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Stevenson, Robert Louis.
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
- Treasure Island. Cassell & Company, 1883
- PAPER
8vo (190 x 120mm.), first edition, first issue, half-title, chart frontispiece printed in four colours, original sage-green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at the end (dated "5R.1083" and incorrectly listing Treasure Island with 304 pages), black-coated endpapers, preserved in green cloth protective jacket and full crushed green morocco pull-off box, very minor foxing to fore-edge and just affecting a few pages
Provenance
Alwin J. Scheuer, bookseller of New York, catalogue ticket loosely inserted
Literature
Prideaux 11; McKay 241; Gumuchian 5443; Osborne 2:1030
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
An exceptionally fine copy of Stevenson's classic adventure. The novel was first published under the title The Sea Cook in the children's periodical, Young Folks, between October 1881 and January 1882. Stevenson's editor at Cassell changed the title to Treasure Island.
This copy has the following issue points: "dead man's chest" is not capitalized on pp. 2 and 7; the "7" is missing from the pagination on p.127; the period is dropped from line 20 of p.178; "worse" for "worst" in line 3 at p.197.