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Lot 392
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-410
Nov 8, 2022
9:00AM CT
Lots 411-717
Nov 9, 2022
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Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
STEVENSON, Robert Louis. (1850-1894). Kidnapped; Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751. [London]: Cassell & Company, 1886.
8vo. With folding map and advertisement for Treasure Island. Contemporary scarlet full calf signed by Bayntun Riviere (foxing to map, lacking additional advertisements); cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with "business" instead of "pleasure" on pg. 40, "nine o'clock" instead of "twelve o'clock" on pg. 64, and "Long Islands" instead of "Long Island" on pg. 101. Prideux 18.
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
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