Art of America

Property from the Wolf Family Collection Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1848 - 1907 Portrait Relief of Robert Louis Stevenson inscribed AVGVSTVS / SAINT-GAVDENS (upper right); inscribed TO ROBERT-LOVIS / STEVENSON / M·D·C·C·C·LXXXVII (upper left) bronze on Tiffany wood base 18 ¾ by 16 ⅝ in. 47.6 by 42.2 cm.

View 1 of Lot 30: Portrait Relief of Robert Louis Stevenson

portrait relief of robert louis stevenson

19th and 20th Century Sculpture 

AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS American 1848 - 1907 RELIEF WITH ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (FOR HIS MEMORIAL IN SAINT GILES CATHEDRAL) inscribed: ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON and further inscribed with a dedication and a prayer copper electrotype, in a wood frame relief: 30.5 by 36cm., 12 by 14⅛in. frame: 44.5 by 50.5cm., 17½ by 19⅞in.

augustus saint-gaudens | relief with robert louis stevenson (for his memorial in saint giles cathedral)

Fine Books and Manuscripts

Property from the Jean Hart Kislak Collection

Property from the Jean Hart Kislak Collection Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island. London: Cassell & Company, 1883 8vo (190 x 121 mm). Half-title, frontispiece map printed in 3 colors, 8-page publisher's advertisement at end marked 5R-1083 erroneously listing Treasure Island with 304 pages. Publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; cloth worn and rubbed at spine ends and along joints with minor losses, inner hinges starting. Blue cloth box. First edition with the following points present: deadman's chest without capitals; "worse" for "worst"; the period is dropped from line 20 of p.178; advertisements dated 5R-1283. "The finest tale of maritime adventure that has been told since Defoe produced his great romance" (Prideaux). REFERENCE: Beinecke 241; Gumuchian 5443; McKay 240; Osborne 2:1030

View 1 of Lot 159: Stevenson, Robert Louis | Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum

stevenson, robert louis | yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

From the Library of Christian Heuer STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS Treasure Island. Cassell & Company, Limited, 1883 8vo, FIRST EDITION, half-title, frontispiece map, 4pp. advertisements at the end (code "5G-783"), original sage-green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, black-coated endpapers, preserved in quarter green morocco folding box (broken), slight edge-wear to cloth, corners slightly bumped A NEAR FINE COPY OF THE GREATEST MARITIME ADVENTURE STORY SINCE DEFOE'S "ROBINSON CRUSOE". The first edition was issued in various colours of cloth. Treasure Island had originally been serialized (under the pseudonym Captain George North) in Young Folks between October 1881 and January 1882. Remarkably it attracted little attention, but when it was published in book form as here in November 1883 it attracted a chorus of praise and has never been out of print since, as well as inspiring countless dramatic, cinematic and television adaptations, together with sequels and musicals. LITERATURE: Prideaux 11 Please see shipping calculator link: click here.

stevenson, treasure island, 1883

Forging America: The Wolf Family Collection

Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1848 - 1907 Portrait Relief of Robert Louis Stevenson inscribed AVGVSTVS / SAINT-GAVDENS (upper right); inscribed COPYRIGHT BY AVGVSTVS SAINT-GAVDENS (lower center); inscribed TO ROBERT-LOVIS / STEVENSON and dated M·D·C·C·G·LXXXVII (upper left) bronze 17¾ x 17¼ in. (45.1 x 43.8 cm.) Conceived in 1887; this example cast after 1898. We are grateful to Dr. Henry Duffy for his assistance cataloguing this lot.

