Lot 140
  • 140

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Stevenson, Robert Louis
  • Collection of 26 volumes, comprising:
  • ink on paper
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, half-title, original salmon-coloured cloth, 1p. publisher’s adverts at end, [Prideaux 17], binding worn and slightly soiled; An Inland Voyage. C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1878, FIRST EDITION, half-title, frontispiece by Walter Crane, original blue cloth, [Prideaux 1], binding worn and soiled; Travels with a Donkey. C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879, FIRST EDITION, half-title, frontispiece by Walter Crane, original green cloth, [Prideaux 3], several leaves loose, binding worn and soiled; Virginibus Puerisque and other papers. C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1881, FIRST EDITION, half-title, publisher’s catalogue at end (dated 7.81), original orange cloth, [Prideaux 5], binding worn, minor worming to lower hinge; together with 22 other volumes by or relating to Stevenson; all 8vo, original bindings, occasional spotting and browning, bindings generally worn (26)

Condition

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