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STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Treasure Island.
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 the last line, page 40; the "a" not present in line 6, page 63; the "8" dropped from the pagination on page 83; the "7" overstamped in the pagination on page 127; the full stop not present following "opportunity" in line 20, page 178; with "worse" in line 3, page 197. With first state October advertisements (5R-1083); some copies have July and November advertisements, both of which were likely used later by the binder.
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 printed in three colours. Bookplate to front pastedown. Spine a little faded and rubbed and lightly rolled, small area of wear to front joint near centre, front inner hinge with thin crack but holding firm, rear inner hinge with superficial cracking, the occasional sprinkle of light foxing, overall an excellent copy.
