Familiar Studies of Men and Books Volume I Stevenson Robert Louis (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Small Maynard, Boston, MA 1907. 226 pages. Nice Firm copy ! Maroon cloth, fancy gold decor, top page ends gold gilt, silk reading ribbon. Light general wear. Previous owner name. Has bookplate. Size: 16mo 5.75 - 6.75'' tall. Reprint of articles on Victor Hugo, Robert Burns, Walt Whitman, Thoreau, and Yoshida-Torajiro, previously appearing in Cornhill and New Quarterly magazines. Books on Books::Literary Criticism Books on Books::Books on Authors Burns, Robert Hugo, Victor Thoreau, Henry David Whitman, Walt Yoshida, ShoI,in 7414.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1904. Nice Firm copy ! Light general wear. Previous owner name. Text pages have much pencil underlining. 226 pages. Reprint of articles on Francois Villon, Charles of Orleans. Samuel Pepys, John Knox and his relations with women, previously appearing in Cornhill and Macmillan's magazines. 7374.

1st edition. 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. 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. 14 Hardcover volumes in dark green cloth boards w gilt spine titling; no jackets as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The Medallion Edition. Handsomely produced, uniform in size, being short octavo in format, nine (9) volumes comprising the Medallion Edition of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson, scarce as a complete set. Very lightly bruised tips, tight bindings, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear beyond some to joints, edges and tips. Some bumping, scuffing to spines, but not much. Dark green leatherette covers with gilt lettering stamped on spines. Gilt top-stain. Tissue-protected portrait reproductions at frontis of each volume. Light half-toning to endpapers. Previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered, at front endpapers. Set includes: "The Arabian Nights," 400 pp.; "Familiar Studies of Men and Books," 345 pp.; xxii + 345 pp.; "'Virginibus Puerisque' and Other Papers," vii + 256 pp.; "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "The Merry Men and other Tales and Fables," viii + 396 pp.; "Kidnapped: being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751," viii + 308 pp., with previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered, at both front and back endpapers; "The Master of Ballantrae: a winter"s tale," 308 pp.; "Treasure Island," only volume with no previous owner's inscription, vi + 308 pp.; "Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes," vii + 287 pp.; and "A Child's Garden of Verse" and "Underwoods," at lxiii + 132 + 133 pp. This final volume includes, or begins with the fine Introduction to the life and work of R.L.S. by Alexander Hervey.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Partial set. Condition of all volumes is good. All are lightly rubbed at extremities, a few have some minor fraying at ends of spine, all spines dulled and darkened, a couple have water stains on the covers, a number of hinges have been reglued, all bindings are sound. The volumes are: V. KIDNAPPED; VI. DAVID BALFOUR; VII. MERRY MEN AND OTHER TALES and STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE; IX. MASTER OF BALLANTRAE; X. THE WRECKER; XI. THE WRONG BOX and EBB TIDE; AN INLAND VOYAGE, TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY and EDINBURGH; XIII. VERGINIBUS PUERISQUE, MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS; XIV. FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS and MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS; XV. AMATEUR EMIGRANT, ACROSS THE PLAINS and THE SILVERADO SQUATTERS; XVII. VALIMA LETTERS; XVIII. MEMOIR OF FLEEMING JENKIN and RECORDS OF A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS; XIX. IN THE SOUTH SEAS and A FOOT-NOTE TO HISTORY; XX. WEIR OF HERMISTON, THE PLAYS and FABLES; XXI. ST. IVES; XXII. SKETCHES and CRITICISMS, ETC.; XXIII. LETTERS I; XXIV. LETTERS II; XXV. LIFE OR ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON I; XXVI. LIFE II.

