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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
Vailima letters being correspondence addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin
Chicago: 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
Ссылка продавца : 18147
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
Stevenson's Workshop with twenty-nine MS. facsimiles. Edited by William P. Trent
Boston: Bibliophile Society 1921. Edition ltd. to 450 copies small 4to pp. 3-63 plus facsimiles inserted engraved limitation-p. and frontispiece; a near fine copy in orig. red cloth backed in paper vellum. Reproductions of select pages from Stevenson's manuscripts with significant variants and/or unpublished versions of his printed works. <br/><br/> Bibliophile Society hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 29662
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
R. L. S. Stevenson's letters to Charles Baxter. Edited by DeLancey Ferguson and Marshall Waingrow
London: Oxford University Press 1956. First British edition 8vo pp. xxvi 2 385; fine copy in the jacket. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press unknown books
Ссылка продавца : 29655
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
The history of Moses
Daylesford PA: A.Edward Newton 1919. First edition 12mo pp. 2 10; inserted color frontispiece and inserted facsimile; original blue printed wrappers stitched as issued; very good. Stevenson's earliest literary creation recited at the age of six to his mother who wrote it down as part of a contest between him his brothers and cousins to write the best history of Moses. The frontispiece The Israelites going out of Egypt is from a watercolor by Stevenson done at the same time. This copy is inscribed by A. Edward Newton to Mr. Geo. B. Ives You who know so much may know how R. L. S. knew that the Israelites smoked pipes and wore stove pipe hats. A. Edward Newton August 1919. Beinecke 710. <br/><br/> A.Edward Newton unknown books
Ссылка продавца : 30348
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
Vailima letters being correspondence addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin November 1890 - October 1894
London: 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
Ссылка продавца : 29653
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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
Ссылка продавца : 29580
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
The black arrow: a tale of the two roses
London Paris et al.: Cassell & Co 1888. First British edition 8vo pp. viii 324 20 ads dated 5G.7.88; hinges cracked spine faded and a bit stained; a good copy in original pictorial red cloth stamped in black and gilt on spine and in black on upper cover. Beinecke 481; Prideaux 26. <br/><br/> Cassell & Co hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 29661
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
Prince Otto . Third edition
London: Chatto & Windus 1886. 8vo pp. viii 300; previous owner's inscription on half-title binding a little skewed the whole slightly worn otherwise a very good copy in original brown buckram lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 29601
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
Underwoods
London: 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
Ссылка продавца : 29622
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
The letters of Robert Louis Stevenson to his family and friends. Selected and edited with notices and introductions by Sidney Colvin
London: Methuem and Co 1902. Sixth and cheaper edition 2 vols. 8vo pp. xliv 375; xiii 1 389 1; titles printed in red and black gravure frontispiece in each column; original black buckram lettered in gilt on spine; some wear at the spine ends else very good. Originally published in 1899. <br/><br/> Methuem and Co hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 29599
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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
Ссылка продавца : 29600
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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
Ссылка продавца : 29660
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
Memories and portraits
London: Chatto & Windus 1887. First edition 8vo pp. 2 x 299 1; very good copy in original blue buckram lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. This copy with an early inscription "Walter McLaren with love F. S. O. Christmas 1887" -- McLaren likely the British Member of Parliament for Crewe. Beinecke 454. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 29657
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
Memories and portraits
London: Chatto & Windus 1887. First edition 8vo pp. 2 x 299 1; very good copy in original blue buckram lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. Beinecke 454. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 29659
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
On the choice of a profession