View 1 of Lot 318: Portrait Relief of Robert Louis Stevenson

Bibliothèque de Pierre Bergé : le dernier chapitre

Schwob, Marcel Deux ouvrages en édition originale, avec envois. Cœur double. Paris, Paul Ollendorff, 1891. In-12 (185 x 116 mm). Bradel demi-percaline saumon, pièce de titre fauve, couverture et dos (Reliure début XXe siècle). Édition originale, dédiée à Robert Louis Stevenson. Mention (fictive) de deuxième édition. Envoi autographe signé, au faux-titre : "à mon cher ami Jules Vagnair Souvenir affectueux Marcel Schwob". Le dédicataire, professeur de lettres et poète, a mentionné, au crayon quelques notes biographiques sur Marcel Schwob et sur les personnes présentes à son enterrement le 1er mars 1905. Spicilège. Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1896. In-12 (180 x 113 mm). Demi-maroquin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs, tête dorée, couverture (Canape). Édition originale. Réunion des chroniques de Schwob parues en revue ou dans la presse. Envoi autographe signé, au faux-titre : "à Jose Maria de Heredia son admirateur Marcel Schwob".

View 1 of Lot 119: Deux ouvrages en édition originale. "Cœur double", 1891. Envoi à Robert Louis Stevenson. Spicilège, 1896. Envoi à Jose Maria de Heredia.

deux ouvrages en édition originale. "cœur double", 1891. envoi à robert louis stevenson. spicilège, 1896. envoi à jose maria de heredia.

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

Property from the Workman Collection Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped. Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751. London: Cassell & Company, 1886 8vo (185 x 130 mm). Half-title, folding map, with "business" instead of "pleasure" on p. 40, "nine o'clock" rather than "twelve o'clock" on p. 64, and "Long Islands" instead of "Long Island" on p. 101, advertisement for Treasure Island at rear, along with 8pp. publisher’s ads dated 5.G.7.86. Publisher's crimson cloth, covers ruled in blind, spine gilt-lettered, black coated endpapers. Housed in custom slipcase and folding chemise. First edition, first issue. “There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.” A fine copy of the first published edition, preceded only by a few copies of a proof edition that were printed in order to secure the copyright. The story was first serialized in Young Folks in the spring of 1886. REFERENCE: Prideux 18; McKay/Beinecke 1:378 PROVENANCE: Beverly Chew (bookplate to front pastedown)

View 1 of Lot 1096: Stevenson, Robert Louis | “To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man.”

stevenson, robert louis | “to be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man.”

Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island. Londres, Cassell & Company, 1883. In-8 (187 x 120 mm). Percaline brique, fine roulette estampée en encadrement, dos lisse, tête dorée (Reliure de l'éditeur). Étui maroquin brun moderne. L’un des plus célèbres romans d’aventures. Exemplaire du poète et critique littéraire William Ernest Henley, modèle du personnage de Long John Silver. Édition originale. Exemplaire en premier tirage. Frontispice imprimé en trois tons, d’après la carte dessinée par Stevenson lui-même à la demande de son jeune beau-fils, Lloyd Osburne, auquel le livre est affectueusement dédié. Publié en feuilletons dans le magazine londonien Young Folks, entre octobre 1881 et janvier 1882, sous le titre "Captain George North", le texte paraît en volume en décembre 1883 sous son titre définitif et avec quelques variantes. L’exemplaire a appartenu à William Ernest Henley (1849-1903), qui a inscrit ses initiales et la date du 11 décembre 1883, "W. E. H., 12/11/83", à l’encre rouge au faux-titre. Proche de Stevenson avec qui il écrivit plusieurs pièces de théâtre, Henley s'était chargé des affaires contractuelles de son ami, notamment au moment de l’impression de L’Île au trésor, alors que Stevenson était en France. Attendant les épreuves de son livre, Stevenson lui confessa, en mai 1883, que le personnage du pirate unijambiste lui devait beaucoup, un homme mutilé mais fort et sûr de lui. "I will now make a confession. It was the sight of your maimed strength and masterfulness that begot John Silver in Treasure Island. Of course, he is not in any other quality or feature the least like you ; but the idea of the maimed man, ruling and dreaded by the sound, was entirely taken from you" (Letters to His Family and Friends. New York, 1899, vol. I). À la suite d'une tuberculose osseuse contractée dans son enfance, Henley avait été amputé d’une jambe, à l’âge de 25 ans. C’est à cette époque qu’il composa son célèbre poème "Invictus" ─ qui deviendra une référence pour Nelson Mandela ─ dans lequel est décrite une âme invincible malgré noirceurs et souffrances, un être sans peur qui reste capitaine de son âme. [On joint :] MELVILLE, Herman. Omoo : a Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. New York, Harper & Brothers, Londres, John Murray, 1847. 2 parties en un volume in-8 (187 x 122 mm). Maroquin vert foncé, filets dorés en encadrement et petite ancre dorée aux angles, premier plat orné d’un navire à voiles doré, dos à nerfs orné d’ancres et de roues de bateaux dorées, encadrement intérieur (Bennet. N. Y.). Première édition américaine. Carte des mers du Sud en frontispice et une illustration dans le texte (p. 104). Exemplaire complet du catalogue de l’éditeur. Deuxième roman d’aventures publié par Melville, inspiré par ses voyages à bord de baleiniers et dont le titre, tiré d’un mot marquisien signifiant "vagabond", fait écho aux quelques mois d’errance que le jeune marin, alors âgé de 23 ans, passa entre Tahiti et les îles Marquises.

