the silverado squatters, stevenson

Book Description: London: Chatto & Windus, 1883., 1883. 8vo., (7 4/8 x 5 inches). 32-page publisher’s catalogue dated October 1883 at end. Sepia frontispiece. Original sage-green cloth decorated and lettered in sepia and gold; preserved in a green morocco backed slipcase and chemise. Provenance: with the bookplate of James S. Copley on the front paste-down of each volume, his sale, Sotheby’s New York "Magnificent American, Historical Documents", 10th May 2011, lot 1059. First edition, first issue, with the word "His" omitted on next to last line of page 140. Stevenson rashly emigrated to America to be reunited with his lover Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne in August of 1879. "For the sake of economy and to collect material for a book he sailed from Glasgow to New York by the emigrant ship "Devonia", describing his experiences in "The Amateur Emigrant", part 1 (abridged, 1895; unabridged, 1966). He made a nightmare journey by emigrant train across America to San Francisco and then down the coast to Monterey, where Fanny was living with her children; it is described in part 2 (published in "Across the Plains", 1892). The hardships of the journey and the poverty that he endured wrecked Stevenson's health, and he was ill for much of the time. He broke down completely in March 1880 and came very near death, having the first of the haemorrhages from the lung that plagued the rest of his life. Fanny, who had obtained a divorce from Osbourne in December, took him into her home and nursed him devotedly. Stevenson and Fanny were married in San Francisco on 19 May 1880. They spent their honeymoon in an abandoned mining camp on the slopes of Mount St Helena, overlooking the Napa valley, experiences later described [as here] in "The Silverado Squatters" (1884)" (Ernest Mehew for DNB). Cowan, p. 615; Howes S980. Bookseller Inventory # 72lib420

Book Description: Cloth. Arion Press, 1996. As New in orig box. #47/250. Signed by Kenna. +Prosp. Bookseller Inventory # HK3056-FPP

Book Description: Chatto & Windus, London, 1883. First edition, first issue (with the word "His" omitted on the next to last line of page 140, and with the publisher's ads at the rear, dated "October"). Small octavo. Pp. [6], 254, [2], 32(ads). Frontispiece by Joseph Strong. Original sage green pictorial cloth stamped in brown and gilt, gilt-lettering to spine. Bookplate. Two corners slightly jammed. Extremities rubbed, primarily at spine ends and joints. A very good, tight copy. Stevenson's famous work on his stay at Napa, California including a chapter on Napa Wine. "Fourteen delightful essays resulting from the author's dwelling high on the side of Mt. St. Helena by the entrance to an abandoned silver mine. It contains one of the author's finest sketches, many times reprinted, The Sea Fogs" (Zamorano Eighty). As is well known, a smitten Robert Louis Stevenson came to California in poor health to pursue Fanny Van de Grift Osborne, a married woman. She obtained a divorce and the two married in May, 1880. To restore his health and escape the fogs of San Francisco Bay, the couple, along with Fanny's twelve-year-old son, Samuel Lloyd Osborne, honeymooned at the abandoned cabin of a silver mine on the shoulder of Mt. St. Helena. During the warm months of June and July, the honeymooners absorbed the charm of this bucolic and picturesque setting. Silverado Squatters provides a charming and endearing picture of life in the shadow of Mt. St. Helena and marks an important turning point in Stevenson's career. "As a writer, this summer at Silverado he left behind his fumbling youth. Silverado was the retreat that healed his soul and gave him back to the world" (Ann Roller Issler). [Cowan: p.615; Howell 50: 854; Howes I: S-980; Howes II: S-987; Zamorano Eighty: 71]. Bookseller Inventory # 6430

Book Description: Arion Press, 1996. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Signed. Limited Edition; SIGNED BY MICHAEL KENNA; Limited Edition; Number 52 of 250 copies; NEAR FINE quarter-bound rust-colored cloth with cork sides; black-stamped cork spine label; head of spine very slightly bumped; small bookplate on back pastedown endpaper; otherwise internally pristine; binding tight; signed by photographer Michael Kenna on limitations page. Publisher's promotional pamphlet laid-in. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 71849

Book Description: Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable for Longmans Green and Co. -1910, 1895. Edinburgh Ed. 33 vols. in total. Bookplate, maroon cloth with very lightly browned paper title label to spines, some very minor signs of wear, spines lightly faded, t.e.g. No. 836 of a Limited Edition of 1035 Copies. Additional postage may be necessary. US$736. Bookseller Inventory # 208496

Book Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923, 1923. Number 151 of 380 copies. Folio. Portrait frontispiece and other illustrations by Howard Whitford Willard. Printed by John Henry Nash. xii, 99, [3] pp. Bound in full burnt orange morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, by Duncan Olsmsted signed and dated at back 1954, with matching In morocco- backed cloth chemise and slipcase. Bookseller Inventory # 248619

