Stevenson, Robert Louis
Rare books by Robert Louis Stevenson, including first editions, signed and finely bound copies, and handsome sets of his collected works.
STEVENSON, Robert Louis, & Lloyd Osbourne.
The Ebb-Tide. A Trio and Quartette. 1894
£12,500
First edition, first issue (the cloth is indicative). The second of two novels with South Seas settings written in collaboration with his stepson, The Ebb-Tide "had its origins in a...
Octavo. Original dull gold pebble-grained cloth, pictorial decoration and titles to upper board and spine in black. Housed in a terracotta solander box made by The... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Treasure Island. 1883
£10,000
First edition, first issue of Stevenson's classic adventure tale, with the following points: "dead man's chest" not capitalized on pages 2 or 7; the first letter of "vain" broken in...
Octavo. Original scarlet cloth, covers ruled in blind, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, black coated endpapers. Housed in a black cloth solander box. Frontispiece map... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) Stevenson Robert Louis.
Treasure Island. 1927
£7,500
First edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 50 numbered copies on handmade paper signed by the illustrator on the limitation leaf.
Quarto. Original vellum, black calf label in gilt to spine. In a quarter aluminium and tan cloth slipcase. Colour frontispiece and 11 plates, engravings throughout. An... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
The Works, Vailima Edition. 1921-3
£7,500
Vailima edition, one of 1,030 numbered sets for the United States (this no. 714), out of a total edition of 2,090 sets.
26 volumes, octavo (228 × 146 mm). Finely bound in contempoary red half levant, spine gilt in compartments between raised bands, gilt lettered in two... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
The Works. 1894
£6,750
Edinburgh edition. Limited edition of 1,035 copies initialled by the publisher on the limitation page. Due to the quality of the printing and paper, the Edinburgh edition is widely...
33 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by Lauriat's of Boston in dark blue half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, matching cloth boards, blue... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Autograph working manuscript. 1892]
£6,500
A working manuscript, beginning with a dialogue sketch from Catriona, the 1893 sequel to Kidnapped (1886). What follows are about 16 lines of unpublished poetry, in part: "I am come...
Single leaf, folio (319 × 200 mm), 16 lines written on one side and 4 on the verso, with some deletions. Browning and a little chipping at edges, still good. Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
The Works. 1894
£5,950
The Edinburgh Edition, the best edition of the works of Stevenson, and known for the high quality of its printing and paper. One of a limited edition of 1035 numbered sets...
34 volumes, octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, spines gilt in compartments, blue and black morocco labels, marbled endpapers, decorative roll to boards and top edges... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. 1886
£4,500
First English Edition First Issue. This state in wrappers preceded the casebound issue by a week or so. The first issue is identified by the ink correction of the date on the upper...
Octavo. Original buff wrappers printed in red and blue. Housed in a brown cloth drop down box with brown morocco title label to spine gilt. Corners of wrappers very... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
The Works. 1911
£3,500
The Swanston edition. Limited to 2,060 numbered copies.
25 volumes, octavo (186 × 122 mm). Finely bound for Hatchards in tan calf, double brown morocco labels, elaborate tooling to spines, flat bands, twin rule to... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
A Child's Garden of Verses. 1885
£3,000
First edition.
Small octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, publisher's trade mark to top left corner of front board gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, housed in a... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
The Works. 1921
£1,800
The Vailima edition, the best collected edition of Stevenson's works. One of a limited edition of 1030 numbered sets, this one very handsomely bound in blue morocco.
26 volumes, octavo. Recent blue half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, red morocco labels, marbled sides. Photogravure frontispiece. An excellent set. Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
A Child's Garden of Verses. 1885
£1,750
First Edition, First Impression.
Small octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 1886
£1,500
First UK edition. A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (174 × 114 mm). Finely bound by Riviere in polished tan calf, brown morocco label, elaborate decoration to spine in compartments separated by raised bands,... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
A Child's Garden of Verses. 1885
£1,500
First edition, first impression.
Small octavo (157 × 102 mm). Contemporary calf, two brown morocco labels, elaborate tooling in compartments, flat bands, triple rule to boards with central... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
A Child's Garden of Verses. 1885
£1,500
First edition, first impression. With the bookplate of Scottish MP Ian Malcolm (1868–1944).
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. In a blue cloth slipcase. Boards rubbed and marked, free endpapers tanned, a... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Catriona 1893
£650
First edition, first impression. A common book in first edition but rare in this condition.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, title to spine gilt, floral endpapers. Some mild spotting but a extraordinary copy - by far the nicest we have seen. Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) Stevenson Robert Louis.
Treasure Island. 1927
£475
First Dulac edition.
Octavo. Recent red morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With 12 colour plates and 21 black and white... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 1886
£475
Third edition and an attractively bound copy.
Octavo (172 × 115 mm). Contemporary black morocco, titles and double-line rule to spine gilt, marbled sides, brown endpapers, speckled edges. Bookplate of Philip... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) Stevenson Robert Louis.
Treasure Island. 1927
£475
First Dulac edition.
Octavo. Recent tan morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With 12 colour plates and 21 black and white... Read more
(WYETH, N. C.) STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Kidnapped. The Adventures of David Balfour. 1913
£375
First Wyeth edition, first printing.
Quarto. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt, full colour illustration mounted on upper board, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
A Child's Garden of Verses. 1912
£325
New edition.
Octavo. Finely bound in brown half morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine with small green morocco pieces onlaid, raised bands, brown cloth boards, plain... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis, & Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson.
The Dynamiter. 1885
£250
First Edition of a collection issued as More New Arabian Nights. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the whole of "The Explosive Bomb" and wrote several passages in the other stories, apart...
Small octavo. Original pale red cloth, front cover lettered in black, brown endpapers. Red morocco-backed slipcase (spine darkened and cracked). Spine and front... Read more
(STEADMAN, Ralph) STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Treasure Island. 1985
£225
First Steadman edition, first impression. Inscribed by the illustrator in gold ink on the front endpapers "For Gustav Delbanco from Ralph Steadman 2 Jan, '91". Delbanco...
Large octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine and upper board gilt, pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket. Illustrated throughout by Ralph Steadman. A fine... Read more
(STEVENSON, Robert Louis) OSBOURNE, Lloyd.
A Letter to Mr. Stevenson's Friends. 1894
£225
First edition. Account of Stevenson's death and funeral written by his stepson, who had collaborated with RLS on The Wrong Box, The Ebb-tide and The Wrecker. Uncommon, COPAC lists...
Duodecimo (180 × 110 mm) Wire-stiched in the original printed wraps. Housed in quarter red morocco on red linen slip-case, title gilt to the spine, in matching... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Poems. 1913
£185
Hand-made paper edition limited to 500 numbered copies.
Oblong octavo. Finely bound by Asprey & Co., Ltd. in dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards and turn-ins, marbled... Read more
