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STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Weir of Hermiston; An unfinished romance. Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Gilt top edge. 184 pp. Shelf wear. Tight and clean. This is an attractive antique copy of Stevenson's unfinished novel, considered by some to be his greatest work. This copy is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major Robert Louis Stevenson collector and archivist who, as Chairman of the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, greatly contributed to the preservation of Stevenson's estate in Valima, Samoa.
Seller: Uncharted Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$288.19 + shipping
Description: Swanston edition, no. 45 of 2,060 sets. Twenty five volumes. 8vo. Publisher's red buckram, gilt lettered to the spines, top edge gilt. Frontispieces. Some light wear and sunning to the spines, spotting to the front and rear leaves of most volumes, a decent set overall.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
STEVENSON, Robert Louis. The works of Robert Louis Stevenson (25 volumes). Chatto & Windus, 1911.
Price: US$294.60 + shipping
Description: The Swanston edition, published between 1911 & 1912; No.1438 of a limited edition of 2060 copies. Red cloth with gilt; page top edge gilt. Introduction by Andrew Lang. Some browning to end papers, & scattered foxing in text; cloth of vol.VIII badly discoloured /stained, with staining to early pages; some discolouration & light wear to a few other volumes; top edge of front board of vol.3 abraded. This is a very heavy set (about 13kg packed); additional postage may be required Used - Very Good. VG/Good hardbacks
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$352.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited to 2060 numbered sets. Books measure 19.5x14.cm. Bound in original publishers red cloth, with gilt lettering, top gilt edges, others uncut. Cloth lightly rubbed, slightly faded, slight lean on spines. All bindings in very good clean firm condition. Internally, previous owners bookplate, browning to endpapers. Pages in good clean condition. A nice clean set. Size: 8vo
Seller: George Jeffery Books, HERTFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
Price: US$465.91 + shipping
Description: Near fine set in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Edition; Swanston edition. Physical description; 23 volumes : ill, frontispiece. Subjects; Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). Collected works. 19th century fiction. English Literature. Genre; Illustrated. 10 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$520.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine set in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Edition; Swanston edition. Physical description; 23 volumes : ill, frontispiece. Subjects; Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). Collected works. 19th century fiction. English Literature. Genre; Illustrated. 10 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$613.90 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Numbered First Swanston edition, all 20 volumes numbered "1928" of 2060; absent are volumes: 1, 2, 5, 17, 18,; octavo (180 x 120 mm). Finely bound, probably by Bumpus in contemporary green half morocco, very good condition of the bindings minimal rubbed; spines gilt in compartments with titles direct, raised bands, top edges gilt, title pages in red and black Spines evenly faded from green to a light brown; small stain on spine of vol. 7; ,inside excellent, apparently never read; occasional minimal spotting on some title pages and on the middle cut. An excellent incomplete set. Black and white frontispieces, tinted map frontispieces in Volumes 6 and 18, facsimiles of the Moral Emblems chapbooks in Volume 22.
Seller: Magnus, Paris, France
STEVENSON Robert Louis. THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. Chatto & Windus,, London,, 1911.
Price: US$704.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 25 volumes. 8vo (19.5 x 13cm). Edition limited to 2060 copies, this number 1883 (volume VI number 1353). The Swanston Edition, introduction by the author's contemporary and friend Andrew Lang. Recent half cherry red morocco over marbled paper boards, spines decorated and lettered gilt with titles and volume numbers. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. New endpapers. 25 frontispieces including b/w photographs, facsimile manuscript and maps. Some prelims slightly foxed; otherwise very good clean text without ownership inscriptions in firm handsome binding
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: [Fine binding] Swanston edition. Complete in 25 volumes. 20 cm. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco over green linen boards. Gilt spine compartments. Top edges gilt. Leather a little dry. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. One volume missing rear cover (Catriona) Contents: I. Introduction by Andrew Lang; An Inland Voyage / Travels with a Donkey / A Mountain Town in France / Edinburgh Picturesque Notes; II. The Amateur Emigrant / the Old and New Pacific Capitals / the Silverado Squatters / Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers; III. Familiar Studies of Men and Books / the Body Snatcher; IV. New Arabian Nights; V. Dynamitrer / Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde / Thrawn Janet; VI. Treasure Island / Will o' the Mill / The Treasure of Franchard; VII. Prince Otto / The Wrong Box; VIII. The Black Arrow / Markheim; IX. Black Arroe / Markheim; X. The Misadventures of John Nicholson / Kidnapped; XI. Catriona (missing rear cover); XII. The Master of Ballantrae; XIII. The Wrecker; XIV. Child's Garden / Underwoods / Ballads / Songs of Travel / Additional Poems; XV. Deacon Brodie / Beau Austin / Admiral Guinea / Macaire; XVI. Records of a Family of Engineers / Additional memories and portraits / Later essays / Reflections and Remarks on Human Life / Lay Morals / Prayers; XVII. A Footnote to History / Island Nights' Entertainments; XVIII. IN the South Seas: I. The Marquesas, II. The Paumotus, III. The Eight Islands, IV. The Gilberts, V.The Gilberts - Apemama / Letters from Samoa; XIX. The Ebb-tide / Weir of Hermiston; XX. St Ives; XXI. The Story of a Lie / the Merry Men / Olalla / Heathercat / Great North Road / Young Chevalier / Fables; XXII. Pentland Rising / Sketches / College papers / 'Notes and essays, chiefly of the Road' / Criticisms / An Appeal to the Clergy / The Charity Bazaar / The Lightkeeper / On New Form of Intermittent Light / On the Thermal Influence of Forests / Essays of Travel / Stevenson at Play; XXIII. Letters Parts I-VI; XXIV. Letters Parts VII-X; XXV. Letters Parts XI-XIV / Account of the Death and Burial of R.L. Stevenson by Lloyd Osbourne / Address of R.L. Stevenson on the opening of the Road of Gratitude.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1725.00 + shipping
Description: 25 Volumes. Illus, 7.5 x 5", 3/4 blue leather; blue cloth, teg, spines chipping and sunned to gray else a good set
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$2561.73 + shipping
Description: Twenty five volumes, published 1911-1912. No. 1988 of 2060 sets printed. . A very handsome set in contemporary half red morocco in excellent contion, spines in six panels, gilt. Teg. Heavy item requiring additional postage for foreign order. VG. [Prideaux 293; Beinecke 746].
Seller: Colin Page Books, Storrington, United Kingdom