the works of robert louis stevenson

Descripción: NY Charles Scribner's Sons 1905., 1905. Near Fine with no dust jacket. #1226P. 25 vol. 3/4 brown leather over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. T.E.G. Gilt thistles on spine compartments. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Binding is Hardcover. Nº de ref. de la librería 1226P

Descripción: William Heinemann,, London:, 1922. VALIMA EDITION. Twenty-six volumes. 8vo. Photogravure frontispiece portraits. This edition, printed from type which has been distributed, is limited to one thousand and sixty sets, of which one thousand are for sale in the United Kingdom. Our set is No. 306. Full green polished calf by Rivierie, elaborate gilt tooled spine in six compartments, top edges gilt. A magnificent set. No. 306 of 1060 sets. Stevenson (1850-94) was the great Scottish essayist, poet, and author of novels, children's, and travel books. He studied law but never practiced. His entire life was devoted to literature, much of which is contained in the present works. Stevenson was regarded as a writer of power and originality with a strong moral vision. Nº de ref. de la librería 10919

Descripción: London, William Heinemann 1921., 1921. The Vailima Edition, Limited to 1030 copies of which this No 90. Complete in 26 volumes. Large 8vo. Finely bound in recent dark blue half morocco titled in gilt to spine, gilt decoration to the others, and raised bands to spines; blue cloth boards; top edges gilt, others untrimmed. An imposing and beautiful set. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Prideaux. Nº de ref. de la librería 38406

Descripción: Longmans Green and Co, 1894. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: As New. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Premium quality 1894-1900, a 30 volume complete set, THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, all in fine leather bindings, limited Edinburgh Edition, 976/1035, printed by T & A Constable for Longmans Green and Co., et al. A gorgeous set for the prized library that includes the novels TREASURE ISLAND, KIDNAPPED, DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE, IN THE SOUTH SEAS, ST IVES and all his other works along with LETTERS OF STEVENSON I & II. In fine to very fine condition. Nº de ref. de la librería ABE-9000560355

Descripción: London: William Heinemann in Association with Chatto and Windus, et al, 1922-23., 1922. The Vailima EditionRare in the Original Printed Dust JacketsSTEVENSON, Robert Louis. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. London: William Heinemann in Association with Chatto and Windus. 1922-23.Vailima Edition. One of 1,060 numbered sets for the United Kingdom, of which 1,000 sets are for sale and sixty are for presentation; rarer than the American sets from Scribner's. This set is No. 311. Twenty-six octavo volumes (8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 226 x 147 mm.). Frontispieces (including photogravure portraits and facsimiles) and facsimile plates. "Moral Emblems & Other Poems" (Volume XXV) illustrated with woodcuts by Robert Louis Stevenson. Edited by L. Osbourne and F. Van de G. Stevenson. With an introduction by Lloyd Osbourne in Volume I. Title-pages printed in blue and black. Decorative woodcut initials in blue.Original dark blue buckram over bevelled boards. Front covers decoratively stamped in gilt and spines ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Decorative endpapers. Original pale blue dust jackets printed in dark blue. Dust jackets to sixteen volumes with reinforcement tape ghosts at spine head. A few dust jackets with light foxing. Otherwise a bright, fine setRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, known especially for his novels of adventure. His major works include Treasure Island (1883), A Child’s Garden of Verses (1885), Kidnapped (1886), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), The Black Arrow (1888), and The Master of Ballantrae (1889). "Though his novels are perhaps less successfully accomplished than his briefer tales and stories, his work is marked by his power of invention, his command of horror and the supernatural, and the psychological depth which he was able to bring to romance" (Benét’s Reader’s Encyclopedia).Beinecke 748. Nº de ref. de la librería 01408

Descripción: New York: The Davos Press, 1906., 1906. Edition de Luxe, Published by Subscribers only, Limited to 1000 sets, this set number 184. 10 volumes; 8vo. Finely bound in recent dark green half morocco with gilt titles and gilt raised bands to spines, green cloth boards, top edges gilt others untrimmed. Frontispiece illustration to each volume. A fine set. Nº de ref. de la librería 38728

Descripción: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York; 1911-1912. Octavo. In 27 volumes, beautifully bound by Crombie & Lamothe for Wilkinson & Lancaster in 3/4 dark green crushed morocco over decorative green paper covered boards with matching endpapers, top edges gilt, raised bands, compartments lettered and decorated in a gilt floral motif with one red flower, folding map frontispiece in volume 19. A few small scuffs or rub marks to paper otherwise an exceptionally handsome set. see pics. Nº de ref. de la librería bk.0202

