3 December 1894 (25 results)

Publisher's original black buckram covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, dulled gilt top edge. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains (vi), 237 pp. Small white name plate inside 'Alpea Gibson' repeated 'Gibsons' to the front free end paper, spine sun faded. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Very Good. Tusitala edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt title, author lettering and palm tree vignette to the spine. 16mo. 6½'' x 4¼''. Contains red and black printed title page, pp (xx), 191. Bookplate inside and in Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Fine. First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, end paper maps. 8vo. 8'' x 6''. Contains 344 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, 'pull open' sticker details valid until 1st, August 2002 to the front cover, this has been opened. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. We hold in stock over 20 different editions of Treasure Island. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1842550764 STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original small pebble Persian blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 122 pp with 8 distinctive full-page single-sided colour plates throughout. Ink message dated 1947 to the front free end paper and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Very Good. Sixth Impression hard back binding in publisher's original light brown cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Given as lecture at the Royal Institution on the 17th May 1895. Contains 79 printed pages of text. Old dry white stain to the surface of the rear board and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original light grey paper covered boards. 8vo. 10'' x 7''. ISBN 1850790027. Contains [xvii] 260 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Cheap paper browning, illustrations on glossy coated art paper. Very Good condition book, in near Fine condition colour illustrated dust wrapper with minimal creasing to the edges, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original light grey paper covered boards. 8vo. 10'' x 7''. ISBN 1850790027. Contains [xvii] 260 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Cheap paper browning, illustrations on glossy coated art paper. Very Good condition book, in near Fine condition colour illustrated dust wrapper with minimal creasing to the edges, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1850790027 STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Very Good. First thus Werner Stein illustrated edition hard back binding in publisher's original sea green decorated cloth covers, gilt and dark brown title and author block lettering to the spine, green and brown copy of the author's original map to the end papers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 287 printed pages of text with 8 colour plates and monochrome illustrations throughout. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with chips to the top and bottom edges. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. We hold in stock over 20 different editions of Treasure Island. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. …

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, blind title to the front cover, Collins' Wide World Library illustrated end papers. 8vo. 6¼'' x 4¼''. Written by H. J. Moors about his time with Robert Louis Stevenson on the island of Samoa. Contains 224 printed pages of text with 6 single-sided monochrome photographs on coated art paper throughout. Age tanning to the text block and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original nutmeg brown covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover, top edge gilt, fore and lower page edges untrimmed, bevelled edges. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains red and black printed title page, pp. (vii)-1, 326 + 2pp advertisements. Ex-library with label removed from the front cover and front paste down, couple of pencil notes to the margins and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. …

Condition: Very Good. Third edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red buckram covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains (vii)-1, 294 illustrated with tipped-in tissue-guarded captioned frontispiece and 20 further tipped-in plates with tissue guards and description. Spine sun faded, illustrated bookplate from the library of Wilfred H. Osmond to the front paste down and in Very Good clean and condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Fine. First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 4to 11½'' x 8¼''. Contains 176 printed pages of text with full-age colour plates and monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Kate Greenaway Award Short Listed. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. We hold in stock over 20 different editions of Treasure Island. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1805282021 STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Near Fine. First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine, red ribbon book marker. 8vo. 8½'' x 6½''. Contains 350 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations, black copy of the author's original map. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with small tear to the top of the rear cover, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. We hold in stock over 20 different editions of Treasure Island. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0753405903 STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep navy buckram covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, top edge gilt, fore and lower page edges untrimmed, bevelled edges. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains title in red and black, pp. 290 + 32pp catalogue (March 1896). Old dry stain to the bottom edges of the first four leaves, Huddersfield Infirmary Nurses' Home Library sticker to the front paste down and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original taupe buckram covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8¼'' x 5½''. Contains 284 printed pages of text with 2 monochrome plates and 4 facsimiles. Near Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, 12s 6d. Original Maggs Bros. Ltd., invoice from 2001 loosely enclosed. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8¼'' x 5½. Contains (vii)-1, 256 printed pages of text with 8 full-page single-sided colour plates including the frontispiece by Rowland Hilder, lovely large chapter headings, folding black and white map. Very Light foxing to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to the spine ends, light rubbing to the corners, not price clipped, 8/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Fine. First edition thus in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Set in Tirerias 16 pt as recommended by the Royal National Institute of Blind. Contains 372 + i pp. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. …

