Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bibliophile Society January 1921 Binding: Hardcover VERY GOOD WITH SLIPCASE
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$51.75 + shipping
Description: Frontis portrait, 9 x 7, half parchment, green boards, 127 pp with Appendix, some green showing through parchment at outer gutters, hinges a little loose, bookplate of John C. Eckel (author of THE FIRST EDITIONS OF CHARLES DICKENS), a nice copy overall, in fraying two-part cardboard slipcase. LIMITED TO 450 COPIES. First book appearance.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$74.95 + shipping
Description: Boston, Massachusetts:: The Bibliophile Society, 1921. 7" wide by 9" tall. A square, tight copy. The book's corners are all sharp. Inner hinges are perfect. Bound in the original green cloth with parchment (cream color) spine and corners. The spine is lettered in shiny gold. NO darkening to spine. Light wear to double slipcase in matching green cloth, with paper label on the outer slipcase. Paper label is intact, albeit a little rubbed, and mildly age-toned with some spots. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are bright white, crisp, free of markings. NO foxing. This is the first publication of the earliest extant piece of prose fiction written by R.L.S. One of 450 copies. Printed for members only. Engraved title page. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of R.L.S. at age 22, and a fold-out Stevenson manuscript in facsimile -- both tissue-guarded. Introduction by Professor William P. Trent. Beinkeke 721. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Very Good double slipcase. 127pp.
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 4to (23 x 17.5 cm). Frontispiece portrait, folding facsimile plates of the manuscript. Original gilt-lettered parchment-backed boards; fragment of plain original dust wrapper. One of 450 copies of this "Small Complimentary Edition," issued by The Bibliophile Society as a "token of gratitude and appreciation" for Rosenbach as he had allowed them to reproduce his original manuscript of this piece.
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. When the Devil Was Well. The Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1921.
Price: US$75.18 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Bound in half parchment over green cloth, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, housed in a orange card slipcase. Tissue guarded frontis portrait and plates. Limited to 450 copies. Near fine copy in a lightly worn slipcase.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Stevenson, Robert Louis. When the Devil Was Well. Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1921.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Printed for A. S. W. Rosenbach. Issued by the Bibliophile Society as a "token of gratitude and appreciation." Rosenbach had granted permission to reproduce his original manuscript. Vellum spine and tips over green cloth, in publisher's matching green slipcase with paper spine label. One of 450 copies. Previous owner's early bookplate. An excellent copy.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$93.75 + shipping
Description: Edition limited to 450 copies, small 4to, pp. 127 (engraved title-p., frontispiece, and limitation notice in the pagination); folding facsimile; original quarter art vellum over green cloth sides, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's slipcase; spine darkened and slightly rubbed at extremities, else very good. Reproduced from a manuscript owned by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach. Beinecke 721.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. When the Devil Was Well. Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1921.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: VG+, even spine browning, light wear; Limited ed., 1/450 vellum spine.
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: Beige boards and spine with gilt spine; lite staining to cover; printed on handmade paper; shadow; many pages uncut; frontis is portrait of author plus; foldout plate of original manuscript; Signed and privately printed for Dr A S W Rosenbach; inscribed to Mr. James Fenimore Cooper/ with the warm regards of/ A S W Rosenbach/ December 14,1922; 126 pages; Signed by Notable Personage, Unrelated Very Good- lettering stains on end sheets foldout plate of original manuscript;
Seller: The Book Chaser (FABA), Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, one of 450 copies printed for members of the Bibliophile Society. Frontispiece. 1 vols. Small 4to. The earliest extant prose fiction written by Stevenson, produced from the manuscript owned by Rosenbach. Beinecke 722 Japanese vellum spine, cream boards, in original glassine. Fine Frontispiece. 1 vols. Small 4to First edition, one of 450 copies printed for members of the Bibliophile Society.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: "Small complimentary edition" Special Issue done by Bibliophile Society for Dr. R. for allowing the story to be published. Frontispiece. 127 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. The earliest extant piece of prose fiction written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Beinecke #722 Japanese Vellum spine, cream boards, in original glassine. Fine Frontispiece. 127 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to "Small complimentary edition" Special Issue done by Bibliophile Society for Dr. R. for allowing the story to be published.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. When The Devil Was Well. Bibliophile Society, New York, 1921.
Price: US$173.74 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Privately printed for Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach, Edited by William P. Trent. First Edition of this Stevenson juvenilia, the issue printed for Rosenbach (Beineckle 722). The edition printed for the Bibliophile Society was limited to 450 copies; this "Small Complimentary Edition" was issued by The Bibliophile Society as a "token of gratitude and appreciation" for Rosenbach as he had allowed them to reproduce his original manuscript of this piece. 127 pages. PAGES UNCUT AND UNOPENED, matching slipcase with some minor rubbing otherwise very nice. THIS BOOK IS IN THE ORIGINAL CONDITION AND COULD NOT HAVE BEEN READ SINCE THE PAGES ARE UNOPENED (STILL JOINED).
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.