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STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables.. Chatto & Windus, London, 1887.
Price: US$109.03 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 296 pp top edge gilt. Armorial bookplate to the front paste down. Bound without the adverts in half burgundy morocco, titles in gilt on spine, raised bands with compartments ruled in gilt cloth sides by Sotherans The contents clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks. The binding clean and tight with no marks chips or splits.
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom
Stevenson, Robert Louis.. THE MERRY MEN and Other Tales and Fables.. Chatto & Windus: London., 1887.
Price: US$109.25 + shipping
Description: 7.25 x 4.75, silver decorated blue cloth, 296 pp + 32 pp publisher's catalog, covers worn and dull, spine cocked, extremities bumped, hinges loose, foredge spotted lightly else a decent copy of the FIRST ED, FIRST ISSUE (with "September 1886" catalog at rear.).
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Original decorated blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, patterned endpapers. Ads at rear dated "November, 1886." The bookplate of Adrian Homer Goldstone on front pastedown. In vintage slipcase with raised headbands and chemise.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
STEVENSON, Robert Louis. MERRY MEN. , 1887.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: STEVENSON, Robert Louis. THE MERRY MEN and Other Tales and Fables. London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. First edition. 8vo., blue decorative cloth. As is: ex-library, no external marks. Soil, slight bumps to boards; darkened, with wear to the extremes at the spine. Hinges starting, binding shaken; dust soil to top-edge.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables. Chatto & Windus, London, 1887.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First issue. Publisher's decorated blue cloth, stamped with silver and black designs and gilt lettering on spine, green floral endpapers. Early bookplate of Oliver Henry Perkins. 296 pages, plus 32 pages of ads dated September. Hinges cracking, but a nice copy overall.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. THE MERRY MEN And Other Tales and Fables. Chatto & Windus: London, 1887.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Description: 7.25 x 4.75", recently bound in 3/4 red crushed morocco; red cloth; teg, 296pp + 32pp publisher's catalogue, covers a little rubbed, contents toned, but still a decent copy of the FIRST EDITION, later state with ads dated November 1886. A rather plain, but still nice decorative binding.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. THE MERRY MEN AND OTHER TALES AND FABLES. , 1887.
Price: US$276.00 + shipping
Description: 1887 Stevenson, Robert Louis THE MERRY MEN AND OTHER TALES AND FABLES London: Chatto & Windus, 1887 296pp, 32pp publisher's catalogue dated "September 1886" Dec blue cloth, stamped in silver and black, gilt on spine Publisher's device stamped on rear cover Floral patter on epages printed in olive green 8vo Cloth rubbed at spine ends, corners, spine slightly dardened, gilt bright, hinges tight; overall a near fine hardcover copy.
Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Midnight blue cloth boards with gray floral decoration and silver stars on front, gray device on back board. Corners very mildly bumped or rubbed. Inside front paste down cracking along 2 inches of the gutter. Page 192 – 193 hinge starting. Spine slightly cocked. Interior very clean. Pages mildly toned.
Seller: onourshelves, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables. Chatto & Windus, London, 1887.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Blue buckram with lettering & decorations stamped inblack, gilt & silver. Second issue with adds dated November1886. Pages are bright and clean with no marks, foxing or writing. An excellent copy. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.
STEVENSON, Robert Louis. The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables. London Chatto &Windus 1887, 1887.
Price: US$378.39 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., original blue cloth with gilt star pattern on spine and upper board. Gilt somewhat dulled, bookplate, otherwise a very good copy. The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables contains "The Merry Men", "Will o'the Mill", "Markheim", "Thrawn Janet", "Olalla" and "The Treasure of Franchard"
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
Stevenson, Robert Louis. THE MERRY MEN AND OTHER TALES AND FABLES. Chatto & Windus, London, 1887.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-10] [1-3] 4-296 + 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "September 1886" inserted at rear, original decorated blue cloth, front panel stamped in black and silver, spine panel stamped in black, light brown and gold, publisher's device stamped in black on rear panel, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in olive green. First edition. Collection of short fiction including several fine supernatural tales, "Will o' the Mill," "Markheim" and "Thrawn Janet," as well as "Olalla," the latter "one of the best horror stories in English." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 402. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 2-92. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1533. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1698-1701. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-229. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 456. Bleiler (1978), p. 186. Beinecke 411. Light rubbing to cloth at spine ends and corner tips, a bright, near fine copy with tight inner hinges. A superior copy of this book. (#95793)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 8vo. 32 page publisher's catalogue dated September 1886 at end. Original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt, silver and black; green floral endpapers. Bookplate of Albert Louis Cotton on the front pastedown. Enclosed in a 1/2 blue morocco slipcase with folding chemise. Beinecke 411.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.