‎Stevenson robert louis‎

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE‎

‎1886. London: Longmans Green and Co. 1886. One page undated ads. Original salmon cloth. First English Edition which according to McKay was published on 9 January 1886 -- four days after the American one Longmans had intended to publish it in December 1885 but the bookstalls were already so full of Christmas numbers that the trade "would not look at it". The story of how RLS came to write this classic tale is by now well known: He was one night in the middle of a nightmare when Fanny alarmed by his disturbance woke him. Louis complained with irritation that she had interrupted a 'fine bogy tale.' Seizing his pen the following day he began to write down the story he had dreamed. Initially it was the Gothic horror of the story that excited him and he produced a first draft at great speed reading the story triumphantly to Fanny when he finished. But Fanny wasn't happy with the story. She felt that it could be more than a Poe-like crawler that it could be more morally pointed than Louis had fashioned it. Certainly in this case it can only be said that her comments did the story and Louis considerable good. Angrily the first draft was cast into the fire and he started again this time producing the version of STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE that we know. Calder What an imagination! -- hard to believe that this is the same writer who came up with another book published by Longmans Green just one year earlier and here promoted on the ad leaf: A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES. This is a very good-plus copy of what was a very cheaply-produced book: there is minor soil as usual for this light salmon cloth and slight bubbling of the cloth due to the semi-flexible nature of the boards. The original patterned endpapers are fine and there is no foxing on the leaves within. McKay Beinecke/Yale 348; Princeton 30A copy 1. Housed in a handsome calf-backed slipcase with leather label with inner chemise. unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14556

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‎

‎New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1886. First Edition. Fine. First American edition first printing; precedes the London edition by four days. Bound in publisher's greenish-gray cloth stamped in gilt top edge gilt. Fine with trivial touches of wear to cloth name erased from top of title page pages lightly toned. A fantastic copy of the of Stevenson's Gothic horror classic centering around the interplay between one man's unpredictable duality of character--outwardly good but sometimes shockingly evil. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 140940949

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‎

‎London: Longmans Green & Co 1886. First Edition/First State. Original Wraps. Very Good textblock Fine. Light even toning/soiling to the wrappers publication date corrected 1886 else tight bright and unmarred. Original printed wrappers red ink text black ink text and decorative elements advert at rear. 12mo. 141pp. Early catalogue clipping laid in. <br/><br/>One of the unspecified number of copies which had the date hand-corrected in ink by the publisher from 1885 to 1886. Initially scheduled to be released for Christmas 1885 it was delayed until 1886 due to the glut of new work being released for the holidays. <br />"If Bram Stoker's Dracula leaves one with the sensation of having been struck down by a massive 400-page wall of horror then Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is like the sudden mortal jab of an ice pick." Stephen King. Longmans, Green & Co paperback books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 10257

‎STEVENSON Robert Louis‎

‎Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‎

‎Norwalk: Easton 1980. hardcover. fine. Wilson Edward A. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson. 123 pages tall slim 8vo gilt-stamped brown leather all edges gilt fuchsia silk moire endpapers. Norwalk: Easton Press 1980. A fine copy.<br/><br/> 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 274939

‎STEVENSON Robert Louis‎

‎Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‎

‎<p>First English edition first issue. Thin octavo. One page of publisher's advertisements at beginning and 2 pages at end. Front wrapper printed in red and blue with publication date altered from 1885 to 1886 as issued. Original beige wrappers bound in. 3/4 gilt stamped red morocco over red cloth spine with raised bands and gilt stamped floral device within a gilt ruled compartment covers ruled in gilt marbled endpapers t.e.g. Fine. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Longmans, Green, and Co. hardcover books‎

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‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.‎

‎London: Longmans Green & Co 1886. First English edition of Stevenson's classic book. Octavo original cloth olive green floral endpapers. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown. "If Bram Stoker's Dracula leaves one with the sensation of having been struck down by a massive 400-page wall of horror then Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is like the sudden mortal jab of an ice pick" Stephen King. Leaping to life out of a "fine bogey dream" from which the author's wife abruptly awakened him Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde proved "immediately and lastingly Stevenson's most famous story" Baugh et al. 1499. "Published as a 'shilling shocker' a form at that time in fashion it became instantly popular; was quoted from a thousand pulpits; was translated into German French and Danish; and the names of its two chief characters have passed into the common stock of proverbial allusion" DNB. "It is a Faustian moral fable which takes the form of a tale of mystery and horror. It is the prototype of all stories of multiple personality transformation and possession. The psychological power of the writing including Jekyll's agonies is patent" Clute & Nicholls 1165. "When we thrill to the shock and horror of the story I think it is because we all at least to some degree have been torn by Jekyll's internal conflict. When we recoil in terror from the selfish savagery of Mr. Hyde I think it is because we fear our own secret selves" Jack Williamson. It is the basis for many adaptations to the screen most notably in 1931 starring Fredric March and in 1941 featuring Spencer Tracy Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner. Longmans, Green & Co hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 117203