Book Description: San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1996., 1996. Small quarto. Cloth and cork over boards. Illustrated with 16 duotone photographs. Bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise fine First printing in this format. Illustrated with photographs by Michael Kenna, and with an Introduction by Oscar Lewis. One of 250 numbered copies (of 276) printed by Andrew Hoyem and associates on Zerkall mouldmade paper, and signed by the photographer. Bookseller Inventory # WRCLIT 64760

Book Description: London, Chatto and Windus, 1883. Original pictorial green cloth. Front board and spine stamped and lettered in brown and gilt. Printer's mark stamped in brown on rear board. Brown coated endpapers. Back slightly rubbed. Corners slightly bumped, and spine a bit crooked, otherwise fine. Catalogue at rear dated "October1883. [8], 254, [1, printer's imprint], [1, blank], 32 ads pp. Frontispiece. Presentation-inscription for Maggie Moore, dated 1886, on half-title. First edition, first issue. Stevenson's travel memoir of his two-month honeymoon in 1880 to Napa Valley CA with Fanny Vandegrift, and her son, Lloyd Osbourne. Bookseller Inventory # 39229

Book Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1904, 1904. 24 vols., 8vo. . Red cloth, gilt lettering on backstrips, t.e.g. Backstrips faded, some spine ends and corners a trifle bumped, else very good (24). Bookseller Inventory # 3655

Book Description: Chatto and Windus,, London:, 1883. Inserted frontis by Joseph Strong. The work Stevenson's travel memoir of his two-month honeymoon in 1880 to Napa Valley CA with Fanny Vandegrift, and her son, Lloyd Osbourne. A fascinating journal, which describes early aspects of valley life, Stevenson also herein documents, to a small degree, the budding California vinticulture business. One of Powell's 'California Classics'. Spine a bit faded, with light wear at the spine ends. Early pos to ffep. A VG+ copy. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Bevelled edges. TEG. 8vo. 1st book edition (Cowan II, p. 615; Prideaux, p. 24; Zamorano 80, #71). [8], 254, [2] pp. Last page blank. No catalogue at rear. Bookseller Inventory # 32289

Book Description: Chatto & Windus, London, 1883. First Edition. 254pp + 32pp :: 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5") :: Adverts dated October 1883 G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Some rubbing to boards. Hinges cracked, binding tight. Previous owner's plate to front pastedown. Some browning within Olive hardback cloth cover with brown/gilt design. Bookseller Inventory # ste34

Book Description: Chatto & Windus, London, 1883. First edition. 254pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Original decorative green cloth with gilt stamped titles on the backstrip. Volume has been resewn with new marbled pastedowns and endsheets added. Backstrip shows some sunning. Internally clean. Thirty-two page Chatto and Windus catalog at the rear. Catalog is dated October, 1883. Howes S980. Zamorano 71. Bookseller Inventory # 27302

Book Description: Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1884. First US edition. Original mustard-yellow cloth stamped in black with gilt spine titles, 12 mo; 287 pp. Frontispiece. Floral-patterned endpapers. Stevenson married Fannie Osborne in San Francisco in 1880 and the newlyweds honeymooned at a rustic camp at the abandoned Silverado mine on the slopes of Mount St. Helena near Calisoga in the Napa Valley. "The Silverado Squatters," Stevenson's account of their honeymoon, was the first of the series of 3 books chronicling his journey from Scotland to San Francisco in pursuit of his bride. The other 2 books are "The Amateur Emigrant" (1895) and "Across the Plains" (1892). This first US edition is quite scarce. Spine ends somewhat frayed; small chip to fore-edge of front free endpaper, 1924 gift inscription to back of frontispiece, overall a very good copy; quite attractive and presentable. Bookseller Inventory # 18281

Book Description: Boston: Robert Brothers, 1884. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First American edition. Very Good. It is a bit cocked and dusty. The corners are bumped. Otherwise (like all Robert Brothers Stevensons) it is a completely charming little book. Bookseller Inventory # 217

Book Description: London, Chatto & Windus, 1883., 1883. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION, preceded by a pamphlet of the same title, nominally published (10 copies!) to secure English copyright. 8vo., pp. 254. A very attractive early binding of half brown morocco, gilt titles and decoration to spine, top edge gilt, marbled boards and end-papers. Illustrated. Contemporary bookplate, bound without ads. Slight rubbing, occasional light foxing. Near fine. Scarce. Prideaux; A Bibliography of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (1917). [Item 9]. Grolier Club Exhibition Catalogue [52]. Bookseller Inventory # 20239

Book Description: Scribner's 1905, 1905. Embossed decorated red cloth binding. 20 volumes of (27?) Very good condition. Top edge gilt., some spine dulling to two volumes. Previous owner's bookplates. Light wear to the extremities. Lovely set. (HPO) ISBN: Bookseller Inventory # 982487

