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Lot 395
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). A group of 20 prose works, including:
The Black Arrow. London: Cassell & Company, Ltd., 1888. Contemporary half calf. FIRST EDITION. -- The Master of Ballantrae. London: Cassell & Company, Ltd., 1889. Modern half calf. FIRST EDITION. -- Across the Plains. London: Chatto & Windus, 1892. Publisher's black cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- David Balfour. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Provenance: Frances A. Campbell (inscription). -- St. Ives. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. Publisher's brown cloth. FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Edward P. Vilas (bookplate). -- Aes Triplex. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Publisher's green cloth. -- Prayers. Toronto: The Musson Book Company, [n.d.]. Illuminations by Alberto Sangorski. Publisher's olive green cloth gilt. -- And 13 others. Together, 20 works in 21 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally fine.
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
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