London: Chatto & Windus 1916. First separate and first book edition 16mo pp. 27 3; orig. printed dust-jacket soiled and with a few short tears and splits around the edges. First published in Scribner's Magazine January 1915. Prideaux 73 and Beinecke 702 neither mentioning the printed jacket. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus unknown books
Ссылка продавца : 20468
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
Father Damien
Portland: Thomas B. Mosher 1897. Narrow 16mo pp. 12 29; frontispiece port. title printed in red and black; original cream paper over boards green cardboard slipcase; very good partially unopened copy with the slipcase splitting at the edges but still sound. <br/><br/> Thomas B. Mosher hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 28064
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
David Balfour being memoirs of his adventures at home and abroad. Written by himself and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson
New York: Scribners 1893. First American edition and first edition under this title published in the U.K. as Catriona; small 8vo pp. xiii 1 406 2 ads; very good copy in original decorative brown cloth stamped in silver and maroon and upper cover and spine. Beinecke 590; Prideaux 39 citing the London edition. <br/><br/> Scribners hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 29585
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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
Ссылка продавца : 29829
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Dr. Jekyll - Mr. Hyde. En befunderlig fortoelling
Chicago: J.L. Relling & Co 1891. First edition in Norwegian; thin 12mo pp. 88; orig. maroon cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover; pages browned otherwise very good. Not in NUC Beinecke or Prideaux. St. Olaf and Luther College only in OCLC. <br/><br/> J.L. Relling & Co hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 17675
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
When the devil was well. Hitherto unpublished story . with introduction by William P. Trent
Boston: Bibliophile Society 1921. Edition limited to 450 copies small 4to pp. 127 engraved title-p. frontispiece and limitation notice in the pagination; folding facsimile; original quarter art vellum over green cloth sides spine lettered in gilt publisher's slipcase; spine darkened and slightly rubbed at extremities else very good. Reproduced from a manuscript owned by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach. Beinecke 721. <br/><br/> Bibliophile Society hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 29627
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
Prayers written at Vailima. With an introduction by Mrs. Stevenson
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1908. Later issue without printer's slug on the verso of the title page 8vo printed at the Merrymount Press pp. xiii-xiv 19-20; title-page vignette printed in green; orig. black cloth-backed printed gray paper-covered boards very good. Smith 193. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 20106
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
The master of Ballantrae: a winter's tale
London Paris New York & Melbourne: Cassell & Co 1889. First edition 8vo pp. viii 332 20 ads dated 5G.7.89; spine a bit darkened and with wear at extremities; a good sound copy in original pictorial red cloth stamped in black and gilt on spine and in black on upper cover. Beinecke 487. <br/><br/> Cassell & Co hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 29667
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
A child's garden of verses
London: Longmans Green 1902. Tenth impression 12mo pp. x 101; original blue cloth gilt; binding rubbed at edges text block cracked and shaken endpapers foxed; a good copy. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 29565
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
A lodging for the night
East Aurora: Roycrofters 1902. 8vo pp. 6 44 2; frontis portrait title within a decorative border original limp reverse calf lettered in gilt on upper cover t.e.g. yapp edges pink moire pastedowns; near fine. <br/><br/> Roycrofters unknown books
Ссылка продавца : 29658
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Stevenson Robert Louis.
The Sea Fogs. With an Introduction by Thomas Rutherford Bacon. The Photogravure Frontispiece after a Painting by Albertine Randall Wheelan.
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company 1907. Western Classics No. 1. 1st edition. One of 1000 copies on handmade Fabriano paper and designed by John Henry Nash. Small quarto vellum-backed boards bevelled edges top edge gilt uncut xvi 24 pp. Frontis. Fine bright copy in original slightly chipped printed dust jacket. Paul Elder and Company, [1907]. Western Classics No. 1. hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 800033m
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STEVENSON Robert Louis.
An Inland Voyage Travels with a Donkey The Silverado Squatters.
