STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Ballads. Chatto & Windus, London, 1890.

Price: US$193.83 + shipping

Description: Limited edition of 100 large paper copies, this being number 73. vi, [2], 137pp, [3]. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's cream buckram, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. The first, limited edition, signed by the printers R. and R. Clark, of Stevensons collected ballads. Size: Quarto

Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Ballads. Chatto & Windus, London, 1890.

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Condition: Very Good

Description: 4to. First Edition. Limited to 100 numbered copies, this is number 49. Signed by R. & R. Clarke, printer. Large paper copy. Bound in cream buckram with gilt lettered spine. Edges of boards and spine a little age-toned, with evidence of bookplate removal from the pastedown. Unopened copy in very good condition overall.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Ballads. Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, London, 1890.

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Description: First edition, Large Paper, Number 39 of 100 copies signed by R. and R. Clark The Printers. 1 vols. 4to. Beinecke 535 Original cream linen, About Fine. Bookplates of Herschel V. Jones, George Barr McCuthcheon, and Henry Lewis Bannerman, Jr First edition, Large Paper, Number 39 of 100 copies signed by R. and R. Clark The Printers.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Ballads. Chatto & Windus, Picadilly, London, 1890.

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Description: First edition, Large Paper, Number 53 of 100 copies signed by R. and R. Clark The Printers. 1 vols. 4to. Beinecke 535 Original linen, spine darkened, minor wear. Bookplate First edition, Large Paper, Number 53 of 100 copies signed by R. and R. Clark The Printers.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Ballads. London Chatto & Windus 1890, 1890.

Price: US$17500.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition - English. Historic presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author, Robert Louis Stevenson, to his stepdaughter, Isobel Osbourne Strong. Inscribed on the half-title: ÒBelle from R.L.S., Sydney, Feb 17th 1891.Ó Original gilt-stamped blue cloth. Endpapers have some darkening, else a fine copy. The book is a remarkable collection of his ballads of the fanciful and weird set in both the South Seas and in Scotland ending with the moving ÒChristmas At Sea.Ó This presentation copy carries with it a very significant background, for the book was presented at the decisive moment in the relationship of R.L.S., and his stepdaughter. Stevenson had traveled alone to Sydney, Australia in February 1891 in large part to persuade Belle to give up her desire to remain in Australia and provide for herself and her son through some employment prospects. Stevenson, however, counted them as his family and she recalled that he Òtalked with such kindness, such understanding, that every last bit of resentment I held toward him melted away, and I felt myself to be truly his loving daughter.Ó Indeed, Isobel Strong would live in StevensonÕs island home, Vailima, in Samoa, becoming his amanuensis, biographical adjunct and lifelong (she passed away in 1953 at age ninety-five) keeper of the flame. It is not a stretch that this very copy is the literary commemoration of that relationship changing occasion. Enclosed in a handsome gilt-stamped blue morocco and cloth slipcase.

Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.