Condition: Book English Lit. Original full green cloth boards with blind tooled floral design on front cover and tooled gilt lettering and design on spine. , Size : 12mo (105mm x 155mm), Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of the author. , Volume : Three Volumes in one. , P.Blank, Frontis, Title, Contents (1), Preface (i-xiv), 1-282, Half Title, 1-60; 1-21 In very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt thistle decorations on spines. Gilt top edge. Hand-pressed paper with deckle edge. Frontispiece in each volume. This is a 14-volume set (of an original 26-volume set) of the first printing of the complete works of Robert Louis Stevenson. All volumes are Very Good condition, with common flaws being shelf wear and sunning to spines as well as overopened hinges. Most volumes have the attractive bookplate of Mr. Maughan (see below). Vol. 13 (Virginibus Puerisque etc.) has a letter from Richard Burton copied onto the front free endpaper in pen. All are tight and clean. Contains the following volumes: I. New Arabian Nights II. Treasure Island III. More New Arabian Nights / The Dynamiter / The Story of a Lie IV. Prince Otto / Island Nights Entertainments / Father Damien VI. David Balfour VII. The Merry Men and other tales and fables / Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde VIII. The Black Arrow / The Misadventures of John Nicholson / The Body Snatcher IX. The Master of Ballantrae X. The Wrecker XI. The Wrong Box / The Ebb Tide XII. An Inland Voyage / Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes / Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes XIII. Virginibus Puerisque / Memories and Portraits XIV. Familiar Studies of Men and Books / Miscellaneous Papers XV. The Amateur Emigrant / Across the Plains / The Silverado Squatters This set is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major Robert Louis Stevenson collector and archivist who, as Chairman of the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, greatly contributed to the preservation of Stevenson's estate in Valima, Samoa. (Prideaux 276).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Works of Robert Louis StevensonCharles Scribner's Sons, 189724 VolumesGood (+) to Very Good condition, boards all attached though a couple hinge papers split, red cloth covers with gold lettering, spines faded, top of text block gilt, deckle edge pages. . The books have, over 123 years old now a few spine tops stretched and a few small moisture spots. Pages are white clean flat, no writing, free endpapers cream colored, spines square. ---The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson--- Volume 1: New Arabian Nights; Volume 2: Treasure Island; Volume 3: More New Arabian Nights; Volume 4: Prince Otto, Island Night's Entertainments / Father Damien; Volume 5: Kidnapped; Volume 6: David Balfour - A Sequel to 'Kidnapped'; Volume 7: The Merry Men and other tales and fables / Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Volume 8: The Black Arrow / The Misadventures of John Nicholson / The Body Snatcher; Volume 9: The Master of Ballantrae; Volume 10: The Wrecker; Volume 11: The Wrong Box / The Ebb Tide; Volume 21: St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England ---The Travels and Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson--- Volume 12: An Inland Voyage / Travels with a Donkey / EdinburghVolume 13: Virginibus / Puerisque / Memories and Portraits; Volume 14: Familiar Studies of Men and Books / Miscellaneous Papers; Volume 15: The Amateur Emigrant / Across the Plains /The Silverado Squatters [Front endpiece corner missing] ---The Ballads and Other Poems of Robert Louis Stevenson--- Volume 16: A Child's Garden of Verses / Underwoods Ballads---Letters and Miscellanies of Robert Louis Stevenson---Volume 17: Vailima Letters; Volume 18: Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin / Records of a Family of Engineers; Volume 19: In the South Seas / A Foot-note to History; Volume 20: Weir of Hermiston / The Plays / Fables; Volume 22: Sketches / Criticisms, etc. [front endpiece loose]; Volume 23: Letters I; Volume 24: Letters II; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). A collection of twenty-six volumes from the Tusitala Edition of the works and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Uniformly bound in a full limp calf. Comprised of twenty-six volumes of The Tusitala Edition containing the works of Scottish novelist, poet and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson.Stevenson was known for his wide and varied writing, in particular for his works such as 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' and 'Kidnapped', both of which appear in this collection.Lacking volume II, VII, XIV, XVII, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXVIII and XXIX. This collection contains the following: Volume I 'New Arabian Nights' (1924), the third impression. Volume III 'More New Arabian Nights. The Dynamiter' (1924), the third impression. Volume IV 'Prince Otto' (1924). Volume V 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Fables' (1927), the fifth impression. Volume VI ' Kidnapped' (1924) the third impression. Volume VIII 'The Merry Men & Other Tales' (1928), the fourth impression. Volume IX 'The Black Arrow. A Tale of Two Roses' (1924), the fourth impression. Volume X 'The Master of Ballantrae. A Winter's Tale' (1927), the fifth impression. Volume XI 'The Wrong Box. The Body Snatcher' (1924), the fourth impression. Volume XII 'The Wrecker' (1926), the fourth impression. Volume XIII 'Island Nights' Entertainments: The Misadventures of John Nicholson' (1924), the second impression. Volume XV 'St. Ives Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England' (1928), the fifth impression. Volume XVI 'Weir of Hermiston: Some Unfinished Stories' (1925), the third impression. Volume XVII 'An Inland Voyage: Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes' (1935), the tenth impression. Volume XIX 'Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin. Records of a Family of Engineers' (1924). Volume XX 'In the South