London / NY:: Dent / Dutton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0460007661 . Number 766 in the Everyman's Library series. Introduction by M. R. Ridley. A later printing. Very good in a very good price clipped dust jacket. . Dent / Dutton, hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 93401 ISBN : 0460007661 9780460007665
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Treasure Island
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Three surface tears and red stain on front board light stain and red stain on rear board ink name on front free endpaper. We have more books available by this author!. 238 pp. Photographic frontispiece portrait of author. "Treasure Island originally The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys1 is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold." Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates including such elements as treasure maps marked with an "X" schooners the Black Spot tropical islands and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders.2 As one of the most frequently dramatised of all novels Treasure Island was originally considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere characters and action. It was originally serialised in the children's magazine Young Folks from 1881 through 1882 under the title Treasure Island or the mutiny of the Hispaniola credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883 by Cassell & Co."--Wikipedia Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 2307178
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STEVENSON Robert Louis.
Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751.
NY:: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1921. Hardcover. With over 100 illustrations including a color frontispiece by Louis Rhead. A later printing. Faded along the spine previous owner's name on front endpage else very good in black cloth with color illustratio n on front board. No dust jacket. . Harper & Brothers, hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 85003
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STEVENSON Robert Louis
Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses
NY:: Scribner's. Very Good. 1924. Hardcover. Color title page and nine color plates. An early printing. Moderate shelf wear and aging previous owner's name on half-title page foxing on title page and occasional foxing throughout else very good in black cloth with color illustration on front board. No dust jacket. . Scribner's, hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 76782
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Stevenson Robert Louis.
Across the Plains.
London: Chatto & WIndus 1892. First trade edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Slight edge wear; owner's bookplate. Pieces on the American West on Fontainbleau Scotland Sicily Dreams on being a professional artist and a Christmas Sermon. Reference: Prideaux 33. Chatto & WIndus hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 2606
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Stevenson Robert Louis; Hallock Ruth Mary Illustrations
A Child's Garden of Verses
Chicago: Rand McNally and Company 1928. Hardcover. Near fine/fair. Hallock Ruth Mary. Quarto size 96 pp. A beloved read that still resonates with audiences today "A Child's Garden of Verses" captures the whimsical imagination of its readers describing the delight sorrows and creativity in the lives of children; Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894 brings his full literary prowess to this collection of verses.<br/><br/>Ruth Mary Hallock 1876-1945 illustrates this edition of Stevenson's poems bringing the words to life with numerous drawings in both colour and black and white; her children have a magic of their own as they explore the dazzling gardens and fantasy world Hallock has created for them.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full dark blue cloth gilt lettering and full-colour illustration inset on the front board gilt lettering on the spine endpapers with line drawings in blue title page with black-and-white illustration black-and-white illustrations and floriated borders by Ruth Mary Hallock throughout full-page colour illustrations by Hallock throughout; quarto size 10.5" by 8.25" pagination: 1-4 5-96. In a grey paper dust jacket with colour illustration matching the front board and blue lettering on the front panel blue lettering on the spine a list of other books from the publisher on the rear panel a description of the book on the front flap and an advertisement from the publisher on the rear flap; the dust jacket is unclipped but there is no price.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards straight corners a strong square text block with solid hinges and the interior is clean and bright; some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and corners a few faint spots of soiling to the margins of a few interior pages and there is a prior owner inscription on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket is fair only; all of major pieces are there but there is substantial overall wear some large chips and a prior owner made liberal use of old cello tape to keep the pieces together; it did succeed in protecting the book but suffered for its efforts.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Rand McNally and Company hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 19043001
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Diogenes in London
San Francisco: Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for John Howell 1920. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good . One of 100 copies this copy out-of-series quarto size 14 pp. One of the first books printed by the Grabhorns after their move to San Francisco from Indianapolis "Diogenes in London" is a satire by Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894 left unpublished during his lifetime and printed for the first time by the Grabhorn brothers; Stevenson criticises hypocrisy and cruelty through the narrative of the ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes who loses his lantern in London. <br/><br/>The binding is by Florence Grabhorn then-wife of Edwin Grabhorn although they later divorced; per the Bibliography this volume is the first Grabhorn book of which the printers were not the publishers. Also per the Bibliography while the colophon states that one hundred and fifty-five copies were printed actually only one hundred copies of the handmade paper edition were delivered and sold; there were also five copies printed on vellum.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full brown and gold marbled paper black paper spine label with gilt lettering title page with illustrative border of an archway in red section headings printed in red; Garamond type Italian handmade paper quarto size 10.25" by 6.25" 14 unnumbered pages one of 100 copies this copy out-of-series. Tasteful prior owner bookplate on the front paste-down paper with the name "James McDonald" and the Latin inscription "Nec Tempore Nec Fato" from the coat of arms of the Clan Donald of Scotland.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is better than very good with clean boards straight corners a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and other than the bookplate mentioned above entirely free of prior owner markings; there has been professional restoration to the spine the spine is lightly sunned a small cracke at the gutter of the first page of the introduction and between pages 10 and 11 however the text block is still strong.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Grabhorn Press Bibliography no. 23.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. [Printed by] Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for John Howell hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 18082202
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Stevenson Robert Louis; Fisher MFK. Introduction; Dean Mallette Decorations M. F.