Descripción: New York: Charles Scribner Sons, 1899. Octavo, 24 volumes, 3/4 leather over marbled panels, raised bands with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers, frontispiece of Robert Louis Stevenson. In very good condition. An attractive set of the complete works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Nº de ref. de la librería 2198

Descripción: London; Chatto & Windus -1912, 1911. Twenty-five volumes complete, with frontispieces by Walter Crane and others. Number 1989 of 2060 sets. Handsomely bound by Hatchards of London in half navy morocco over blue cloth, the sides and corners with double gilt fillet, the spine with decorated raised bands with gilt ruled and pin-head decorated panels, lettered direct, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed, silk page markers. Three volumes (3, 7 & 16 ) have had neat repairs to headcaps; part of headcap missing volume 21 - barely visible from front ;some gilt decoration on raised bands rubbed off; spines uniformly faded to mid- brown; a little foxing to text block edges; else a very good set. Nº de ref. de la librería 53792

Descripción: Printed By T. and A. Constable for Longmans Green and Co. Cassell and Co. Seeley and Co: Chas. Scribner's and Sons and Sold By Chatto and Windus Piccadilly 1894-98, London, 1894. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Good+. 28 volumes. Edinburgh Edition of 1,035 copies. This set being #222. Red three quarter Moroccan leather bound covers are worn at the corners. There is also faint evidence in the lower block of the spines where at one time there was a library label. Were it not for these 2 issues, the covers are in outstanding condition. 5 raised bands on spines. Gilt borders on spines and covers. Red satin cloth boards. Boards and spines are straight. Bindings are tight. Marbled paste downs and end sheets. A plate on the front paste downs that reads: "Blevins Davis, Trianon Place, Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colorado." On the back end sheet and paste down are remnants of library pockets that have been removed. On the lower part of the title page there is a very, very small stamp " College of St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Library". Pages clean and appear unread. Gilt top edges. Untrimmed fore edges. In spite of the library markings, which are not very prominent, this is a beautiful set of Stevenson's works. Nº de ref. de la librería 48248

Descripción: London: William Heinemann Ltd, Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Fine. In 30 vols. Published in 1924-1926. Skerryvore Edition (First published). (Vol.I: New Arabian Nights. Vol.II: Treasure Island. Vol.III: More New Arabian Nights the Dynamiter. /When the Devil was Well. Vol.IV: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. /Prince Otto. Vol.V: Kidnapped. Vol.VI: Catriona. Vol.VII: The Merry Men & Other Tales, Fables. Vol.VIII: The Black Arrow. Vol.IX: The Master of Ballantrae. Vol.X: The Wrong Box. /The Ebb-Tide. Vol.XI: The Wrecker. Vol.XII: Island Nights' Entertainments. /Tales and Fantasies. Vol.XIII: St. Ives. Vol.XIV: Weir of Hermiston. /Some Unfinished Stories. l.XV: An Inland Voyage. / Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Vol.XVI: The Amateur Emigrant. /The Old & New Pacific Capitals. /The Silverado Squatters. /The Silverado Diary. Vol.XVII: Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin. /Records of a Family of Engneers. Vol.XVIII: In the South Seas. Vol.XIX: Vailima Papers. Vol.XX: Complete Poetical Works. Vol.XXI: Plays. Vol.XXII: Virginibus Puerisque. /Lay Morals. Vol.XXIII: Familiar Studies of Men & Books. Vol.XXIV: Essays Literary and Critical. Vol.XXV: Memories & Portraits. /Other Essays. XXVI: Edinburgh: Picturesque Noets. /Further Memories.XXVII: Letters I. 1868-1880. XXVIII: Letters II. 1880-1887. Vol.XXIX: Letters III. 1887-1891. Vol.XXX: Letters IV. 891-1894. Red cloth with gilt title on spine. Front & rear cover sl.stained. Its spine sunned. All edges sl.sunned & stained. Front & rear fly leaf partly sunned. [Vol.I]: Book-shop label on front ep. 20.7x13.8cm. Nº de ref. de la librería 02066-102255

Descripción: London: William Heineman. / New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Fair. In 26 vols. Published in 1922-1923. Vailima edition. Vailima Edition, 1-1030 numbered sets. This is no.718. Each with frontis. Bound in blue cloth, gilt motif to front board, gilt title to spine, t.e.g and other edges untrimed. Spine sunned. Covers sl.scuffed. Edges somewhat foxed & sl.spotted. E.ps. sl.spotted. Flyleaves somewhat foxed. Some pages unopened. Vol.3; Pages missing from page 379 to 388. Pages doubled from 377 to 380, 389 to 392. Vol.9; Flyleaves sl.spotted. Vol.16; Two small spots to rear cover. Vol.20; Spine sl.stained. Page 117 sl.torn. Vol.24: Front cover dented. 23.7x16.2cm. Nº de ref. de la librería 02043-102191