Book Description: Chatto & Windus, London, 1883. Black hardback cloth cover. Second Edition. 254pp :: 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5") :: 2nd impression without adverts G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed with abrasion to spine. Bookseller Inventory # ste34a

Book Description: Roberts, 1884. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fair. First American Edition. 1884. Faded green cloth cover has heavy wear to extremities and soiling. Boards and spine are straight with bumped corners. Binding is cracked. Front end sheet has large damp stain. There is a handwritten "property of.library." from 19th century on front paste down. There is an oval ink stamp on front end sheet that reads "From Harvey, the Jeweler, Hillsdale, NY". There is ocassional very minor and very small damp staining in the text with ocassional soil spots that have toned. ; 287 pages. Bookseller Inventory # 49387

Book Description: The Co-Operative Publication Soc, 1904. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Ex- Library Copy Previous owner's nameplate on first page. Bookseller Inventory # mon0000427695

Book Description: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1923. Hardbound. Book Condition: Very Good/ No Dj. Limited Ed. 99, Green w/ white label w/ black title at spine. Slight shelf wear. Pages and boards yellowing from age, slight scuffing to boards and slipcase that book comes in. Limited number edition #194. Bookseller Inventory # BOOKS2045082I

Book Description: Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1923. No. 221 of a limited edition of 380 (pp. xii, 99). Folio in matching slipcase (32.5). From the colophon: “John Henry Nash, of San Francisco, certifies that this copy is one of an edition of three hundred and eighty printed by him, from hand-set types which have been distributed, and the presswork completed in the month of September, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-three. The title-page portrait and illustrative head-bands are the work of Howard Whitford Willard. This copy is No. 221.” Also, bound in, Nash’s punning errata slip. Printed on hand-made paper with Nash’s water-mark, the text as yet unopened (You will want a paper-knife). This copy has apparently stayed in its slipcase, as it is unread, and so the text and covers are clean and bright(the text especially). The exposed spine, however, is faded and in need of repair. The title label survives. The slipcase is faded and worn at the edges. Still, a handsome, well-executed design. Bookseller Inventory # 1616

Book Description: Scribner's, N.Y., 1923. Decorative Boards. Book Condition: Very Good Ext.; Fine Int. Limited/Numbered. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Edition limitedto 380 copies of which this is #244, printed by John Henry Nash. 99pp, [xii]; title page port. & illustrative head-bands by Howard Whitford Willard; colophon; Nash's "AVOWAL" slip tipped in; decorative slipcase matching the decorative boards. 1 1/4" tear at spine head; 2 tiny tears at spine foot; slipcase is edge-worn. Bookseller Inventory # 000544

Book Description: Quiet Vision Pub, 2000. Paperback. Book Condition: Used: Good. Spine/Cover show moderate wear. Pages are crisp and clean for the most part. A few pages may have writing/Highlighting in them. Book is still in overall good condition. (Paperback)Free Delivery Confirmation. Ships from Arizona. Satisfaction Guaranteed.Free Delivery Confirmation. Ships from Arizona. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Bookseller Inventory # 2AK110612028

Book Description: IndyPublish, 2002. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. 112 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.26 inches. This item is printed on demand. Bookseller Inventory # zk1404329714

Book Description: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1909. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 16mo. Full-Leather. 14 volumes of the Biographical Edition, All volumes have the leather in a disintegrating state, most cvrs are hinged and the leather edges are gone, some spine cvrs are in poor shape, all boards w/decorative gilt titles on Fcvrs are present, very light browning on solid book interiors, no personal or owner markings found, wear, soil, page top edges are gilt. Titles not listed above include: An Inland Voyage; David Balfour; Kidnapped; Travels With a Donkey; Across The Plains; and, Essays of Travel and The Art of Writing. Book. Bookseller Inventory # 001870

Book Description: Chatto & Windus, London, 1897. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Art nouveau leather spine, slight rubbing to covers else VG, 6th and 9th editions, 254pps and 137pps, respectively. An attractive copy. 1897-8. Bookseller Inventory # 85328

Book Description: The New York Public Library. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __1131139704

Book Description: Ashland; Lewis Osborne; 1972, 1972. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Limited Ed. 115 pages; F/NF; book is crisp, clean and tight; limited edition - book 368 of 500; covered in plain white dj that shows minor shelfwear. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-277412952

Book Description: SF: Grabhorn Press, 1952., 1952. 8vo, linen-backed decorated bds., paper spine label. Limitation not stated. One of 25 copies specially bound (of an edition of 900) copies for the members of the Silverado Squatters Camp, Bohemian Grove. Upper sections of covers (approximately 1/4" to 1/2") moderately sunned; spine moderately sunned; internally a fine copy. Bookseller Inventory # 14490