[Rarebooks] FS: Lot of Three R.L. Stevenson 1st editions

[Michael John Thompson]

All three Stevenson titles are offered as a lot 
for $175.00 Cdn Postpaid within North America.



1.  STEVENSON, Robert Louis. THE MASTER OF 
BALLANTRAE. A Winter's Tale. London: Cassell & 
Company, Limited. 1889. First Edition, First 
Printing. Octavo, original red cloth titled and 
decorated in black on front & rear covers, gilt 
titles to spine, floral endpapers. 332 pp + 4 pp 
ads + [12] pp publisher's catalogue at rear, 
dated 5.G. 7.89 on the first leaf and 5 B 7.89 on 
the fith leaf. The first issue, with all points: 
half title lists 10 other titles; correct 
catalogue at rear; p. 41, the first line of the 
footnote has the 'l' dropped out of 'should'; p. 
90, line 10, the 'f' in 'from' is out of line. 
Small bookplate of a noted collector on inner 
front cover, mild dust soiling to the cloth, head 
of spine with a short closed tear and a 
pronounced bump; a very good bright copy. 
Certainly scarce in the true first issue.   $200.00

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2.  STEVENSON, Robert Louis. WEIR OF HERMISTON. 
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1896 First 
American Edition. First published American 
edition, preceded by the rare copyright issue 
pamphlets issued earlier by Stone & Kimball (3 
vols, 1896, "10 or 12 copies printed"). Octavo, 
original green cloth nicely decorated in gilt, 
the binding signed "MA" (Margaret Armstrong). 266 
pp + [4] pp ads at rear. Spine a bit tanned, a 
few small marks to the cloth, lower front corner 
just lightly bumped; a very good clean copy. ¶ 
Historical novel set in Scotland, left unfinished 
at the time of Stevenson's death. $75.00

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3.  STEVENSON, Robert Louis and Lloyd Osbourne. 
THE WRECKER. Illustrated by William Hole and W.L. 
Metcalf. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1892. 
First American Edition. First American edition. 
Octavo, original light brown cloth heavily 
decorated on spine and front panel in black, 
green and gilt. 553 pp + 8 pp publisher's 
catalogue at rear. Frontispiece plus eleven 
additional full-page black & white plates 
throughout the text. Some minor bruising, spine 
panel a touch darkened, small booklabel of a 
prominent collector on the front paste-down; a 
very good, bright copy. The American edition came 
out two days after the first British edition. ¶ 
Detective novel, a thrilling tale of adventure in the South Seas.  $150.00


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