Descripción: 1906-1907, 1907. London 1906-1907. Royal 8vo. Orig. dark blue/black buckram (occasional rubbing on some vols). Spines uniformly gilt titled. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. With frontispieces. Both half-title pages as well as title-pages printed in red/black ink. Lim. edition. A good set. Nº de ref. de la librería 214483

Descripción: Longmans Green and Co: Cassell and Co: Seely and Co: Chas. Scribner's Sons and sold by Chatto and Windus, London, UK, 1894. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Very Good. 1894-1898. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good plus condition. Maroon cloth overboards with title label to the spines. Gilt to the top edge of pages, side and bottom edge of pages uncut. 28 volumes complete. All volumes in very good plus to near fine condition. All volumes with a bookplate to the front pastedown. Edgewear to the covers of most books especially to the spine ends. Some volumes with extensive rubbing and discolouration to the spines and boardsd. Interior of all volumes very clean and bright and free from foxing. Some of the volumes with split joints. But on the whole a very good to near fine set. Contact for further images. Nº de ref. de la librería Web821

Descripción: Cassell and Company, 1916, 1916. Estado de conservación: Used - Like New. Cassell and Company, 1916. Limited/Numbered. 8vo, 20 volumes, various paginations, VG in uniform cloth (top edges dusty, some darkeneing to endpapers, fine internally); t.e.g. The Pentland edition: #20/1550 copies. Illustrated in b&w. Nº de ref. de la librería R00024

Descripción: John D. Morris & Company, 1906. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Very Good. Limited. (Literary Works) STEVENSON, Robert Louis; edited by Charles Curtis Bigelow and Temple Scott. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Philadelphia: John D. Morris & Company, 1906. Ten Volumes, octavo (8.5 x 6), hardcover, red cloth, spine labels. The Samoan Edition Deluxe, limited to one thousand numbered sets of which this is number 543. Volume I: The Arabian Nights, The Dynamiter; Volume II: Treasure Island, Kidnapped; Volume III: Black Arrow, Merry Men, Etc.; Volume IV: Master of Ballantrae, Prince Otto; Volume V: An Inland Voyage, Travels with a Donkey, etc.; Volume VI: Memories and Portraits, Virginibus Puerisque, etc.; Volume VII: THe Siouth Seas, Silverado Squatters, etc.; Volume VIII: Poems-Ballads, Plays; Volume IV: Across the Plains, Essays and Reviews; Volume X: Familiar Studies, Biography, etc. Books all in similar shape. Solid, tight binding. Light wear to spine labels. Very Good condition!. Nº de ref. de la librería 102195

Descripción: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921-1923., 1921. The Vailima Edition, Limited to 1030 copies of which this No 123, and initialed by hand in ink by Lloyd Osbourne who wrote the Introduction. Complete in 26 volumes. Large 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth with titled paper label to spines, edges untrimmed. With frontispieces. A tight set, with edges very slightly dusty. Apparently unread, with pages uncut. Internally clean and bright. A near immaculate set of the best edition of Stevenson's works in its original binding. Prideaux. Nº de ref. de la librería 39073

Descripción: Charles Scribner's Sons" NY, 1905. 24 Volumes. 7 x 4.5", 3/4 brown leather with gilt-dec spine; marbled boards, minor extremity wear else a nice, decorative binding. Nº de ref. de la librería 11-tfrls24

Descripción: GARDEN CITY, CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1921-23, 1921. Hardcover. ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH, WHITE PAPER LABELS ON THE SPINE; 26 VOLUMES; ONE OF 1,030 SETS; SIGNED IN VOLUME I BY LLOYD OSBOURNE WITH INITIALS VAILIMA EDITION GOOD-VERY GOOD. Signed by Author(s). Nº de ref. de la librería 163009

