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FACSIMILE REPRINTS OF PAMPHLETS
FT. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. FACSIMILE REPRINTS OF PAMPHLETS, as follows: The Graver & The Pen; Moral Emblems, A Collection of Cuts and Verses; Moral Emblems, A Second Collection of Cuts and Verses; Not I, And Other Poems. All fine, sewn in printed wrappers. For the four. More
FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY
1892. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. A FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY. Eight years of trouble in Samoa. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First American edition. 8vo, green cloth; x + 322pp. + ads. Ink signature. Slight skewing, darkening at spine, minor rubbing at boards. This tight copy is about very good... More
INLAND VOYAGE
1883. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. AN INLAND VOYAGE. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1883. First American edition of Stevenson's first novel. Small 8vo, 261 pp. + ads.; vignette title inserted. Terracotta cloth, showing wear especially at spine ends and corners (but the gilt decoration remains bright); rather skewed. A good copy... More
LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
1911. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. THE LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. Edited by Sidney Colvin. In four volumes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. Very good. More
MASTER OF BALLANTRAE
1889. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE. A Winter's Tale. London: Cassell & Company, 1889. First edition. 8vo., red pictorial cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Ink ownership. Hinges cracked; slight soiling and rubbing to cloth, wear to extremes; residue, offsetting from bookseller's label to rear endpapers. Just a good..... More
MEMOIR OF FLEEMING JENKIN
1912. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. MEMOIR OF FLEEMING JENKIN. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1912. First separate edition. 8vo., navy cloth, spine in gilt, t.e.g. Bookplate, discreet blind-stamp to title page, small description tipped into rfep. Very good overall, with a slight split to the top of the front joint... More
MERRY MEN
1887. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. THE MERRY MEN and Other Tales and Fables. London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. First edition. 8vo., blue decorative cloth. As is: ex-library, no external marks. Soil, slight bumps to boards; darkened, with wear to the extremes at the spine. Hinges starting, binding shaken; dust soil to..... More
POEMS BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED WITH INTRODUCTION
1916. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. POEMS BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY GEORGE S. HELLMAN. Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1916. Two Volumes. Limited Edition of 484 copies. Small 4to., 7 3/4" x 10 1/2." One-quarter vellum with green cloth boards and vellum corners. Gilt lettering and..... More
PRINCE OTTO
1885. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. PRINCE OTTO. A Romance. London: Chatto & Windus, 1885. First edition. 8vo., decorative olive cloth, spine in gilt. Ex-library, no external marks; three bookplates, small catalogue description tipped into rfep, discreet blind-stamp to title page. Binding is lightly skewed, with some spotting to spine; slight bumps..... More
SEA FOGS
1907. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. THE SEA FOGS. (Western Classics No. One). With an introduction by Thomas Rutherford Bacon. The photogravure frontispiece after a painting by Albertine Randall Wheelan. San Francisco and New York: Paul Elder and Co., (1907). Limited edition, 1/1000 copies on handmade paper. 12mo., slate grey paper-covered boards..... More
UNDERWOODS
FAE. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. UNDERWOODS. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887. First American edition. Boards nicked at extremes and spine rather soiled. Still a good copy. More
WEIR OF HERMISTON
1896. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. WEIR OF HERMISTON. An Unfinished Romance. London: Chatto & Windus, 1896. 8vo., blue cloth, spine in gilt; t.e.g., beveled-edge boards. Touch of soil and scuffing to cloth. A tight, near fine copy overall. More
WEIR OF HERMISTON
1896. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. WEIR OF HERMISTON. An Unfinished Romance. London: Chatto & Windus, 1896. 8vo., blue cloth, spine in gilt; t.e.g., beveled-edge boards. Bookplate, ink name on flyleaf and library embossed stamp on title page. Touch of soil and scuffing to cloth. A tight, near fine copy overall... More
WRONG BOX
1889. STEVENSON, Robert Louis, and OSBOURNE, Lloyd. THE WRONG BOX. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. First American edition. Pink cloth with 2 labels (title, and reproduction of the newspaper ad. that figures in the story). Somewhat soiled with spotting on the spine. (Gerstley 42A)... More
HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA
1875. TASISTRO, Louis F., trans. HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA By The Comte de Paris. Philadelphia: Jos. H. Coates, 1875 (-1876). Edited by Henry Coppee. First edition. 2 volumes. Illustrated with maps. 8vo., navy cloth, gilt spine titles, gilt emblem to front boards. Pencil ownership to tp of..... More
DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY ... WITH ITS APPLICATIONS TO THE ARTS, MANUFAC
1830. VAUQUELIN, [Louis Nicolas], & Mrs. Almira H. Lincoln, trans. DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY, CONTAINING THE PRINCIPLES AND MODERN THEORIES, WITH ITS APPLICATIONS TO THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND MEDICINE. For the use of Seminaries of Learning and Private Students. Translated from Le Dictionnaire de chimie, approuve par Vauquelin ... With Additions..... More
IN ANIMAL LAND WITH LOUIS WAIN
1904. WAIN, Louis. IN ANIMAL LAND WITH LOUIS WAIN. London: S. W. Partridge & Co. [1904]. [52] pp. + 4 pp. advertisements. 4to., red and green paper covered boards, front board with color illustration by Wain. Very good, spine with moderate tiny chipping, slightly affecting title. Corners slightly worn. Hinges..... More
LOUIS WAIN'S ANNUAL, 1911-12
1911. WAIN, Louis. LOUIS WAIN'S ANNUAL, 1911-12. London: John F. Shaw & Co., 1911. Tall 8vo., color illustrated wrappers. Missing rear wrapper, spine mostly missing. Front wrapper shallowly chipped at top corner and edges, several repairs to reverse in tape. First color plate torn horizontally across, with tape repair to..... More
MURAMASA BLADE
1887. WERTHEIMBER, Louis. A MURAMASA BLADE. A Story of Feudalism in Old Japan. Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1887. Large 8vo, padded red silk over boards, stamped in gilt, t.e.g; xvi + 188pp. 5 copper engravings, many other relief engravings. An unusual, deluxe binding for this book, which is usually found..... More
MURAMASA BLADE: A STORY OF FEUDALISM IN OLD JAPAN
1887. WERTHEIMBER, Louis. A MURAMASA BLADE: A STORY OF FEUDALISM IN OLD JAPAN. Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1887. First edition. Illustrated throughout with 5 copper engravings by Nakamura Munehiro and 19 full-page wood engravings, along with many smaller wood-engraved text illustrations, by Shirayama Dani. xvi, 188 pp. Large octavo bound..... More