in Beinecke M. J. Ivers & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 58542
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Kidnapped Being Memoirs of The Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751
New York: The Limited Editions Club 1938. Limited Edition. Fine in red cloth covered boards with beveled edges with the edges of the text block stained red. A small quarto measuring 9 5/8" by 6 1/4" with the black leather title label missing from the spine. Without a dust jacket; however the book is contained in a very good paper covered slip case which is worn at the edges of its opening end. This copy is identified as number 1280 on the last page of text out of only 1500 copies printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club. Additionally this copy is signed by the illustrator Hans Alexander Mueller. 237 pages of text illustrated by wood cuts by Hans Alexander Mueller. With an introduction by Christopher Morley. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
Bookseller reference : TB26015
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
Kidnapped being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1927. 8vo pp. xii 289; illustrations by N.C. Wyeth; original black cloth pictorial cover label spine gilt pictorial endpapers; a bit shaken cloth faded and rubbed ink notations on half-title and verso of rear endpaper; a good copy. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 29829
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Kidnapped Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 .
London: Cassell & Co 1886. First edition second issue with line 11 on p. 40 reading "pleasure"; ads dated "5.G-7.86. Folding map. viii 311 1; 8 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Spine a little darkened covers slightly discolored spine tips very lightly rubbed slight toning to edges of text. First edition second issue with line 11 on p. 40 reading "pleasure"; ads dated "5.G-7.86" Folding map. viii 311 1; 8 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Beinecke 381 Cassell & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 217653
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Stevenson Robert Louis
KIDNAPPED BEING MEMOIRS OF THE ADVENTURES OF DAVID BALFOUR IN THE YEAR 1751.
London: Cassell & Company 1886. Original red cloth. Folding map. First ordinary U.K.edition first "issue" with the earliest forms of the text in the requisite places. Cloth rather faded and soiled several small nicks to spine extremities small sticker residue on free endsheet and Smith's blindstamp in corner of free endsheet inner hinges cracking slightly. A sound but ordinary copy. BEINECKE 378. Cassell & Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT35660
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Stevenson Robert Louis
KIDNAPPED BEING MEMOIRS OF THE ADVENTURES OF DAVID BALFOUR IN THE YEAR 1751.
London: Cassell & Company 1886. Early 20th century polished calf spine gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. gilt 'RLS' device on each board spine of original cloth binding bound in rear. Folding map. Spine extremities lightly worn terminal catalogue not bound in otherwise a very good copy. First edition second "issue" with the three alterations to the text requested by Stevenson. BEINECKE 378. Cassell & Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT58350
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Kidnapped The Washington Square Classics
George W. Jacobs and Company 1915. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Abbott Elenore Plaisted. Ink gift note on front endpaper ink stamp crossed out on copyright page boards a bit soiled. 1915 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 332 pp. 8vo. Color plates by Elenore Plaisted Abbott. "Seventeen-year-old David Balfour's villainous uncle has him kidnapped in order to steal his inheritance. David escapes only to fall into the dangerous company of rebels who are resisting British redcoats in the Scottish highlands. George W. Jacobs and Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2286227
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Kidnapped: being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1886. First American edition published simultaneously with the British edition 12mo pp. xi 1 324; folding frontispiece map; contemporary quarter calf paste-paper boards; gilt lettered direct on gilt-ruled spine; spine faded covers rubbed with some ink and dampstaining; good. Beinecke 378. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 57586
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751
London: Cassell & Company 1886 First edition first issue. Original publisher's red cloth with the color map bearing a "Sketch of. the probable course of David Balfour's Wanderings" bound into the text in front of the title page publisher's ads at rear dated "5.G.4.86." A very good copy with some fading to the spine extremities a bit rubbed some soiling and a few small stains to the cloth; internally some light scattered foxing rear hinge starting but a tight and sturdy copy free of any repairs or restoration. Kidnapped is a historical fiction novel that is presented as the semi-autobiographical adventure tales of David Balfour whose surname is Stevenson's mother's maiden name. The novel is set in the aftermath of the Scottish Jacobite uprisings and is loosely based around real characters and events. It is considered the sequel to the author's bestseller Treasure Island. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. London: Cassell & Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : RLS016
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STEVENSON Robert Louis
KIDNAPPED; Being Memoirs of the adventures of of David Balfour in the year 1751 . written by himself and now set forth by . Illustrated
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1905. Reprint originally issued in 1886. W. Hole. 8vo pp. 324. Untrimmed and bound in publisher's green cloth fold-out map and other illustrations by W. Hole. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
Bookseller reference : 55788
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STEVENSON Robert Louis
KIDNAPPED; The adventures of David Balfour
NY: Scribner's 1933. Wyeth N. C. 8vo pp. xii. With 10 color illustrations and title by N. C. Wyeth and a fold-out map. Black cloth with a large pictorial paper label on front. Cover little worn at edges o/w a VG tight copy. Scribner's unknown books
Bookseller reference : 40574
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Stevenson Robert Louis
LA PORTE DE MALETROIT
San Francisco: Printed for the Book Club of California by the L-D Allen Press Cagnes-sur-Mer France 1952. Sm. 8vo. 60pp. Untrimmed. Half-title and 4 full-page illustrations by Ray Bethers printed in blue & red hand illuminated in gold. Edition limited to 300 copies. Limp boards printed in red & blue orig. glassine wrapper. Enclosed in French style gilt stamped portfolio and matching cardboard slipcase. Ex Bancroft Library copy one embossed "Bancroft Library" on p. vi but still a fine copy. With the original prospectus laid in. BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA BIBLIOGRAPHY #81. Printed for the Book Club of California by the L-D Allen Press, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 5795
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STEVENSON Robert Louis
LA PORTE DE MALETROIT
SF BK CLUB OF CA 1952. ALLEN PRESS FINE. SF, BK CLUB OF CA, 1952 unknown books
Bookseller reference : 6766
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
Lay morals and other papers
London: Chatto & Windus 1911. First edition 8vo pp. viii 320; title-p. printed in red and black; a fine copy in original black buckram lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. Mostly reprinted material under a different title. Includes The Pentland Rising and Father Damien among others. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 29600
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Stevenson Robert Louis
LAY MORALS AND OTHER PAPERS
London: Chatto & Windus 1911. Early 20th century polished calf spine gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. gilt 'RLS' device on each board original cloth spine bound at rear. First collective edition thus. Bookplate spine extremities a bit worn otherwise very good. PRIDEAUX 63. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT58358
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Le Roman du Prince Othon. Translated into French by Egerton Castle
London: John Lane 1896. First edition in French. Etched frontispiece and title page. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue gilt-stamped buckram. Fine copy. First edition in French. Etched frontispiece and title page. 1 vols. 8vo. Beinecke 337 John Lane unknown books
Bookseller reference : 40897
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
1911. 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
Bookseller reference : 70379
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STEVENSON Robert Louis
L’île au trésor.
Fort 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.
Bookseller reference : 12479
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Master of Ballantrae
Lancer 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
Bookseller reference : USTEMAS00sjr
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STEVENSON Robert Louis
MASTER OF BALLANTRAE
1889. 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
Bookseller reference : 45003
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin
New 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
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