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Robert Louis Stevenson. Virginibus Puerisque and other papers. C Kegan Paul & Co, London, 1881.
Price: US$19.40 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 296 pages. No dj. Orange cloth cover is tanned on spine. Bookplat es. Inscripios on introduction pages. Rear hinge is coming detach ed.
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. C.Kegan Paul & Co., London, 1881.
Price: US$25.48 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 200 x 135mm. pp. 296 + 32 ads. English text. 1881 edition of 'Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers' by Robert Louis Stevenson. Early state with C.Kegan Paul & Co to base of spine and ads dated 4.81. Bound in original orange cloth with black bodera decoration and bevelled edges. A somewhat worn copy with foxing to endpages and edges, moderate marking to boards and fading to spine. Binding strong. No cracking to gutters. No underlining. See images.
Seller: Peter Rhodes, Southampton, United Kingdom
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Virginibus Puerisque and other Papers. C. Kegan Paul, London, 1881.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good in original orange cloth with fading along spine. Hinges starting but not detached. Ink name with date of either 1880 or 1886 on half-title page. A few vintage bookseller codes on blank pages. Catalog at rear has date of 7-81 which apparently suggests this is a second issue. Title page has printed date of 1881. No dust jacket.
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE And Other Papers. C. Kegan Paul & Co., London, 1881.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 296 pp; Prideaux #5, possible 2nd printing; 7.81 instead of 8.80 at bottom of pg. 297. Spine soiled, title faded; boards and spine edge worn, inner hinges strting to crack but binding is tight; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.. Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers.. C. Kegan Paul, London, 1881.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: vii, 296 + 32 pp. pub. cat. 8vo, publisher's orange cloth in custom drop-back box. First edition; first issue; first binding. Beinecke 70. The front hinge is broken, though held together by one of the three cords; rear hinge cracked. Light soiling to cloth: good to very good.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
STEVENSON (Robert Louis). Virginibus Puerisque And Other Papers. London, C. Kegan Paul, 1881.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo, original cloth stamped in gilt and black, worn and faded, inside hinge cracking, name on half title, yet decent. This collection "For Virgins and Little Boys" contains some of his best essays on life and literature. Prideaux 5; Beinecke 70. First issue, first edition.
Seller: G. W. Stuart, Jr., ABAA(emeritus), Yuma, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$192.17 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vi, 296, 32 p. ; 20 cm. Notes; First edition, first issue. With variously dated 32 p. catalogue for Kegan Paul at end. With advertisements on half-title verso. Mudie's Select library label. Subjects; English literature 19th century. English essays Scottish authors. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vi, 296, 32 p. ; 20 cm. Notes; First edition, first issue. With variously dated 32 p. catalogue for Kegan Paul at end. With advertisements on half-title verso. Mudie's Select library label. Subjects; English literature 19th century. English essays Scottish authors. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE and Other Papers. , 1881.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1881. 32 pp ads dated July 1881. Original orange cloth decorated in black, beveled. First Edition, first issue, of Stevenson's first volume of collected essays (which had appeared in periodicals such as The Cornhill during the late 1870s). These essays epitomize Stevenson's early expository style. It is good to have been young in youth and, as years go on, to grow older. These papers are like milestones on the wayside of my life. [from this book's dedication to W.E. Henley] The title essay (Latin for "For Girls and Boys"), which he wrote in 1876 (as his relationship with Mrs. Sitwell was waning, before he met Fanny Osbourne), is largely upon the subject of marriage. The first issue is identifiable by the "C. Kegan Paul & Co." at the foot of the spine -- the same as on the title page; later copies bound up read "Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.," reflecting the firm's change of name, and still later copies read "Chatto & Windus" after that firm bought up Kegan Paul. The book was not a hot seller: it is known that by 1884 (when Chatto & Windus issued the remaining copies), only 900 copies had been sold (first and second bindings combined). The ads in this copy are dated July 1881, some copies have April 1881 ads (the month of publication), while others have leftover ads from 1880, or (as implied above) ads from later years. This is a very good-plus copy, with some cracking of the endpapers and (as usual with the unfortunate choice of cloth color) general dulling of the light-orange spine. Beinecke 70 (with 8/80 ads); Princeton 12 (copy 2, 7/81 ads). Housed in a cloth clamshell case.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS.. Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. London: C. Kegan Paul, 1881, 1881.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Bookplate; contemporary ownership inscription; good to very good in a custom cloth slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$297.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stevenson, Robert Louis. Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. London: C. Kegan Paul and Co., 1881. First Edition, first binding, In original publisher's orange cloth decorated in black with gilt lettering. A Very Good copy with the orange cloth on the spine somewhat darkened as (almost) always. Both inner hinges have unfortunately cracked else the contents are fine and without foxing. This is the A. Edward Newton copy (bookplate), acquired in 1919 for $97.00 (penciled note on the verso of the rear free endpaper). Vintage Slipcase (worn).
Seller: Lakin & Marley Rare Books ABAA, Mill Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. With 32 pp. ads dated 4.81. G+ in orange cloth with black stamped boarders at top and bottom edges. Spine very worn, darkened, and frayed at top and bottom. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. C. Kegan and Paul, London, 1881.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo; original cloth. Spine faded, hinges tender and cracking. Still a very good copy of this early RLS title. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$382.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first issue. 296, 32 pp. Publisher's original orange cloth with decorative black borders and gilt lettering to spine. Bevelled edges. Spine slightly faded but lettering bright. Spotting to prelims. Internally very clean. No ownership names. With the publisher's adverts at rear dated '8.80' and the spine imprint reading 'C. Kegan Paul & Co.' Binding firm. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. C. Kegan Paul &Co, London, 1881.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 296, 32, ads (dated 4.81)pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Beinecke 70 Original orange cloth. The first state of the binding of three, the spine imprint reading "C. Kegan Paul & Co." Rubbed. Very Good 296, 32, ads (dated 4.81)pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1881.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first issue. 7 3/4" x 5 1/4". Original orange cloth stamped in black, gilt letters on spine, dark blue coated endpapers. No dust jacket. Very good (slight soiling on cover; very light foxing). 296 pages; 32 pages publishers catalogue at end, dated 8/80 (August, 1880). No bookplates. Enclosed in a gilt stamped 1/2 blue morocco slipcase. Neat previous owner's signature on verso of title page. Printed by William Clowes and Sons. Beinecke 70
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS.. Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. London: C. Kegan Paul, 1881, 1881.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Back hinge cracked, else trivial wear; an excellent copy in a full morocco solander case. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.