New York: Scribner's, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Pastedown on spine. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 337 pp. Shelf wear with 2 1/2" tears to cloth at front hinge. Hinges overopened. Sunning to spine. Bookplate inside front cover, and gift inscription on front free endpaper. An excellent copy. This is..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Pastedown on spine. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 337 pp. Minor shelf wear. Dark mark on spine. Hinges overopened. Bookplate inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a first edition biography of Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson written by her sister..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Pastedown on spine. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 337 pp. Minor shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Previous owner's information inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a first edition biography of Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson written by her sister Nellie. Fanny..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1906. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Pastedown on spine. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 340 pp. Minor shelf wear. Bookplate inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a first American edition collection of letters written by Robert Louis Stevenson's mother from Samoa between 1891-95. This period..... More
London: Methuen, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Pastedown on spine. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 340 pp. plus 31 pp. ads. Minor shelf wear. Sunning to spine and chips to pastedown. Minor foxing throughout. Bookplate inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a first edition collection of letters written..... More
London: Methuen, 1906. 2nd edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Pastedown on spine. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 340 pp. plus 31 pp. ads. Minor shelf wear. Bookplate inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a second edition collection of letters written by Robert Louis Stevenson's mother from Samoa between 1891-95. This..... More
![Item #3130 The Valima Edition of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson [complete in 9 volumes]....](/images/noimage.png)
New York: Collier, 1912. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt lettering on spines and blind-stamped decorations. Frontispiece and illustrations in each volume. Minor shelf wear. Scuffing to footer of vol. V spine. Bookplate inside front free endpaper of each volume. Tight and clean. An excellent set. This is a finely printed nine-volume..... More
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Chicago: Stone and Kimball, 1895. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Paper-backed boards. Frontispiece portrait. Uncut pages, with several pages unopened. Vol. I: 281 pp. Vol. II: 275 pp. Top layer of paper cover from both spines is removed (half of vol. I and all of vol. II) and laid in..... More
London: Methuen, 1907. 6th edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Frontispiece portrait. 366 pp. Minor shelf wear. Pair of bookplates inside front cover. This is an antique printing of Stevenson's posthumously published letters. This copy is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major Robert Louis Stevenson collector and archivist who, as..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1898. 2nd edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt lettering on spine and cover and gilt top edge. 326 pp. plus ads Minor shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Bookplate on front free endpaper. This is an antique biography of Stevenson, focusing on his upbringing in Edinburgh which informed much..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1898. 2nd edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt lettering on spine and cover and gilt top edge. 326 pp. plus ads Minor shelf wear. Rubbing to gilt. Hinges overopened. Bookplate on front free endpaper. This is an antique biography of Stevenson, focusing on his upbringing in Edinburgh..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover and gilt top edge. 21 full-page color plates. 176 pp. plus ads Minor shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Overopened between pp. 80/81 with plate beginning to detach. Minor foxing throughout. Bookplate on front free..... More
London: Constable, 1912. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt lettering on spine and cover and gilt top edge. 308 pp. Minor shelf wear. Bookplate on front free endpaper. This is an antique anthology celebrating the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Contains 5 contributions from Stevenson about his hometown. This copy is from the..... More
London: Seeley & Co., 1903. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Text illustrations. 121 pp. Rebound with original wraps affixed to contemporary boards. Minor foxing throughout. Bookplate on front free endpaper. This is an antique copy of Stevenson's classic history of Edinburgh. This copy is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major..... More
London: Seeley & Co., 1903. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Text illustrations. 121 pp. Shelf wear to wraps. 2/3 of front hinge torn. Minor foxing throughout. Bookplate on front free endpaper. This is an antique copy of Stevenson's classic history of Edinburgh. This copy is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021)..... More
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, [1933]. Hardcover. In German. Orange cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt device on covers. Silk ribbon attached in each volume. Minor shelf wear. Small white stain on spine of vol. I. An excellent, complete set. This is a vintage set of Goethe's complete works in German..... More
![Item #3058 The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic [2 volumes]; Volumes...](/pictures/thumb/3058.jpg?v=1666238652)
Philadelphia: W.M. Poyntell, 1805. First American Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Full leather. Folding map in vol. II. Vol. I: [3], iv-xii, 508 pp. Vol. II: [3], iv-vii, 484 pp. Fair condition. Chipping and rubbing to leather. Rear board of vol. I detached. Rear page of vol. II torn out. Minor..... More
London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1779. Second Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Full calf. Marbled edges and endpapers. 383 pp. Shelf wear. Hinges overopened and splitting, though attached. 1825 signature on front free endpaper. This is an uncommon second edition of Potter's 1777 translation of..... More