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Stevenson, Robert Louis.
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description
- Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Longmans, Green & Co., 1886
- PAPER
8vo (178 x 117mm.), first edition, 1p. advertisement at the end, original peach wrappers lettered and decorated in red and blue, advertisements on recto and verso of lower wrapper (for G.J. Whyte Melville, The Dynamiter etc), date on upper wrapper altered in pen from 1885 to 1886 (as often), preserved in folding blue cloth case and matching quarter blue morocco slipcase, minute wear to wrappers
Provenance
red morocco book-label affixed to case; the New York bookseller James F. Drake, catalogue slip loosely inserted
Literature
Prideaux 17; McKay 348; Ashley volume VI, p. 8; Haycraft-Queen
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
A superb copy of the wrappers issue of Stevenson's hugely popular moral allegory about the divided self and the problem of evil.
The printed date on the upper cover is 1885, with the intended date of publication December of that year, "but when it was ready the bookstalls were already full of Christmas numbers, etc, and the trade would not look at it..." (the publisher Charles Longman, quoted by Prideaux, p.44). Publication was therefore delayed until January 1886, with the American Scribner edition coming out a few days later.