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Stevenson, Robert Louis ll. R.L.S. to His Good Friend M. Donat. Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1925.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 10 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 50 copies printed for Herbert Lionel Rothchild for Christmas 1925, with facsimile letters by R.L.S. tipped in. Original parchment backed boards in d.j. with minor fading, spine of publishers box lacking, slightly soiled, else fine, with Grabhorn designed bookplate of Robert Strong
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$526.24 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Small Quarto. One of 50 copies privately printed for Herbert Lionel Rothchild, Christmas 1925. Tipped-in compliment slip of Mr. Rothchild, with his ink inscription on a front blank: "With good wishes, my dear James - Your friend Herbert L.R." Unpaginated [21]. Original quarter cream parchment spine and brown paper boards, with gilt-stamped title within a frame. Two fine facsimile letters tipped-in, one being a verse manuscript to M. Donat, along with transcriptions and a translation of the letter written in French. Fine, near new copy, housed in the elusive matching brown paper dust wrapper. Spine of wrapper just a tad faded, and with a small 2.5 cm closed tear in the center of the rear gutter, else near fine. All contained within a slipcase covered with matching brown paper. Slipcase a tad shelf worn, with a 3.5 cm slit at the rear joint. Overall, a fine, collectible copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$526.24 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Small Quarto. One of 50 copies privately printed for Herbert Lionel Rothchild, Christmas 1925. This one with handwritten "H.CH. copy" at the colophon. Unpaginated [21]. Original quarter cream parchment spine and brown paper boards, with gilt-stamped title within a frame. Two fine facsimile letters tipped-in, one being a verse manuscript to M. Donat, along with transcriptions and a translation of the letter written in French. Fine, near new copy, housed in the elusive matching brown paper dust wrapper. Spine of wrapper just a tad faded, and with a small 2.5 cm closed tear in the center of the rear gutter, else near fine. All contained within a slipcase covered with matching brown paper. Overall, a fine, collectible copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada