[Rarebooks] FS: Three Illustrated & Limited Robert Louis Stevenson Titles, prices greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $130 NET

STEVENSON, Robert Louis. KIDNAPPED. BEING MEMOIRS OF THE ADVENTURES OF 
DAVID BALFOUR IN THE YEAR 1751... New York: Limited Editions Club, 1938. 
Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in full brick-colored linen with the 
silver-stamped black leather label still present. This label is lacking 
on most of the copies we have seen. Introduction by Christopher Morley. 
Designed and printed by Elmer Adler at the Pynson Printers. Copy #105 of 
1500 illustrated with color wood engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller 
and SIGNED by him on the colophon page. Near Fine in worn glassine and a 
Near Fine slipcase. (#010177)        $200.00

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Price reduced to $60 NET

STEVENSON, Robert Louis. TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY. New York: Limited 
Editions Club, 1957. Octavo (6-1/2" x 10") bound in aqua basket-weave 
linen with a paper label on the front cover and spine; 180 pages. 
Designed by Saul and Lillian Marks. Illustrated with lithographs drawn 
on sheets of acetate by Roger Duvoisin and hand-colored through stencils 
in the Walter Fischer Studio. Copy #1087 of 1500 SIGNED by the 
illustrator on the colophon page. Spine mildly sunned. About Fine in a 
Near Fine slipcase. Charming book. (#014944)        $100.00

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Price reduced to $200 NET

STEVENSON, Robert Louis. TWO MEDIAEVAL TALES. [New York]: Limited 
Editions Club, 1930. Octavo (7-1/8" x 9") bound in full natural cowhide 
with elaborate blindstamping on the front cover and goldstamping on the 
spine. Introduction by Clayton Hamilton. Nicely printed by the 
Marchbanks Press. Copy #509 of 1500 copies designed and illustrated by 
C. B. Falls who has SIGNED the colophon page. Lovely book with beautiful 
color illustrations, the sixth book of the press, quite uncommon in this 
condition. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a short split at the top 
edge. (#017604) $300.00

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