STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). The Body Snatcher. New York: The Merriam Company, 1895. 24mo. 3pp. advertisements. Publisher's violet purple-stamped cloth (some very minor wear to extremities, spine slightly faded, upper hinge splitting). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, published as #2 of Merriam's "Violet Series," and later adapted for the 1945 film startting Boris Karloff.