THE BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION OF THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Charles Scribner's Sons" NY, 1905. 24 Volumes. 7 x 4.5", 3/4 brown leather with gilt-dec spine; marbled boards, minor extremity wear else a nice, decorative binding. More
Charles Scribner's Sons" NY, 1905. 24 Volumes. 7 x 4.5", 3/4 brown leather with gilt-dec spine; marbled boards, minor extremity wear else a nice, decorative binding. More
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1924. Illus. by N.C. Wyeth, 10.5 x 7", black cloth with color pict cover label, 356pp, covers worn and stained, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, ink and pencil inscriptions from former owners at front, pp toned at edges, in a stained, browned, badly edge-chipped and..... More
The Co-Operative Publication Society: NY, 1904. Hardcover. Illus., 9.25 x 6.5", recent 3/4 black morocco; marbled boards, 190pp, covers with a hint of shelf wear, inkstamped name of former owner on original endpapers, minor toning/spotting to blanks else a nice copy. Plain (no gilt-lettering on spine of cover) but handsome..... More
Douglas H. Cooke: NY, 1909. Hardcover. Illus., 9 x 6", gilt-pict blue boards, unpaginated, covers rubbed, spine ends bumped (especially bottom of spine) and worn, extremities a little worn, eps toned at gutter, with bookplate of the Japan Paper Company with their blind stamp at bottom of title page. LIMITED..... More
The Co-Operative Publication Society: NY & London, 1904. Illus, 9 x 6", rebound in plain pebbled leather; marbled boards, teg. More
Cassell & Co.: London, 1893. Illus. by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell, 8.5 x 5.5", gilt-lettered and gilt-pict blue cloth, 277pp + ads, covers quite rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, pp edge-toned with some scattered finger soil. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (with corrected price on..... More
The Roycrofters: East Aurora, NY, 1902. Frontis portrait of author, 8 x 5.25", 3/4 leather; marbled boards, teg, 44pp, covers lightly worn, extremities fraying, spine sunned, hinges a little loose, else a nice, clean copy. LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES, PRINTED ON JAPAN VELLUM, ILLUMINATED BY HAND, SIGNED BY ELBERT..... More
The Roycrofters: East Aurora, NY, 1902. Frontis portrait of author; beautifully colored title boarder and chapter heads, 8 x 5.5", 3/4 leather; marbled boards, teg, covers a bit worn, extremities fraying, leather at the top of front cover stained, hinges loose, contents nice. LIMITED TO 100 "ILLUMINATED BY HAND" NUMBERED..... More
Chatto & Windus: London, 1887. 7.25 x 4.75", recently bound in 3/4 red crushed morocco; red cloth; teg, 296pp + 32pp publisher's catalogue, covers a little rubbed, contents toned, but still a decent copy of the FIRST EDITION, later state with ads dated November 1886. A rather plain, but still..... More
Chatto & Windus: London, 1885. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", patterned cloth, 300pp + 32pp catalogue, covers quite worn, extremities bumped and fraying, rear outer hinge torn, pp toned and used; a rather well worn copy of the FIRST EDITION with ads dated January 1885. More
Paul Elder and Co.: San Francisco, (1907). Hardcover. Photogravure frontis by Albertine Randall Wheelan, 6.75 x 5", vellum backed gilt-lettered boards, 24pp, spine yellowed, extremities bumped, neat ink name of former owner at foot of front blank, couple of tiny brown spots to foredge of textblock, in a worn, torn..... More
Armed Services Inc.: NY, nd. Paperback. Oblong 4.5 x 6.5", pict wraps, 352pp in double columns, covers a bit rubbed with small red mark on front cover, extremities a bit worn, some minor wear to foredge of textblock, pp toned, but still a pretty nicely preserved copy. More
Grosset & Dunlap: NY, nd. Hardcover. Illus, 7.75 x 5.25", pict cloth, 304pp + ads, covers well worn and soiled/sunned/spotted, extremities bumped and fraying, spine browned, inner hinges cracking, pp used, toned, worn with scattered pencil marks. "Every Boy's Library, Boy Scout Ediction" with BSA logo on front cover. Rather..... More
The Co-Operative Publication Society: NY & London, 1904. Illus, 9.25 x 6.75", 3/4 recent 3/4 black leather; marbled boards, teg. More
London 1908. 7.5 x 5", half blue leather; cloth, t.e.g. Signed binding by Douglas Foulis, Edinburgh. More
Chatto and Windus: London, 1911. 25 Volumes. Illus, 7.5 x 5", 3/4 blue leather; blue cloth, teg, spines chipping and sunned to gray else a good set. More
The Roycrofters: East Aurora, NY, 1900. Illus frontis; nicely illus title page, 9 x 6", gilt-lettered brown suede with leather edges; teg, 91pp, covers a bit rubbed, leather edges chipped, some toning to eps, LIMITED TO 50 NUMBEReD COPIES "SPECIALLY ILLUMINATED BY HAND", SIGNED BY ELBERT HUBBARD AND CLARA SCHLEGEL..... More
Cassell & Co.: London, 1892. Illus. with 12 full page plates by William Hole and W.L. Metcalf, 7.5 x 5", recently bound in 3/4 blue leather; cloth, teg, 427pp + 12pp publisher's catalogue, covers very nice (but plain), contents toned with some scattered finger soiling. FIRST EDITION. Decorative binding. More
Cassell: London 1892. Illus by William Hole and W. L. Metcalf, 7.5 x 5", cloth, 427pp, bookplate, hinges loose, corners gently bumped, covers a little darkened, extremities worn. FIRST EDITION. More
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1905. Hardcover. 6.5 x 4.25", gilt-dec limp brown leather; teg, covers rubbed, spine a bit sunned and lightly creased, extremities a bit worn, but still a decent decorative leather binding. More
Los Angeles 1956. Illus by Millard Shets, 12x8.5", cloth backed boards, 113pp. Introduction by J.C. Furnas. SIGNED BY SHEETS. More
The Co-Operative Publication Society: NY & London, 1904. Illus, 9.25 x 6.75", rebound in recent plain 3/4 black leather; marbled boards, teg. More
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1924. 9.5 x 7, cloth w/ pict color label, 356 pp, light spotting to covers, tiny piece of corner of label crunched (binding error?), a little dusty else ok in darkened edge worn dw. FIRST WYETH ED, WITH 9 FULL PAGE COLOR PLATES PLUS TITLE AND..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1914. Illustr by E.R. Herman, 10.75 x 8, gilt decorated cloth, teg, 83 pp, covers quite worn and soiled, extremities fraying, spine ends bumped, covers loose, pp toned and spotted (esp end papers), some finger soiling to pp; a quite worn but usable copy of this..... More
Chatto and Windus: London 1900. 7.5 x 5", cloth, 343pp, spine cover completely split along front joint, spine head chipped, stamped name, covers bumped & showing. SWAF. FIRST EDITION. More