Napa Wine; A Chapter from "The Silverado Squatters
St. Helena California: James E. Beard 1965. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Dean Mallette. Duodecimo size 22 pp. A chapter from the "Silverado Squatters" first published in 1883 this version with relief-cut illustrations and initials by Mallette Dean 1907-1975 and a frontis portrait of R.L.S. at the office of the St. Helena Star 1880 from the collection of Norman H. Strouse. <br/><br/>A brief recollection of the fine varieties of Napa wine written by Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894 after he'd moved to the south of France for health reasons. The brief text is ripe with yearning for the wines of Napa Valley and their "inimitable fragrance and soft fire." With a brief historical background in the form of an introduction by American food writer and founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library M.F.K. Fisher 1908-1992.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Original quarter olive-green cloth and patterned green and white paper covered boards title-page spreads over two pages in black and green with frotis portrait and grape-vine decoration in green colophon device printed in green floriated initials in black and green running headpieces in green one green tailpiece; Centaur type duodecimo size 7.5" by 5.25" pagination: i-iv v-x 1-2 3-12 pp. In the original white tissue paper dust jacket.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy internally bright and free of prior owner markings covers are clean no chipping or rubbing to jacket no foxing or age-toning; a lovely copy like new.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Hawk no. 401.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. (James E. Beard) hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 17100552
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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
Ссылка продавца : 10257
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Stevenson Robert Louis; Stevenson Fanny van de Grift
More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter
London: Longmans Green and Co 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 207 pp in original cloth boards with titles in black brown coated endpapers. A very good copy with the spine lightly sunned and a small split in the cloth along the front hinge. Bookplate of the noted collector Beverly Chew on the front pastedown. Longmans, Green and Co hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 20757
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STEVENSON Robert Louis
Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished Romance
New 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
Ссылка продавца : 246771
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Stevenson Robert Louis; Smith Jessie Willcox illus
A Child's Garden of Verses
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1905. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ. Light shelf/edge wear light toning to spine minor rubbing to front pastedown touch of soiling to front endpages gift inscription dated 1905 on ffep else tight bright and unmarred. Black cloth boards gilt lettering color paper onlay decorative endpages printed tissueguards teg. Small 4to. 125pp. Illus. color and b/w plates. <br/><br/>Overall a handsome copy of this well-known classic. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 3940
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STEVENSON Robert Louis; Michael Foreman Illustrator
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
New York: Delacorte 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Large 8vo. Publisher's blue buckram in original dust jacket. Review slip laid in. Jacket bright. Interior clean. Tight. Fine. 124pp. <br/><br/>Published on the centenary of their first publication a charming edition of A CHILD'S GADEN OF VERSES illustrated by Michael Foreman. Delacorte hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 17469 ISBN : 0385294301 9780385294300
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Stevenson Robert Louis
The Master of Ballantrae
New York: The Heritage Press 1965 Introduction by G.B. Stern. Color lithographs by Lynd Ward. Blue cloth decorated and lettered in silver. Extremely minor fading to spine else a fine copy in slipcase. Light scuffing to slipcase. Sandglass pamphlet laid in. Illus. by Ward Lynd. The Heritage Press hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 7090
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Stevenson Robert Louis