Seas' (1924), the second impression. With a folding map. Volume XXI 'Valima Papers' (1924), the second impression. Volume XXV 'Virginibus Puerisque and Other Essays in Belles Lettres' (1928), the sixth impression. Volume XXVI 'Ethical Studies: Edinburgh Picturesque Notes' (1924). Volume XXVII 'Familiar Studies of Men and Books', originally published in various periodicals.Volume XXX 'Further Memories' (1927), the third impression. Volume XXXI 'The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume One', edited by Sir Sidney Colvin. Volume XXXII 'The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume Two', edited by Sir Sidney Colvin. Volume XXXIII 'The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume Three', edited by Sir Sidney Colvin. Volume XXXIV 'The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume Four', edited by Sir Sidney Colvin. Volume XXXV 'The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume Five', edited by Sir Sidney Colvin.The ink inscription of Stephen J. Constance to some volumes, dated 1931. Uniformly bound in a full limp calf. Externally, generally smart, with slight rubbing to the extremities and head and tail of the spine. Slight loss to the head of the spine of IV and XXVII, with loss to the tail of the spine of XXIV, XXXI. Spines are a little faded, with the odd mark to leather. Ink inscription to the front endpaper of III, IV, V, VI, X, XI, XII, XV, XX and XXVII, some of which are dated 1931. Bookseller label to the paste down of I, VI, IX and XVII. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the occasional light mark. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration on front and spine, with the distinctive thistles on the spine. This edition lacks a general title and is called the ¿Thistle Edition¿ because of these thistle decorations. Each volume has a mid-level title that assigns it to a section of the whole edition: The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson, The Travels and Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson etc. Each book measures 8 5/8" x 6". Overall very good condition. Corners sharp, all bindings strong and tight. Covers overall clean with light wear, one volume has slight water damage to back cover only. Spines have small degree of sun fading. Previous owner's name on front endpapers. Pages otherwise clean and bright without markings. Each volume has a frontispiece protected with a tissue paper page.*** I. New Arabian Nights 1895**** II. Treasure Island 1895**** III. The Dynamiter / The Story of a Lie 1895**** IV. Prince Otto / Island Nights' Entertainments / Father Damien 1895**** V. Kidnapped 1895**** VI. David Balfour 1895**** VII. The Merry Men / Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde THIS VOLUME MISSING FROM SET**** VIII. The Black Arrow / John Nicholson / The Body-Snatcher 1895**** IX. The Master of Ballantrae 1895**** X. The Wrecker 1896**** XI. The Wrong Box / The Ebb Tide 1895 **** XII. An Inland Voyage / Travels With a Donkey / Edinburgh 1895**** XIII. Virginibus Puerisque / Memories and Portraits 1895**** XIV. Familiar Studies of Men and Books 1895**** XV. The Amateur Emigrant / Across the Plains / The Silverado Squatters THIS VOLUME MISSING FROM SET **** XVI. A Child¿s Garden of Verses / Underwoods / Songs of Travel / Ballads and Other Poems**** XVII. Vailima Letters THIS VOLUME MISSING FROM SET**** XVIII. Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin / Records of a Family of Engineers THIS VOLUME MISSING FROM SET**** XIX. In the South Seas / A Footnote to History THIS VOLUME MISSING FROM SET ***** XX. Weir of Hermiston / Plays / Fables 1909 ***** XXI. St. Ives 1909 ***** XXII. 'Sketches, Criticisms etc. 1911**** XXIII. Letters I 1909**** XXIV. Letters II 1911**** XXV. Life of RLS by Graham Balfour I 1908**** XXVI. Life of RLS by Graham Balfour II 1908**** XXVII. New Letters (incl letters* first published here in book form) 1912 Quiet Companion has 21 matching volumes, for sale as a set, possible first edition. You will notice that my book descriptions are not generic, saying "may have." certain conditions. All descriptions are written with actual book in hand. Pictures available on request. Extra postage will be necessary for this large heavy set.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Twenty-six volumes, complete; octavo; illustrated with frontispieces; gilt ruled red cloth, top edge gilt, spines decorated and lettered in gilt, fore edges untrimmed; An unusually bright set; The volumes are as follows; Contents: I. New Arabian nights. --II. Treaure Island. --III. More new Arabian nights: The dynamiter, written in collaboration with Mrs. Stevenson. The story of a lie. --IV. Prince Otto. Island Nghts' Entertainments. Father Damien. --V. Kidnapped. --VI. David Balfour: a Sequel to Kidnapped. --VII. The Merry Men and other tales and fables. The Srange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. --VIII. The Black Arrow. The misadventures of John Nicholson. The body-snatcher. --IX. The Master of Ballantrae. --X. The Wrecker, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. --XI. The Wrong Box, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. The Ebb Tide, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. --XII. An Inland Voyage. Travels with a Donkey. Edinburgh, picturesque notes. --XIII. Virginibus Puerisque and other papers. Memories and Portraits. --XIV. Familiar studies of men and books. Miscellaneous papers. --XV. The Amateur Emigrant. Across the plains. The Silverado Squatters. --XVI. A Child's Garden of Verses. Underwoods. Ballads. --XVII. Vailima Letters: correspondence addressed to Sidney Colvin. --XVIII. Memoir of Fleming Jenkin. Records of a family of engineers. --XIX. In the South Seas. A foot-note to history. --XX. Wier of Hermiston. The plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson. Fables. XXI. St. Ives: being the adventures of a French prisoner in England. --XXII. Sketches. Criticisms, etc. --XXIII & XXIV Letters to his families and friends. --XXV & XXVI. Life of Robert Louis Stevenson / by Graham Balfour.