Descripción: Robert Louis Stevenson, 1894. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Very Good. The impressive Edinburgh Edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's Works, sadly missing one volume, but includes the six additional volumes, and the unusual Appendix volume, with ephemera bound-in. Limited Edition. This Edinburgh Edition consists of one thousand and thirty-five copies all numbered. No. 847. The Edinburgh Edition is missing Romances, Volume I. The Appendix volume has been modified, withthe facsimile ephemera bound in. The supplementary volumes consist of: Letters to Family and Friends: 2 vols, Methuen, 1899 (with a supplement of 'Additional Letters' included); the Life, by Graham Balfour: 2 vols, Methuen, 1901; Stevensoniana, edited by J. A. Hammerton: Grant Richards, 1903; and the Bibliography by Prideaux: Frank Hollings, 1903. Condition: In a uniform red cloth binding. Externally, slightly rubbed and bumped, with slight chipping and marks to the spine labels. Internally, generallyfirmly bound, with occasional foxing, that varies in intensity between volumes. With bookplates to most of the front pastedowns. Some bookplates have had blank paper laid down over them. The red dye has run on to the top of the page margins of the Balfour volumes. Overall: VERY GOOD. Nº de ref. de la librería 013490

Descripción: T. and A. Constable for Longmans Green and Co., Edinburgh, 1894. Hardback. Estado de conservación: V.g. limited ediiton. 8vo. 33 VOLUMES. No. 127 of a Limited Edition of 1035 Copies. Maroon cloth, paper labels. [spare labels at rear of each volume]. T.e.g. Printed by T. and A. Constable for Longmans, Green & Co.: Cassell and Co., Seeley & Co., Chas. Scribner's Sons and Sold by Chatto & Windus. The numbered set comprisimng 28 volumes 1894-98 plus the extra 5 volumes pub. slightly later. The Lifeof RLS by Balfour [2 vols]; Letters to his family and friends [2vols] and Stevensonia by Hammerton. Spines uniformily sunned as often with some foxing but mainly clean. A nice set with a low limited edition number [hand initialled]. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. Nº de ref. de la librería Z007

Descripción: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1907. 27 volumes. The Novels and Tales. TREASURE ISLAND: 266 pp. THE WRONG BOX & THE EBB TIDE: 399 pp. THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE: 291 pp. THE WRECKER: 497 pp. (Light stain across the front cover.) THE BLACK ARROW & THE MIS-ADVENTURES OF JOHN NICHOLSON & THE BODY-SNATCHER: 430 pp. KIDNAPPED: 281 pp. DAVID BALFOUR: 355 pp. PRINCE OTTO & ISLAND NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS & FATHER DAMIEN: 432 pp. NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS: 386 pp. MORE NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS & THE STORY OF A LIE: 345 pp. (Small stains on front bottom edge of front cover.) THE MERRY MEN AND OTHER TALES AND FABLES/THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE: 372 pp. St. IVES: 485 pp. Letters and Miscellanies. WEIR OF HERMISTON & THE PLAYS & FABLES: 508 pp. MEMOIR OF FLEEMING JENKIN & RECORDS OF A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS: 366 pp. LETTERS TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS I and II, edited by Sidney Colvin: 443 pp. and 465 pp. NEW LETTERS, edited by Colvin (1912): 338 pp. CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESSED TO SIDNEY COLVIN; November 1890 to October 1894: 322 pp. IN THE SOUTH SEAS & A FOOT-NOTE TO HISTORY: 1 fold-out colour map. 591 pp. SKETCHES & CRITICISMS, ETC: 669 pp. The Travels and Essays. VIRGINIBUS PUERSIQUE & MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS: 358 pp. FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS & MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS: 400 pp. AN INLAND VOYAGE TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY & EDINBURGH: 358 pp. THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT & ACROSS THE PLAINS & THE SILVERADO SQUATTERS: 428 pp. The Ballads and Other Poems. A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES & UNDERWOODS & BALLADS: 359 pp. THE LIFE OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON by Graham Balfour (2vols): 256 pp. plus colour map and 275 pp. White endpapers. Red cloth with gilt titles. Spines slightly faded. All vols: VG+. Nº de ref. de la librería 017036

Descripción: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. Paperback. Estado de conservación: Brand New. 10603 pages. 12.28x9.69x9.45 inches. In Stock. Nº de ref. de la librería 1443803510

Descripción: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. Octavo, 26 volumes. 3/4 red leather, raised bands, gilt titles to the spine, gilt topstain. The biographical edition of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson in 26 volumes. In very good condition. Nº de ref. de la librería 2264

Descripción: Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1921, 1921. Limited American Printing 525/1030, Hard Covers, VG- to VG #525 of 1030. intro by + initialed "L.O." Lloyd Osbourne, American author and the stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson. blue cloth covers with tanning paper labels on spines; never read, most pages are uncut. Nº de ref. de la librería 90893

