The Ebb Tide
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; Osbourne, Lloyd
It is Tahiti in the 1890's and three men--an American sea captain, an English gentleman and a cockney thief--are 'on the beach'. Dispossessed and destitute, the 'trio' agree to sail a smallpox-infected ship loaded with champagne to Sydney, Australia, plotting to steal the cargo, scupper the vessel, and head for the 'Dangerous Archipelago'. Predictably, the thieves fall out. They lose their course and are driven towards an uncharted island which flies the red ensign. The owner of the island, also an English gentleman, has amassed a fortune in pearls. He is both a stern disciplinarian and a religious megalomaniac. As the protagonists in this 'quartette' begin to play out their parts, the plot moves to its dramatic, but ambiguous, conclusion. Stevenson's tale of exploitation in the South Seas recreates both the period and the place through a brilliant exploration of the moral corruption of colonisation.
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by Robert Louis Stevenson; Lloyd Osbourne
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- 1894
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London: William Heinemann, 1894. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5" . None . The first edition, first impression of this novel by R L Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne, in the original bronze cloth. The first edition, first impression of this novel written in a collaboration between Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne,… Read more about this item Item Price
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by STEVENSON, Robert Louis; OSBOURNE, Lloyd
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- 1906
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London: Heinemann, 1906. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Gilt top edge. 232 pp.
Shelf wear. Cut across front free endpaper. Tight and clean.
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by STEVENSON, Robert Louis; OSBOURNE, Lloyd
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London: Heinemann, 1906. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Gilt top edge. 232 pp.
Shelf wear. Tear along left edge of spine. Tight and clean.
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- 1894
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London: Cassell and Co, 1894. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Original illustrated publisher's cloth. viii, 240, 20 (ads). Ads dated August 1894, indicating a first issue.
Shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Tearing along left edge of spine. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Tight and clean.
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London: Cassell and Co, 1894. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Original illustrated publisher's cloth. viii, 240, 20 (ads). Ads dated August 1894, indicating a first issue.
Minor shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Tearing to edges of spine. Bookplate inside front cover and some 1890s inscriptions in endpapers. Tight and clean.
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- 1894
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London: Cassell and Co, 1894. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Original illustrated publisher's cloth. viii, 240, 20 (ads). Ads dated August 1894, indicating a first issue.
Minor shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Tearing to cloth at header of spine. Bookplate inside front cover. Tight and clean.
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by STEVENSON, Robert Louis; OSBOURNE, Lloyd
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- First Edition, first issue
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- 1894
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London: Cassell and Co, 1894. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Original illustrated publisher's cloth. viii, 240, 20 (ads). Ads dated August 1894, indicating a first issue.
Minor shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Tearing along edges of spine and some discoloration to cloth. Tight and clean.
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by STEVENSON, Robert Louis; OSBOURNE, Lloyd
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- 1894
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London: Cassell and Co, 1894. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Original illustrated publisher's cloth. viii, 240, 20 (ads). Ads dated August 1894, indicating a first issue.
Minor shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Some discoloration to cloth. Bookplate inside front cover. Tight and clean.
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- 1894
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London: Cassell and Co, 1894. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Original illustrated publisher's cloth. viii, 240, 20 (ads). Ads dated August 1894, indicating a first issue.
Minor shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Scuffing to cloth. Bookplates inside front cover. Tight and clean.
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by STEVENSON, Robert Louis; OSBOURNE, Lloyd
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- 1894
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London: Cassell and Co, 1894. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Original illustrated publisher's cloth. viii, 240, 20 (ads). Ads dated August 1894, indicating a first issue.
Minor shelf wear. Front hinge overopened. Scuffing to cloth. 1894 inscription on front free endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. Tight and clean.
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The Ebb-Tide [FIRST EDITION]; A Trio and Quartette
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis; OSBOURNE, Lloyd
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- First Edition, first issue
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- 1894
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- Hardcover
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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London: Cassell and Co, 1894. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Original illustrated publisher's cloth. viii, 240, 20 (ads). Ads dated August 1894, indicating a first issue.