View 1 of Lot 126: Treasure Island. London, 1883.  Édition originale, en premier tirage. Avec un exemplaire de la première édition américaine de "Omoo" d'Herman Melville.

treasure island. london, 1883. édition originale, en premier tirage. avec un exemplaire de la première édition américaine de "omoo" d'herman melville.

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island. London, Paris & New York: Cassell, 1883 8vo (190 x 121 mm). Half-title, frontispiece map printed in 3 colors, 8-page publisher's advertisement at end marked 5R-1083 erroneously listing Treasure Island with 304 pages. Publisher's sage cloth, spine lettered in gilt; worn with minor losses at extremities, some staining at extremities, inner hinges starting. Half blue morocco clamshell case, spine gilt in 6 compartments, 2 red morocco gilt lettering-pieces. First edition ﻿An interesting association copy inscribed on the flyleaf by Victorian poet, Algernon Charles Swinburne, to "Herbert Walter Mason from his affectionate friend." Mason was probably a nephew of Swinburne's friend and minder, critic Theodore Watts-Dunton. PROVENANCE Seven Gables Bookshop (acquired Parke-Bernet, 13 July 1964, lot 149) — Victor and Irene Murr Jacobs (their sale, Sotheby's New York, 29 October 1996, lot 441) REFERENCE Beinecke 241; Gumuchian 5443; McKay 240; Osborne 2:1030

stevenson, robert louis | the iconic tale of "buccaneers and buried gold," with an interesting association

Property from the Workman Collection Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island. London: Cassell & Company, 1883 8vo. Half-title, frontispiece map printed in 3 colors, 8-page publisher's advertisement at end marked 5R-1083 erroneously listing Treasure Island with 304 pages. Publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; cloth a trifle rubbed and minor fading to gilt, but hinges sound and but for a spot tray spit to title, unfoxed. Red half morocco slipcase. First edition; the period is dropped from line 20 of p.178; advertisements dated 5R-1083. "The finest tale of maritime adventure that has been told since Defoe produced his great romance" (Prideaux). REFERENCE: Beinecke 241; Gumuchian 5443; McKay 240; Osborne 2:1030