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.‎

‎London: Longman Green and Co 1886. First edition first issue with the publication date on the upper wrapper altered by hand of Stevenson's classic book. Octavo original wrappers advertisements. In very good condition without the usual restoration seen on most examples. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions in the original wrappers are rare. "If Bram Stoker's Dracula leaves one with the sensation of having been struck down by a massive 400-page wall of horror then Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is like the sudden mortal jab of an ice pick" Stephen King. Leaping to life out of a "fine bogey dream" from which the author's wife abruptly awakened him Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde proved "immediately and lastingly Stevenson's most famous story" Baugh et al. 1499. "Published as a 'shilling shocker' a form at that time in fashion it became instantly popular; was quoted from a thousand pulpits; was translated into German French and Danish; and the names of its two chief characters have passed into the common stock of proverbial allusion" DNB. "It is a Faustian moral fable which takes the form of a tale of mystery and horror. It is the prototype of all stories of multiple personality transformation and possession. The psychological power of the writing including Jekyll's agonies is patent" Clute & Nicholls 1165. "When we thrill to the shock and horror of the story I think it is because we all at least to some degree have been torn by Jekyll's internal conflict. When we recoil in terror from the selfish savagery of Mr. Hyde I think it is because we fear our own secret selves" Jack Williamson. It is the basis for many adaptations to the screen most notably in 1931 starring Fredric March and in 1941 featuring Spencer Tracy Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner. Longman, Green, and Co unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 107326

‎STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS‎

‎Tales and fantasies‎

‎London: Chatto & Windus 1905. First edition in this format 8vo pp. vi 2 237 3; very good copy in original blue buckram lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. Includes the story The Body Snatcher. Beinecke 769. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 29660

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎TALES AND FANTASIES‎

‎London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good. 1905. Hardcover. 237pp. black boards gilt stamping to spine covers show some light scuffing at edges contents just lightly toned very good. . Chatto & Windus hardcover books‎

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‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎Ten Fables with Twenty One Illustrations by Rachel Russell.‎

‎Stevenson Robert Louis. <i>Ten Fables with Twenty One Illustrations by Rachel Russell</i>. London: The Swan Press Chelsea : MCMXXVIII 1928. With a memorial bookplate "In Memory of Michael Hariot Huth Walters for his Friend" with the name Betty Menzies written in ink. Elizabeth G.C. Menzies was the rare woman staff photographer at Princeton University whose images decorated the front cover of the <i>Princeton Alumni Weekly</i> for many years and a friend of Michael Heriot Huth Walters. Walters died suddenly. His friends at Princeton and his family owners of the Swan Press compiled a memorial volume of tributes from his classmates. This volume of Stevenson was given in appreciation to each of those contributors. The woodcut frontispiece is "'Drink' Sang the Daughter of Miru." Unpaginated In-8. iv; 36 pages; iv 26 cm. Copy 65 of 250 printed in Baskerville type on hand-made paper. Copy 65 is one of the numbered uncolored copies numbered from 11 to 240. Blue swan decorated paper boards with a white linen backstrip. Two corners slightly bumped otherwise very good to fine condition with a bittersweet association. The Swan Press, Chelsea hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 335

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎The Amateur Emigrant & The Silverado Squatters‎

‎London: The Folio Society 1991. Hardcover. Fine Condition. The text is based on Volume III of The Edinburgh Edition of Stevenson's works published in 1895 and detailing Stevenson's travels from Glasgow to San Francisco. Housed in a slipcase. <br/><br/> The Folio Society hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9008162

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT With Some First Impressions of America. Edited by Roger G. Swearingen. Part One: The Emigrant Ship‎

‎Ashland: Lewis Osborne 1976. xxiv96pp. Illustrated with numerous plates and a folded map laid in. Title page vignette. Edition limited to 600 numbered copies. Beige linen gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown. D.j. Lewis Osborne unknown books‎