The Master of Ballantrae
Norwalk Connecticut: The Heritage Press 1965 Introduction by G.B. Stern. Color lithographs by Lynd Ward. Blue cloth decorated and lettered in silver. Spine faded else a fine copy in slipcase. Sandglass pamphlet laid in. Illus. by Ward Lynd. The Heritage Press hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 7091
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Poems. Hitherto Unpublished
Boston: The Bibliophile Society 1921 First edition of these poems the earliest of which is dated 1866. One of 450 copies printed for members of the Bibliophile Society. Introduction and Notes by George S. Hellman and William P. Trent. 142pp. Frontispiece portrait nine facsimiles. Three-quarter vellum over rust cloth sides. A hint of foxing to extreme fore-edge of text block but a fine copy in very good double slipcase. The facsimiles are of Stevenson's manuscripts. Includes an index of titles and first lines. The Bibliophile Society hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 6820
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Stevenson Robert Louis
CHILDÕS GARDEN OF VERSES
Portland ME: Thomas B. Mosher 1942. SECOND EDITION THUS on Van Gelder paper limited to 925 copies. Softcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Portland ME: Thomas B. Mosher 1942. SECOND EDITION THUS on Van Gelder paper limited to 925 copies. 88 pp. Softcover. Tall 12mo size. Beige stiff wrappers. Wraps lightly worn; wraps toned; former ownerÕs bookplate to front pastedown; silk ribbon marker bound-in; edges untrimmed; some pages uncut. A nice copy. Very good/No jacket issued. Thomas B. Mosher paperback books
Ссылка продавца : 43787
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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
Ссылка продавца : 6391
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Stevenson Robert Louis
R.L.S. to J.M. Barrie: A Vailima Portrait
San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1962 First edition. Limited to 475 copies printed at The Grabhorn Press. Introduction by Bradford A. Booth. Quarto. 42pp. Four sketches by Isobel Strong page of facsimile manuscript. Cloth-backed decorated boards paper spine label. A very fine copy. Published here for the first time is a letter written by Robert Louis Stevenson a year before his death to his fellow Scottish author and friend J.M. Barrie. Grabhorn: 634. The Book Club of California hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 2486
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STEVENSON Robert Louis
The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays
NY: Farrar Straus Giroux. 1988. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Farrar Straus Giroux paperback books
Ссылка продавца : 709922
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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
Ссылка продавца : 140941285
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Stevenson Robert Louis
A Child's Garden of Verses
London: Longmans Green and Co 1885. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in gilt over beveled boards; top edge gilt. Very Good. Cloth rubbed at extremities darkend at spine and lightly scuffed. Offsetting to endsheets. Stevenson's influential collection of poetry for children. Longmans, Green and Co unknown books
Ссылка продавца : 140938077
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Treasure Island
Boston: 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
Ссылка продавца : 140941397
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STEVENSON Robert Louis.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Norwalk:: Heritage Press. Very Good. 1952. Hardcover. B008D313NY . Introduction by John Mason Brown. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson. A reprint edition. "Sandglass" laid in. A bit faded along the spine else near fine in a very good some fading about the edges slipcase. ; 123 pages . Heritage Press, hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 87591
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Stevenson Robert Louis
MONMOUTH: A Tragedy
New York: William Edwin Rudge 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Limited to 250 copies this copy is unnumbered. A play in three acts with an introduction and some notes by Charles Vale. Typography by Bruce Rogers. Octavo. Original marbled paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine with gilt titles. A very good copy. <br/><br/> William Edwin Rudge hardcover books
Ссылка продавца : 67721
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