View 1 of Lot 1094: Stevenson, Robert Louis | The classic pirate tale

stevenson, robert louis | the classic pirate tale

Fine Books and Manuscripts Online

The Property of a Gentleman DOWSON, ERNEST; ARTHUR O’SHAUGHNESSY; ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON; AND JAMES THOMSON A Group of Late 19th Century Poetry Dowson, Ernest. Verses. London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. 8vo. Half-title, title printed in red and black. Cream paper covered boards, upper cover decoratively gilt in design by Aubrey Beardsley, spine gilt lettered; some rubbing to extremities, minor toning. In custom buff linen covered clamshell case. First edition, second second issue, one of 300 copies printed. Hayward 307. Judith Adams Nowell–Smith and Simon Nowell-Smith (book labels to front pastedown) — O’Shaughnessy, Arthur. Music and Moonlight. Poems and Songs. London: Chatto and Windus, 1874. 8vo. Half-title, advertisement for An Epic of Women at end; minor toning. Original dark blue-green cloth over bevelled boards, upper cover ruled in gilt, lower in blind, spine gilt lettered, black coated endpapers. First edition. W. Van R. Whitall (book label to front pastedown) - Stanley Sredzinski (Rockwell Kent bookplate to front free endpaper) — Stevenson, Robert Louis. Underwoods. London: Chatto and Windus, 1887. 8vo. Half-title, publisher's advertisements to end; minor toning. Original blue cloth, spine gilt lettered, brown coated endpapers; spine just sunned, small stain to foot of spine. First edition, first issue, the Esher copy. McKay 445. Oliver Brett, Viscount Esher (bookplate to front pastedown) —Thomson, James. The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems. London: Reeves and Turner (Ballantyne Press), 1880. 8vo. Half-title, errata slip tipped in; minor toning. Full blue -green cloth over bevelled boards, covers ruled in blind, spine gilt lettered, brown coated endpapers. In custom clamshell case. First edition of Thomson’s first book of poetry. Dobell & Wheeler 3; Hayward 290 Group lots not subject to return.

dowson, ernest; arthur o’shaughnessy; robert louis stevenson; and james thomson | a group of late 19th century poetry

The Library of Dr. Rodney P. Swantko

Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island. London: Cassell & Company, 1883 8vo. Half-title, frontispiece map printed in 3 colors, 8-page publisher's advertisement at end marked 5R-1283 erroneously listing Treasure Island with 304 pages. Publisher's sage cloth, spine lettered in gilt; bumped to head and foot. First edition, early issue. Stevenson's novel can be credited with distilling pirate stereotypes in popular culture, including deserted tropical islands, seamen with one leg and parrots perched on their shoulders, "X" marks the spot, and drinking rum. On his creation, Stevenson wrote: "If this don't fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day. Will you be surprised to hear that it is about Buccaneers, that it begins in the 'Admiral Benbow' public-house on the Devon coast, that it's all about a map, and a treasure and a mutiny, and a derelict ship, and a fine old Squire Trelawny...with the chorus 'Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum'" (McLynn, Robert Louis Stevenson, pp. 198-199). "In 1890, W.B. Yeats wrote to tell [Stevenson] that the book was the only one in which his seafaring grandfather had ever taken any pleasure and that he reread it on his deathbed with infinite satisfaction'' (McLynn, Robert Louis Stevenson, page 203). It has gone on to inspire countless adaptations in film, television, theatre, radio and more. This copy appears to be a variant in sage cloth. "The finest tale of maritime adventure that has been told since Defoe produced his great romance" (Prideaux). REFERENCE: cf. Beinecke 242; Gumuchian 5443; McKay 240; Osborne 2:1030

View 1 of Lot 36: Stevenson, Robert Louis | Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

stevenson, robert louis | yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone

Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island. London: Cassell & Company, 1883 FIRST EDITION, 8vo (191 x 123 mm), half-title, map frontispiece, 8pp. advertisements at end, publisher's brown cloth gilt, housed in a modern brown morocco case, hinges weak, binding worn and rubbed This copy has the complete pagination for page 83, with the following issue points of the first issue: lacking number 7 on page 127; dead man's chest without capitals; "a" missing from line 6 page 63; worse for worst line 3 page 197. The advertisements in this issue are dated 5R-1083. PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 17 February 1993, lot 283

View 1 of Lot 138: Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island, 1883, first edition, publisher's red cloth

robert louis stevenson | treasure island, 1883, first edition, publisher's red cloth

Property from the Workman Collection Stevenson, Robert Louis A Child’s Garden of Verses. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885 Small 8vo (160 x 105 mm). Half-title, with no mention of "Two Series" in list of works by the author. Publisher’s blue cloth, bevel boards, publisher’s signet gilt on cover, spine gilt-lettered with the apostrophe like the number "7" and "of" in smaller type, top edge gilt, newspaper clipping obituary for Stevenson’s nurse Alison Cunningham, for whom this book was dedicated, laid in; text block slightly shaken. Housed in custom clamshell case. First edition, first issue, one of 1,000 copies. One of the most enduring collections of verse for the young, Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses brought together poems concerning childhood, illness, play, and solitude. REFERENCE: Beinecke 193 PROVENANCE: John Kensington (signature to verso of "by the same author")

View 1 of Lot 1095: Stevenson, Robert Louis | "The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.”

stevenson, robert louis | "the world is so full of a number of things, i'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.”