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‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎The Beach of Falesa‎

‎New York: The Limited Editions Club 1956. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Signed by the illustrator Millard Sheets. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. Book and publisher's slipcase are in excellent well-preserved condition. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : WB17241

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎The Best Thing in Edinburgh‎

‎San Francisco: John Howell 1923 First edition. Number 72 of 250 copies printed on handmade paper. Introduction by Katharine D. Osbourne. Thin quarto. Pp. 4 8 1. Two initials in blue. Gray-blue boards tan cloth spine white paper label. Upper rear corner ever so slightly jammed lower edge of rear free endpaper with small half inch section torn away. Overall a fine copy of a fragile book. An address by Stevenson to the Speculative Society of Edinburgh in March 1873. The colophon states the typography was designed by Edwin Grabhorn and printed by The Kennedy-ten Bosch Company under the direction of Haywood H. Hunt. A note in the Grabhorn bibliography p.34 states that the colophon statement was an error and that the Press had nothing to do with the publication. John Howell hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6391

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎The Bibliographic Edition of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson 31 volumes‎

‎Charles Scribner's Sons 1923. Very Good. Stevenson Robert Louis. The Bibliographic Edition of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson 31 volumes. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1923. Bibliographic Edition. Small 8vo. Red cloth with blind debossing on front covers. Book condition: Very good with faded spines rubbed cloth at spine ends and subtly soiled. Tiny bookstore label on rear pastedowns. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : USTEBIB00AF

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎The Black Arrow‎

‎London: Cassell & Company 1888. First English edition. viii 324 pp 4 16 pp publisher's catalogue dated as per Beinecke copy. 8vo. Original red cloth stamped in gilt and black floral endpapers. Contemporary ownership signature inside front cover. Slight lean as usual spine a touch faded some minor soiling but a near fine copy. First English edition. viii 324 pp 4 16 pp publisher's catalogue dated as per Beinecke copy. 8vo. Beinecke 481 Cassell & Company unknown books‎

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‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎THE BLACK ARROW‎

‎1888. A Tale of the Two Roses. London Paris New York & Melbourne: Cassell & Company 1888. 4 pp undated ads plus 16 pp ads dated July 1888. Original red cloth decorated in black. First English Edition of this historical tale of adventure and romance published about six weeks after the New York one. Stevenson wrote this entire novel in the Spring of 1883 for serial appearance in "Young Folks" where TREASURE ISLAND had then just appeared likewise by "Capt. George North". He wrote not only rapidly but also carelessly: proofreaders had to alert him to inconsistencies in his plot and characters. Stevenson derided the work as "tushery"; neither he nor his British publisher considered it worth publishing in book form. However in 1887 the American publisher McClure sought it out for American serialization which in turn prompted Scribner's to publish it followed by Cassell. A tough book to find in truly fine condition this one is very good-plus with minor cover soil and fading but very little wear other than a cracked front endpaper. Beinecke 481 these July ads; Princeton 40A. unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 13542

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎THE BLACK ARROW. A Tale of the Two Roses‎

‎1888. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1888. 8 pp undated ads. Original printed yellow wrappers. First Edition published about six weeks before the London edition. Unlike the English one the American edition is illustrated twelve plates; it was also issued at a higher price in red cloth no precedence. Stevenson wrote this entire novel in the Spring of 1883 for serial appearance in "Young Folks" where TREASURE ISLAND had then just appeared. He wrote not only rapidly but also carelessly: proofreaders had to alert him to inconsistencies in his plot and characters. Stevenson derided the work as "tushery"; neither he nor his British publisher considered it worth publishing in book form. However in 1887 the American publisher McClure sought it out for American serialization which prompted Scribner's to publish it in book form which in turn prompted Stevenson's publisher Cassell in London. This is a remarkably near-fine copy which for these fragile wrappers is amazing spine paper slightly darkened but very little of the edge-wear and soil which typically afflict this yellow paper. In our experience the American edition is scarcer than the English one even on this side of the Atlantic -- especially in the yellow wrapper binding. Beinecke 480; Princeton 40 copy 3. Housed in a handsome morocco-backed slipcase with inner chemise. unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14604

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎THE BLACK ARROW: A TALE OF THE TWO ROSES‎

‎London etc.: Cassell & Company 1888. Early 20th century polished calf spine gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. gilt 'RLS' device on both boards spine and panels of original cloth bound in at rear. Upper joint cracking at crown slight darkening at edges but a good copy. First British edition preceded by the U.S. edition by approximately six weeks. PRIDEAUX 26. BEINECKE 139. Cassell & Company hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : WRCLIT58597

