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Lot 26
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
Lots Open
Jul 31, 2025
Lots Close
Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$500 -
700
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$845
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Lot Description
[BINDINGS]. STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). A group of 8 finely bound FIRST EDITIONS by and about Stevenson, comprising:
1) The Black Arrow: A Tale of Two Roses. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1888. Full green morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
2) The Wrecker. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1892. Full green morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
3) Vailima Letters. London: Methuen & Co., 1895. Half morocco by Riviere & Son. LIMITED EDITION, number 104 of 125 copies.
4) St. Ives, Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England. London: William Heinemann, 1898. Full green morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
5) In the South Seas. London: Chatto & Windus, 1900. Full green morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
6) BALFOUR, Graham, Sir. The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson. London: Methuen & Co., 1901. 2 volumes. Half morocco by Riviere & Son.
7) COLVIN, Sidney, Sir, editor. The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. London: Methuen & Co., 1899. 2 volumes. Half morocco by Riviere & Son.
8) HAMMERTON, John Alexander, Sir. Stevensoniana. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1907. Half morocco by Riviere & Son.
Together, 8 works in 10 volumes, all 8vo, many with original wraps bound-in, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally very fine.
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