the Works of R. Louis Stevenson - 14 volume set (complete except missing volume VII)
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair to Good, boards are water-stained at edges, Vol VII spine is chipped at top, but all contents clean and bindings tight; no
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: PF Collier, no date, ca 1900. 1st edition.. 14 Hardcover volumes in dark green cloth boards w gilt spine titling; no jackets as issued.. Fair to Good, boards are water-stained at edges, Vol VII spine is chipped at top, but all contents clean and bindings tight; no owner names or markings.. Missing only one volume of the complete set,. Good reading copies, with boards stained at edges and a few more extensively. However, bindings are tight, spine gilt ok, and no other internal markings. Some of the volumes are illustrated. I - An Inland Voyage + Travels With a Donkey; II - Virginibus Purisque + Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde; III - Edinburgh + Silverado Squatters + Will o the Mill; IV - New Arabian Nights; V - New Arabian Nights (cont) + Merry Men & Other Tales & Fables; VI - Master of Ballantrae; VII - Familiar Studies of Men & Books; IX - Kidnapped; X - the Black Arrow; XI - Prince Otto; XII - Memories & Portraits; XIII - Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin; XIV - the Dynamiter; XV - Underwoods + a Child*s Garden of Verses.
Each volume is 5-3/4 x 8-1/4, monotone illustrations in several of the volumes.
Each volume is 5-3/4 x 8-1/4, monotone illustrations in several of the volumes.
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- Bookseller
- edburynbooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31790
- Title
- the Works of R. Louis Stevenson - 14 volume set (complete except missing volume VII)
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- 14 Hardcover volumes in dark green cloth boards w gilt spine titling; no jackets as issued.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair to Good, boards are water-stained at edges, Vol VII spine is chipped at top, but all contents clean and bindings tight; no
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- PF Collier
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- no date, ca 1900
- Keywords
- Fiction, Poetry, Literature, Criticism
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
edburynbooks
Biblio member since 2007
Nevada City, California
About edburynbooks
I sell from my home, where I have about 25,000 books shelved or stored. I am also an author, poet, photographer, taroist, publisher, collector. Selling books online for almost 15 years, including my own titles and rare books from my collection.
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