Robert Louis Stevenson. The Body- Snatcher. Merriam Company, New York, 1895.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Poor

Description: 61 pp + 3 p ads, the pages are tight with minor soil and wear, the endpapers are soiled, front endpaper has been removed leaving a short, rough edge in hinge, former owner name is pencilled on the remaining front endpaper, the covers are tight, they are heavilly soiled, scuffed, and worn on the edges.

Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.

STEVENSON, Robert Louis. The Body-Snatcher. The Merriam Company, New York, 1895.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Description: Illustrated First Separate Edition. Sixteenmo. Original blue-purple cloth with darker blue-purple lettering and decoration to front cover. Short story by famous Scottish author. Very good, in acetate wrapper; light wear to corners, spine ends, and edges; light foxing to pages. Prior owner's signature on front free endpages, in pencil and in pen.

Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.

Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Body-Snatcher (first printing). The Merriam Company, New York, 1895.

Price: US$1095.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The Merriam Company. New York. 1895. 61 pages + 3 pages of ads in rear. First edition, first printing. No DJ as issued. Violet cloth decorated in violet. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Light rubbing along edges. Light soiling to violet cloth panels. Rubbed titles on backstrip. Endpapers are clean of any writing, stamps, tape ghosts etc. Light foxing to rear endpapers. Original, vintage Brentano's New York City tiny bookseller sticker at base of rear pastedown. Some 50 years after publication, this story was adapted for the Silver Screen. The result was the 1945 smash hit of the same name; and an instant cult classic starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. A solid VG copy of the Stevenson classic; first edition, first printing.

Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.

Stevenson, Robert Louis. THE BODY-SNATCHER. , 1895.

Price: US$1650.00 + shipping

Description: Illustrated. New York: The Merriam Company, n.d. [1895]. 3 pp undated ads. Original violet cloth decorated in dark violet. First Edition, issued as the second volume in Merriam's "Violet Series." This is Stevenson's famous tale about the anatomist "K---" and his need for cadavres (based undoubtedly upon the career of Robert Knox, 1793-1862); the 1945 film of the same title starred Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. RLS actually wrote this tale in mid-1881, to be part of a collection of supernatural tales which he referred to as "creepers"; he never completed the project, but a few of the tales remain. Ironically this grisly tale's first appearance was in the Pall Mall Gazette's 1884 Christmas Extra (substituted at the last moment for a briefer RLS tale, in order to fulfill a commitment of sufficient length). It is equally ironic that such a grisly story would first appear in book form in this cute little violet volume decorated with flowers. This is a near-fine copy, with minor cover soil but scarcely any wear; atypically, the spine lettering is easily legible, and there is no bubbling of the cloth. Beinecke 608.

Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.