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses‎

‎Charles Scribner's Sons 1942. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Wyeth N.C. First thus same date on title and copyright pages Scribner seal on copyright page. Spine faded hinges loosening picture plates somewhat foxed. 1942 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. x 328 pp. "Set in England during the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses this swashbuckling historical novel by the author of 'Treasure Island' and 'Kidnapped' tells the story of young Dick Shelton. Betrayed by his treacherous and brutal guardian Sir Daniel Brackley Dick seeks the help of John Amend-All leader of the mysterious fellowship of the Black Arrow Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2269635

‎STEVENSON Robert Louis‎

‎The Black Arrow; A Tale of the Two Roses‎

‎New York: Scribner 1888. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated. 322pp. 8pp. of advertisements at rear. 8vo rebound in 3/4 burgundy morocco; gilt-decorated spine with raised bands slight fading; marbled endpapers t.e.g. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1888. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Scribner unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 270862

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎THE BODY-SNATCHER‎

‎1895. Illustrated. New York: The Merriam Company n.d. 1895. 3 pp undated ads. Original violet cloth decorated in dark violet. First Edition issued as the second volume in Merriam's "Violet Series." This is Stevenson's famous tale about the anatomist "K---" and his need for cadavres based undoubtedly upon the career of Robert Knox 1793-1862; the 1945 film of the same title starred Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. RLS actually wrote this tale in mid-1881 to be part of a collection of supernatural tales which he referred to as "creepers"; he never completed the project but a few of the tales remain. Ironically this grisly tale's first appearance was in the Pall Mall Gazette's 1884 Christmas Extra substituted at the last moment for a briefer RLS tale in order to fulfill a commitment of sufficient length. It is equally ironic that such a grisly story would first appear in book form in this cute little violet volume decorated with flowers. This is an attractive nearly fine copy unusually free of soil or wear the lettering on the spine is a little faded as always and there are small tape-stains on the endpapers; there is no bubbling of the cloth which is atypical for this book. Beinecke 608. <br/><br/> hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11621

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎The Bottle Imp‎

‎Tree Garden Workshop 1994. First Thus. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hann Tom. Signed by illustrator. First thus. Inscribed and signed by illustrator on dedication page 'To Moira Wellman with the compliments of the artist. Tom Hann August 29 1996 San Francisco'. Jacket edge slightly faded. Related material from the publisher laid in. Jacket edge slightly faded. Related material from the publisher laid in. 1994 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 79 pp. 9 7/8 x 8 3/8. Color illustrations by Tom Hann. A children's story by the author of Treasure Island. Keawe buys a magic bottle which brings him all that he desires but which he must sell before he dies in order to avoid spending eternity in hell. Tree Garden Workshop hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2197642 ISBN : 0964216906 9780964216907

‎Stevenson Robert Louis‎

‎The Bottle Imp‎

‎Clarion Books 1996-03-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0395721016 First Edition with a full number line Dust jacket price not clipped clean has a very good binding no marks or notations. Clarion Books hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : E1007682 ISBN : 0395721016 9780395721018

‎STEVENSON Robert Louis‎

‎The Chap-Book‎

‎Chicago Stone & Kimball. issues dated June 1 and 15 1895 June 15 1896 and November 15 1896. Containing Robert Louis Stevenson's Macaire with W.E. Henley acts I and II 6-15-95 and The Tramps 11-15-96. Each small folio 7 1/2" x 4 3/4" wrappers sewn. The November issue has decorated wrappers. Enclosed in a 3/4 green morocco slipcase with folding chemise. Original wrappers 4 issues near fine. Macaire is of interest because it follows hard upon the printing done by Stone & Kimball for the American copyright edition of which only about 12 printed. See #341 of the Beinecke Library catalog of which editor G.L. McKay states ".the earliest separate edition issued by a publisher." McKay references the chap book edition here by noting the dropped '9' from page number '49' of #341 and its subsequent replacement in this chap book edition by a '9' from an incorrect font. See page 49 of the June 1 1895 issue. The inference is near simultaneous printing. George Barr McCutcheon's copies with his bookplate in each issue. See description under #580 of American Art Association catalogue of the McCutcheon sale April 1925. See Kramer 45. F. Soft cover. Chicago, Stone & Kimball, paperback books‎

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