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See below our stock of Robert Louis Stevenson First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
London: Cassell & Company, 1892. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 427 [12]. Publisher's catalogue dated May 1892. With 12 half-tone illustrated plates by Hole and Metcalf, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Fore-edge untrimmed. Repair to split lower hinge. Spotting and..... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1889. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION, noted in several important crime checklists. Crown octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[iv]; 283; [1], blank; [16], catalogue (dated January 1889). Publisher's red cloth, titled in black and gilt, 'swan' patterned endpapers. Internally clean, armorial bookplate and signature of Wyville Thomson, spine..... More
London: Cassell & Company, 1887. [Scottish Historical Fiction] FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 311 [21]. Publisher's catalogue dated July 1887. With a large coloured folding map as a frontispiece, and 16 engraved plates by Hole. Publisher's green cloth with gilt and black titles and decoration to spine..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1908. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST SOWERBY ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 125 [3]. With 12 colour plates including a frontispiece, as well as occasional vignette illustrations. Contemporary crushed blue half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. Top..... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1889. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 332 [20]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and black to upper board, with an illustration. Endpapers with printed floral decoration. All edges untrimmed. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf. Quite roughly cut in places..... More
New York, NY: Hurst & Company, July 1892. [Strange Tales] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[2] 67 [3]; 211-243 [7]. Publisher's paper covers, stapled twice, priced at 25c. Heavily browned throughout. Rear cover lost. Heavy rubbing to spine, with some chips, tears, and large losses to front cover. Rubbing..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [circa 1916]. [Classic Literature] SIXPENNY NOVEL. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.144. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers. Heavily rubbed, worn and browned. Black ink ownership and addition to front cover, with matching ownership to title page, dated June 1916. A rare survival of an ephemeral item..... More
London: Longmans Green and Co., 1885. [Strange Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.207. In contemporary full limp leather with gilt titles and rules to spine, covers bordered in blind, plain blue endpapers, edges speckled red. Ownership Harry Hargreave Fawcett (ink signature and two stamps), trivial handling. A fine..... More
London: Cassell & Company, 1893. [South-Sea Novellas] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with hand-corrected price on page facing half-title. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xii; 277 [19]. Advertisements dated 3.93. With 28 illustrated plates, including a colour map and a frontispiece. Publisher's light blue grained cloth, with gilt titles and decoration to..... More
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1896. [Children's] First Illustrated Edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xiv; 136; [8]; 16 of advertisements. Publisher's green cloth, showing a child holding a plant pot from which roses sprout, surrounding a view of a formal garden, with gilt titles and further decoration to spine..... More