The Property of a Gentleman STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS A Child’s Garden of Verses. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1885 8vo (4 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.; 105 x 160 mm). Half-title. Original blue cloth over bevelled boards, gilt Longmans emblem to upper board, spine gilt lettered (with apostrophe shaped like a numeral "7", top edge gilt; minor foxing to endleaves. In custom full blue morocco slipcase and folding chemise. First edition, first printing, which consisted of 1,000 copies — a fine copy One of the most enduring collections of verse for the young, Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses brought together poems concerning childhood, illness, play, and solitude. Dr. William Inglis Morse, to whom this book belonged, is remembered in George Goodspeed’s memoir, The Bookseller’s Apprentice (1996), as “an eccentric retired clergyman from Nova Scotia, a great benefactor of Dalhousie University and Harvard, who lived in the house that had been President Eliot’s, and bought a considerable portion of the famous Bemis library.” PROVENANCE Edward Griffiths (contemporary ownership inscription front free endpaper) — Dr. William Inglis Morse (bookplate to front pastedown)

stevenson, robert louis | a child’s garden of verses. london: longmans, green and co., 1885

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana

Stevenson, Robert Louis Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886 ﻿8vo. Advertisement leaf at end. Original wrappers printed in blue and red, date on upper wrapper altered from 1885 to 1886 in pen (as often); covers a little soiled with some minor restoration work to corners, spine worn with some show through. A first edition, first printing of this famed novella that explores the dualities of good and evil. The premise of this Gothic masterpiece came to Stevenson in a dream. He then wrote the first draft, according to his stepson Lloyd Osbourne, in three days. It was a tremendous success, with 250,000 copies selling in the US alone by 1901. 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. Many of the covers were altered by hand to 1886, as with the present copy. Books published in wrappers in this style were known as penny dreadfuls. It "was translated into German, French and Danish; and the names of its two chief characters have passed into the common stock of proverbial allusion" (DNB). REFERENCE: Ashley volume VI, p. 8; Beinecke 349; Gertsley 30A; Haycraft-Queen; McKay 348; Prideaux 17

View 1 of Lot 1153: Stevenson, Robert Louis | “If he be Mr. Hyde" he had thought, "I shall be Mr. Seek.”

stevenson, robert louis | “if he be mr. hyde" he had thought, "i shall be mr. seek.”

From the Library of Christian Heuer STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS A Footnote to History. Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa. Cassell, 1892 8vo, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed in Gosse's hand on front free endpaper, ("Edmund Gosse | from the Author | 1892") on front free endpaper, map frontispiece, 16pp. of publisher's catalogue (uncut), original dark green cloth, modern collector's green dust-jacket with cloth gilt spine labels, some gatherings starting, internal browning, a few very small scratch marks to boards PROVENANCE: Edmund Gosse (his inscription and bookplate) Please see shipping calculator link: click here.

stevenson, a footnote to history, 1892, presentation copy

American Art

robert louis stevenson

Kidnapped. Being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751. London: Cassell & Company, 1886

stevenson, robert louis.

Treasure Island. London, Paris & New York: Cassell & Company, 1883

Treasure Island. London, Paris & New York: Cassell & Company, 1883 8vo (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.; 190 x 120 mm). Unopened, half-title, frontispiece map printed in red, blue, gray and brown, 8-pp. advertisements dated 5R-1083, the "8" missing from p. 83 but the 7 stamped at p. 127; some edge foxing. Publisher's sage green cloth, gold-stamped title and imprint on spine. Red morocco solander case.

stevenson, robert louis

New Arabian Nights. London: Chatton and Windus, 1882

New Arabian Nights. London: Chatton and Windus, 1882 2 volumes, 8vo (7 1/4 x 5 in.; 184 x 127 mm). Half-title in each volume, 32 pages of advertisements dated May 1882.  Publisher's green cloth, mauve and black ornamentation, spine lettered in gilt; spines dust-soiled, extremities very slightly rubbed, green cloth wrappers. Three-quarters morocco case.

stevenson, robert louis stevenson

A group of three works by Stevenson and collaborators in first editions.

