Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$15.46 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1890 soft cover editiojns with spine cover showing signs of wear and tear + inscription
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A "letter" of 30 pages. Stevenson, a Protestant, defending the work and reputation of this Catholic priest.
Seller: Terra Firma Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Father Damien. Chatto & Windus, London, 1890.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Ink note on front flyleaf: "For Mrs. Anderson with Mr.Cable's Compliments." Front cover detached. Text clean and tight. Original wrappers not bound in.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second edition, after the rare first edition, printed in Australia in an edition of 25 copies. This is the Second "Edinburgh" edition, one of 300 copies printed. Original printed wrappers, moderately worn, but with two chips along the top cover (not affecting the text) and the spine has been reinforced. This Ediburgh edition is still scarce and desirable. An important Stevenson item.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.41 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12 mo. Reprinted from 'The Scots Observer'. 19.5 cm x 13 cm. Pp. 30. Taupe wrappers printed in black, sewn binding. Covers lightly soiled, spinestrip chipped with a 13 cm slit at the upper joint, nicks to the tips, minor spotting to first and last, else a good copy of the scarce first trade.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$82.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 30p small book 'Reprinted from The Scots Observer', original brown printed paper cover intact though chipped at edges and on spine, old bookseller's price in pencil to half title, text clean, binding holding firm Language: English
Seller: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Brown wrapper. The front cover is loose but all else is intact. Edges are chipped in places.
Seller: Prime Booksellers, Agoura Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Description: Lettered in black. Free edges chipped in places. Preliminary pages foxed. Reprinted from "The Scots Observer". A letter written in defense of the famous priest who founded the leprosarium on Molokai Island, and who, himself, died of the dreaded disease. 30pp. Size: Octavo
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. FATHER DAMIEN. , 1890.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: An Open Letter to the Reverend Doctor Hyde of Honolulu. London: Chatto and Windus, 1890. Original brown wrappers. First Trade Edition, consisting of 1,000 copies (preceded only by 25 copies issued in Sydney and 30 issued in Edinburgh). On the Stevensons' voyage to the South Pacific they had visited the leper colony on Molokai, founded by Dr. Damien (who had himself died of leprosy the year before they arrived). A missionary named Hyde wrote a letter denouncing Damien; this piece is Stevenson's open (and irate) reply to Hyde. It was first published (25 copies) when the Stevenson party arrived in Sydney; Stevenson boasted of it as being blatantly libellous. This is a very good copy of this fragile piece (a few wrapper corners chipped away, some wear to the fragile spine). Beinecke 510; Princeton 44B.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Father Damien. Chatto and Windus, London, 1890.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First Published Ediiton. 30 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. The Sydney edition is the true first (consisting of 25 copies); the Edinburgh (second) edition was limited to 300. This edition was limited to 1100 copies. Reprinted from The Scots Observer. Beinecke 510 Original wrappers, slightly chipped at edges. In quarter blue morocco slipcase with chemise
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: 30 pp. 12mo, original buff printed wrappers. First separate trade edition, nearly simultaneous with two privately printed issues. Beinecke 510. Light foxing to the half-title and blank at rear; partly unopened; the wrappers showing the slightest of light use. Reprinted from The Scots Observer.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.