Across the Plains

1892. London: Chatto & Windus, 1892. Original very dark blue cloth, beveled. First Edition (English -- published on the same day as the American). This volume consists largely of Stevenson's thoughts as he journeyed by train in 1879 from New York to San Francisco, in pursuit of the American woman he had recently met on the Continent (and… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, slight lean. Deckled edges,top edge gilt. First printing, no others noted. The middle section of Robert Louis Stevenson's three-part travel memoir which began with The Amateur Emigrant and ended with The Silverado Squatters. The book describes Stevenson's railroad… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). In original red publisher's cloth, titled in gilt on spine; grey coated endpapers; 12 pp of publisher's ads at rear; [x], 317, [1], 12pp. A sturdy copy, with minor dirt and rubbing to cloth, internally clean: Very Good. 12 essays, mainly reprinted from Scribner's… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1910. Fine-paper. hardback. Very good, red full-leather binding, gilt titling and decorations on front and spine (spine edges a little fragile), patterned pastedowns, all edges gilt, pages unmarked and tightly bound.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Across the Plains (1892) is the middle section of Robert Louis Stevenson's three-part travel memoir… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & WIndus, 1892. First trade edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Slight edge wear; owner's bookplate. Pieces on the American West, on Fontainbleau, Scotland, Sicily, Dreams, on being a professional artist, and a Christmas Sermon. Reference: Prideaux, 33.

Chatto & Windus, 1915. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1915. No Edition Remarks. 212 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have some edge wear, with pronounced bumping… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1892. First Edition. Good in dark blue cloth covered beveled boards with gilt text on the spine and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 4 7/8 inches with the cloth worn through at the tips of the boards and beginning to wear and separate… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus, 1915. Hardcover. Good. 1915. No Edition Noted. 212 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some… Read more about this item

Charles Scribner & Sons, 1898. Very Good Hardcover, some fading to spine, part of the "Thistle author's edition" 1898. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover.

Chatto & Windus, London, 1892. Hardback, recently rebound in half-morocco with marbled paper covered boards, housed in a custom made slipcase. 25 x 20cm. viii, [2], 317pp. Number 8 of 100 copies on large parge paper, signed by the publishers. An excellent clean copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition, published the same year as the first British edition. viii, 317pp., 12pp. Red cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Small contemporary owner's name on title, owner's decorative bookplate on front pastedown, faint stains on cloth with spine ends and corners nicked and worn, a very good copy without dustwrapper… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1892. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A first edition copy of this autobiographical work, forming a part of Robert Louis Stevenson's three-part travel memoir. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Top edge gilt. Across the Plains, first published in 1892,… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1907. Thirteenth Edition. Leather bound. Very good. Across the Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson in a fine binding by Hatchards of London.. Octavo, viii, [2], 317pp. Three-quarter black morocco, thin gilt trim to covers. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Blue cloth boards. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Bound by Hatchards in… Read more about this item

Chatto and Windus London, 1892 edges of spine repaired with black tape!! overall wear, contents good Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1913. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Gilt top edge. 212 pp. Shelf wear. Tight and clean. This is an attractive antique copy of Stevenson's classic travel memoir. This copy is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major Robert Louis Stevenson collector and archivist… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1892. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. Full blue cloth. 317 pp. Rebacked, with original spine laid down. Spine sunned. Paper repairs to foot of ffep. In original slipcase, which is lightly edge worn and scuffed, VG overall. Armorial bookplate of the Selden family and ex libris of Lynde Selden. Across the Plains… Read more about this item

London: Chatto Windus, 1918 Covers worn, bumped and chipped. spine scuffed. Signature on flyleaf. Size: 4" X 6"

London: Chatto & Windus, 1905. Pp. x+320(last blank), title page ornament; cr. 8vo; school prize binding in half red calf, spine lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, red cloth boards with gilt crest and motto of Winchester College at centre of upper board, edges of boards lightly rubbed, with some small surface grazes, the spine slightly faded… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. Some of his travels, beginning with an account of his railway journey across the USA. memories of Monterey and including essays about other places and topics. Issued in the series "The Biographical Collection of Robert Louis Stevenson" 295p.Blind stamped maroon cloth over boards. Neat unmarked copy except for… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus, 1961. 3rd impresion of the first edition. A heavy book of 351pp,purple cloth covered boards. The priceclipped dustjacket has a little loss and been heavily repaired with sellotape, and has been retained for the illustrations. Endpaper maps. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean and Near Fine. The first volume of an acclaimed biography, covering Proust's… Read more about this item