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. London: Spottiswoode & Co. for Longman, Green, & Co., 1886

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. London: Spottiswoode & Co. for Longman, Green, & Co., 1886 8vo (7 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.; 180 x 115 mm). 1-p. advertisement at end. Publisher's peach cloth, lettered in black on front cover.  Brown cloth clamshell box.

The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses. London: Cassell, 1888 

The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses. London: Cassell, 1888 In 8s (7 ½ x 5 in.; 183 x 127 mm). 4 pp. of undated ads plus 16 pp. of ads dated July 1888 at end. Preliminary leaves a bit foxed. Original pictorial red cloth; a little soiled, spine slightly faded.

Memories & Portraits. London: Chatto & Windus, 1887 

Memories & Portraits. London: Chatto & Windus, 1887  In 12s (6 ½ x 4 1/4 in.; 170 x 110 mm). Original dark blue buckram, t.e.g., others uncut; recased with new endppers.

Autograph letter signed (“Robert Louis Stevenson”), 1 1/2  pages (12 5/8  x 7 3/4  in.; 320 x 200 mm), to his cousin and childhood playmate William Traquair (“Dear Willie”) in Colinton, Scotland, written from Vailima, Samoa, n.d. [ca. November 1891]; in brown ink on both sides of a sheet of laid paper watermarked “E. Towgood / Fine,” with a tiny map in the text by Stevenson showing the location of Vailima, with the autograph envelope (stamp cut away) with arrival date-stamp of 9 December 1891.

 The Master of Ballantrae. A Winter’s Tale. New York: Scribner’s, 1892 

 The Master of Ballantrae. A Winter’s Tale. New York: Scribner’s, 1892  In 8s (7 1/4   x 5 in.; 183 x 126 mm). Bottom margin of last text leaf, a blank leaf, and the final advertisement leaf at end chipped. Original dark red cloth; ends of spine and fore-corners worn, endpapers cracked at front inner hinge.

robert louis stevenson and his wife

Fine Books & Manuscripts

34 volumes, 8vo. Titles printed in red and black, engraved frontispieces and plates, appendix volume with small booklets tipped in. Three-quarter black morocco over decorated boards, spines with raised bands in six compartments, titles and text in two, others with floral gilt devices, endpapers marbled, top edges gilt, others uncut; slight rubbing to extremities.

the works of robert louis stevenson. edinburgh: t. and a. constable, 1894-1898; london: methuen and co., 1901; london: frank hollings, 1903; edinburgh: john grant, 1907   

The Library of an English Bibliophile Part VII

8vo (195 x 132mm.), FIRST EDITION, loose unbound gatherings, 4pp. advertisements at the end, UNOPENED, preserved in quarter black morocco folding box, some minor spotting and foxing

the black arrow. a tale of the two roses. cassell and company, 1888

The Dynamiter. Longmans, Green and co., 1885, FIRST EDITION, original pictorial pale-green wrappers, in specially made blue cloth box, neat repairs to spine; The Master of Ballantrae. Cassell and Company, 1889, FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION, original red cloth lettered and illustrated in black, preserved in red cloth case and quarter red morocco slipcase; [with Lloyd Osbourne] The Ebb-Tide. A Trio and Quartette. William Heinemann, 1894, FIRST EDITION, advertisements at the end, original pictorial copper-coloured imitation silk boards, preserved in blue cloth case and quarter blue morocco slipcase; all London; 8vo (3)

collection of three first editions:

8vo (169 x 118mm.), FIRST EDITION, original green printed wrappers, preserved in green cloth case and black morocco pull-off case, trace of soiling to wrappers, OTHERWISE FINE

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