Descripción: Longmans Green and Co., etc. 36223, Edinburgh & London. 8vo. Illustrations Miscellanies- 4 volumes; Tales and Fantasies - 4 volumes; Travels and Excursions - 3 volumes; Romances - 8 volumes; South Sea Yarns - 3 volumes; Letters to the Family Friends - 2 volumes; Biography - 1 volume; Poetry - 1 volume; Correspondence (Vailima Letters) - 1 volume; History - 1 volume; Drama: in Collaboration with W.E. Henley - 1 volume; The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Graham Balfour - 2 volumes; and Appendix - 1 volume. All volumes have the spines slightly sunned otherwise in very good condition Red cloth with paper label to spine (extra paper spine label in each volume) Edinburgh Edition, limited edition of 1035 this # 348 signed W. B.B. (W.B. Blaike). Nº de ref. de la librería 36223

Descripción: William Heinemann/Charles Scribners Sons,, London, 1922. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Very Good. Hardcover, dark blue cloth, spines faded uniformly to an agreeable brown color; 8vo. Spine lettering, cover design, and top edges are gilt. This edition is set #756 of 1060 sets for sale in the United Kingdom or for presentation. No bookplates, no markings, no wear. Very good condition throughout. Photos on request. Nº de ref. de la librería 95-S-77-4

Descripción: William Mackenzie, UK. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Near Fine. No Jacket. 4.5" X 6.75". h/b slight wear and general rubbing to the spines. Brown Leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt palm motif to front board and gilt lining to both front and rear boards. All page edging is in gilt, silk book marker in all volumes. PRINTERS - The Edinburgh Press * Cassell & Co Ltd * The Mayflower Press. A rare full set of the Tusitala edition in brown leather rather than blue, The Palm motif has moved from the spine to the front board. About half the volumes have prefaces by Mrs F Stevenson and info articles by Lloyd Osbourne. Unlike the blue edition all volumes here are numbered. Volumes: 1 - New Arabian Nights - 2nd Impression 1924 2 - Treasure Island - 3rd Impression 1924 3 - The Dynamiter - 2nd Impression 1924 4 - Prince Otto - first thus 1924 5 - Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde; Fables & other stories & Fragments - 1st Tusitala 1924 6 - Kidnapped (fold out map to rear) 1st Tusitala 1923 7 - Catriona - 1st Tusitala 1924 8 - The Merry Men & Other tales - 2nd Impression 1924 9 - The Black Arrow - 3rd Impression 1924 10 - The Master of Ballantrae - 1st 1924 11 - The Wrong Box: The Body-Snatcher - 4th Impression 1924 12 - The Wrecker- 2nd Impression 1924 13 -Island Nights Entertainments; The Misadventures of John Nicholson - 1st 1924 14 - The Ebb-Tide; The Story of a Lie - 1st 1924 15 - St Ives - 2nd Impression (slight split on guttering) 16 - Weir of Hermiston & Some Unfinished Stories - 2nd Impression 1924 17 - An Inland Voyage; Travels with a Donkey - 1st 1924 18 - The Amateur Emigrant; the Old and New Pacific Capitals; The Silverado Squatters; the Silverado Diary (excerpts) - 1st 1924 19 - Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin: Records of a Family of Engineers - new impression 1924 20 - In the South Seas (fold out map at front) - 1st 1924 21 - Vailma Papers; Prayers; Father Damien; Tutuila; A Footnote to History; Letters from the South Seas - 1st 1924 22 - Poems Vol 1 (A Childs Garden of Verses, Underwoods, Songs of Travel, Moral Emblems)- first thus 1924 23 - Poems Vol 2 (Ballads, New Poems, Index) - first thus 1924 24 - Plays - 2nd Impression 1924 25 - Virginibus Puerisque & other Essays in Belles Lettres - 1st 1924 26 - Ethical Studies; Edinburgh; Picturesque Notes - 1st 1924 27 - Familiar Studies of Men & Books 2nd Impression 1924 28 - Essays Literary and Critical - 3rd Impression 1924 29 - Memories and Portraits & Other Fragments - 1st 1924 30 - Further Memories - 2nd Impression 1924 31 - Letters Vol I (November 1863 to July 1875) - 1st 1924 32 - Letters Vol II (July 1875 to July 1884) - 1st 1924 33 - Letters Vol III (September 1884 to September 1890) - 1st 1924 34 - Letters Vol IV (November 1890 to December 1892) - 1st 1924 35 - Letters Vol V (January 1893 to December 1894) - 1st 1924. Nº de ref. de la librería 032367

Descripción: THE DAVOS PRESS, 1906. Estado de conservación: Fair. The Manhattan. N/A. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Nº de ref. de la librería GRP56695493