Minor shelf wear. Tear at header of spine. An excellent copy.
This is a first edition, first issue of Stevenson's classic novel, co-written with his stepson, Osbourne. (Prideaux… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Ebb-Tide [FIRST EDITION]; A Trio and Quartette
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis; OSBOURNE, Lloyd
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition, first issue
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- 1894
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- Hardcover
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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London: Cassell and Co, 1894. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Original illustrated publisher's cloth. viii, 240, 20 (ads). Ads dated August 1894, indicating a first issue.
Minor shelf wear. Front hinge overopened. An excellent copy.
This is a first edition, first issue of Stevenson's classic novel, co-written with his stepson, Osbourne. (Prideaux 40)
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by STEVENSON, Robert Louis; OSBOURNE, Lloyd
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- First Edition, first issue
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- 1894
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- Hardcover
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London: Cassell and Co, 1894. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Original illustrated publisher's cloth. viii, 240, 20 (ads). Ads dated August 1894, indicating a first issue.
Minor shelf wear. Contemporary signature inside front cover. An excellent copy.
This is a first edition, first issue of Stevenson's classic novel, co-written with his stepson, Osbourne. (Prideaux… Read more about this item Item Price
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by STEVENSON, Robert Louis; OSBOURNE, Lloyd
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition, first issue
- Published
- 1894
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- Hardcover
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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London: Cassell and Co, 1894. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Original illustrated publisher's cloth. viii, 240, 20 (ads). Ads dated August 1894, indicating a first issue.
Minor shelf wear. Contemporary signature inside front cover. An excellent copy.
This is a first edition, first issue of Stevenson's classic novel, co-written with his stepson, Osbourne. (Prideaux… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Ebb-Tide [FIRST EDITION]; A Trio and Quartette
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis; OSBOURNE, Lloyd
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition, first issue
- Published
- 1894
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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London: Cassell and Co, 1894. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Original illustrated publisher's cloth. viii, 240, 20 (ads). Ads dated August 1894, indicating a first issue.
Minor shelf wear. Bookplate inside front cover. An excellent copy.
This is a first edition, first issue of Stevenson's classic novel, co-written with his stepson, Osbourne. (Prideaux 40)… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Ebb-Tide [FIRST EDITION]; A Trio and Quartette
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis; OSBOURNE, Lloyd
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- Used - Near fine
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- First Edition, first issue
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- 1894
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- Hardcover
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London: Cassell and Co, 1894. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. Original illustrated publisher's cloth. viii, 240, 20 (ads). Ads dated August 1894, indicating a first issue.
Minor shelf wear. 1896 signature on front free endpaper. An excellent copy.
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The Ebb-Tide : a Trio, and Quartette : Biographical Edition by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
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Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1911. Acceptable. 271 p., immaculate and unmarked--not ex-lib., no former owner's name; green and white decorated end pages; paper strong and white; binding firm; gilt lettering and ornamentation on front board still bright, but somewhat effaced on spine. leather on boards seriously abraded, with tears. Rebound would be quite fine. Item Price
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by STEVENSON, Robert Louis; OSBOURNE, Lloyd
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- 1906
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London: Heinemann, 1906. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Gilt top edge. 232 pp.
Shelf wear. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Tight and clean.
This is an attractive antique copy of Stevenson's classic novel, co-written by his stepson Osbourne. This copy is from the estate of Rex… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Ebb-Tide. A Trio and Quartette. 1894
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; Osborne, Lloyd
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- Used - G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and darkened
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- First Edition
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- 1894
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London: William Heinemann. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and darkened. 1894. First Edition. Decorated green cloth boards. 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). 237pp + ads. . Item Price
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The Ebb-Tide: A Trio and Quartette. 1910
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; Osbourne, Lloyd
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- Used - G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription
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- Reprint
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- 1910
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- Black hardback cloth cover
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London: William Heinemann Ltd. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription. 1910. Reprint. Black hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 237pp. . Item Price
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