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cream buckram cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt lettering on brown leather label and to the front cover, top edge gilt, deckle fore and lower page edges. 8vo. 10'' x 6½''. When he was young, Guthrie had been a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson, and published, in 1914, an appreciation of "Cummy," Stevenson's nurse. Hand written number 142 of an Edition limited to 500 copies, originally consisted of a series of articles which appeared in the Juridical Review, and, owing to the lamented death of Lord Guthrie in April 28th, 1920, is now issued without the benefit of his personal supervision. SIGNED 'M. A. Green,' Chairwoman, W. Green & Son, Ltd., Edinburgh, August 1920. Contains frontispiece, (iv), 72 printed pages of text with 16 monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Slight soiling to the pale covers and in Very Good sound condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. …

Condition: Very Good. New edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, elaborate gilt illustration and gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains (viii), 140pp + 6pp of publisher's adverts with splendid monochrome illustrations to every page. Foxing spotting to the end papers and page edges, blue and white R. L. Stevenson copyright ticket to the rear paste down. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with internally repaired tears and chips to the spine ends and corners, priced 3/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Near Fine. Publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers, [soft back] pictorial end papers. Quarto. 9'' x 7''. The illustrator N. C. Wyeth who produced probably the most widely appreciated version of this classic. Contains (xiv), 273 printed pages of text with colour illustrated title page and 14 full-page colour illustrations throughout, black and red copy of the author's original map. In very near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. We hold in stock over 20 different editions of Treasure Island. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Very Good. First thus edition illustrated by Rowland Hilder hard back binding in publisher's original light brown cloth covers, gilt title, author lettering and ship vignette to the spine, black and blue illustration to the front cover, top edge gilt, colour illustrated end papers. Gilt embossed coat of arms of 'Wyggeston Grammar School For Girls, Leicester' to the front cover. Large octavo. 9¼'' x 7''. Contains 290 printed pages of text with 12 full-page mounted colour plates including the frontispiece by Rowland Hilder, lovely large chapter headings, large folding black and white map. Wyggeston Grammar School For Girls, Leicester prize bookplate inside, small bump to the top front corner and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper or slip case, blue and white R. L. Stevenson copyright ticket to the rear paste down. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original nutmeg brown covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover, top edge gilt, fore and lower page edges untrimmed, bevelled edges. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains red and black printed title page, pp. (vii)-1, 326 + 2pp advertisements. In Very Good clean and smart condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. …

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original bronze cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine, black lettering and maritime illustration to the front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. A short novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne which was published the year Stevenson died. Contains pp. 237 + [20pp publisher's catalogue dated August 1894]. Folded two page hand written letter from Lloyd Osbourne held inside four mounted corners to the front free end paper, probably to his literary agent. Dated February 8th 1909 'My dear Collis?, I am sending you today, under cover, two more stories. 'Bonesay', must not be published in England until August 15th, nor 'Welfare Wicks' before June 1st. 'Bonesay' fits to an exact length, 15,000 words, it is divided nicely into 3 parts, each of 5000. Why not try one of the 'Worriers Wreckers'? in the 'Queen' or '?' or 'The Sphere', might also consider it as a 3 part series. I shall send you another story in a few days. Ever sincerely yours Lloyd Osbourne', p.s. A smart sub-editor could easily alter 'Bonesay' so as to make the few and ? English, you might suggest this L. O.' Arrival and Received stamp to the top of the letter, the literary agent has ticked positive appropriate points in red across the letter. Ink name to the front free end paper, small bumps to the lower corners and in Very Good clean and smart condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original wire stitched colour illustrated paper covers (soft back). Quarto 10'' x 7½''. Contains 12 pages with two-tone illustrations throughout and lovely colour illustration across the centre pages. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Extremely scarce survivor. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. This carefully curated collection showcases Stevenson's poetic genius, revealing the same captivating storytelling and vivid imagery that made his novels beloved classics. From introspective verses to lively ballads, these poems offer a window into the heart and mind of a literary giant.The collection includes favorites from Ticonderoga and Heather Ale and Christmas at Sea. This hardcover volume is the original Scribners 1925 reprinting of the 1905 original-- IT IS NOT PRINT ON DEMAND. It is in red leatherette with black lettering and figures with a tight ,straight binding . The pages show slight foxing of the century age. The book measuring 7" x 4.5" will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping to you.…