拍品 218
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ROBINSON--STEVENSON, A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES, ONE OF 150 COPIES, 1896

估價
250 - 300 GBP
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描述

  • Stevenson, Robert Louis
  • A Child's Garden of Verses. London: John Lane the Bodley Head and (New York:) Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896
  • paper
8vo (222 x 155mm.), first illustrated edition, illustrations by Charles Robinson, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM (150 for the UK, 100 for America), half title, original red cloth, white paper label on spine, green cloth doublures (using the regular binding), maroon endpapers, top edge gilt, the others uncut, very slight staining to paper label on spine

來源

Sir Francis Layland Barratt, armorial bookplate

出版

Prideaux part I:14 (illustrated edition)

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when 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."

拍品資料及來源

This special edition was bound in uniform style with the Edinburgh Edition of Stevenson's Works, with the covers of the ordinary edition employed as end-leaves (see Prideaux, p.40)