1st Edition in this form. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some spine covers are sun-toned. Previous owner's bookplates on some front pastedowns. Remains particlularly well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Desc.: 26v., fronts. (ports.) ; 22cm. Contents: I. New Arabian nights. --II. Treaure Island. --III. More new Arabian nights: The dynamiter, written in collaboration with Mrs. Stevenson. The story of a lie. --IV. Prince Otto. Island nights' entertainments. Father Damien. --V. Kidnapped. --VI. David Balfour: a sequel to Kidnapped. --VII. The merry men and other tales and fables. The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. --VIII. The black arrow. The misadventures of John Nicholson. The body-snatcher. --IX. The master of Ballantrae. --X. The wrecker, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. --XI. The wrong box, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. The ebb tide, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. --XII. An inland voyage. Travels with a donkey. Edinburgh, picturesque notes. --XIII. Virginibus puerisque and other papers. Memories and portraits. --XIV. Familiar studies of men and books. Miscellaneous papers. --XV. The amateur emigrant. Across the plains. The Silverado squatters. --XVI. A child's garden of verses. Underwoods. Ballads. --XVII. Vailima letters: correspondence addressed to Sidney Colvin. --XVIII. Memoir of Fleming Jenkin. Records of a family of engineers. --XIX. In the South seas. A foot-note to history. --XX. Wier of Hermiston. The plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson. Fables. XXI. St. Ives: being the adventures of a French prisoner in England. --XXII. Sketches. Criticisms, etc. --XXIII & XXIV Letters to his families and friends. --XXV & XXVI. Life of Robert Louis Stevenson / by Graham Balfour. Notes: The titles in this set are divided into 4 groups: Novels and tales of Robert Louis Stevenson; Letters and miscellanies; Travels and essays; Life of Robert Louis Stevenson. Group titles tooled in gilt on front covers. Individual titles and volume numbers gilt-blocked on spines. 20 Kg.

1st Edition in this form. Very good copies all in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some spine covers are sun-toned. Previous owner's bookplates on some front pastedowns. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Desc.: 26v., fronts. (ports.) ; 22cm. Contents: I. New Arabian nights. --II. Treasure Island. --III. More new Arabian nights: The dynamiter, written in collaboration with Mrs. Stevenson. The story of a lie. --IV. Prince Otto. Island nights' entertainments. Father Damien. --V. Kidnapped. --VI. David Balfour: a sequel to Kidnapped. --VII. The merry men and other tales and fables. The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. --VIII. The black arrow. The misadventures of John Nicholson. The body-snatcher. --IX. The master of Ballantrae. --X. The wrecker, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. --XI. The wrong box, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. The ebb tide, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. --XII. An inland voyage. Travels with a donkey. Edinburgh, picturesque notes. --XIII. Virginibus puerisque and other papers. Memories and portraits. --XIV. Familiar studies of men and books. Miscellaneous papers. --XV. The amateur emigrant. Across the plains. The Silverado squatters. --XVI. A child's garden of verses. Underwoods. Ballads. --XVII. Vailima letters: correspondence addressed to Sidney Colvin. --XVIII. Memoir of Fleming Jenkin. Records of a family of engineers. --XIX. In the South seas. A foot-note to history. --XX. Wier of Hermiston. The plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson. Fables. XXI. St. Ives: being the adventures of a French prisoner in England. --XXII. Sketches. Criticisms, etc. --XXIII & XXIV Letters to his families and friends. --XXV & XXVI. Life of Robert Louis Stevenson / by Graham Balfour. Notes: The titles in this set are divided into 4 groups: Novels and tales of Robert Louis Stevenson; Letters and miscellanies; Travels and essays; Life of Robert Louis Stevenson. Group titles tooled in gilt on front covers. Individual titles and volume numbers gilt-blocked on spines. 10 Kg.

Maroon hardback cloth cover. 'Edinburgh' Limited Edition [497/1035]. 230mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). [11000pp]. B/w plates + maps. Very heavy set - extra shipping needed for overseas. The works are comprised of: 8 volumes of Romances [Treasure Island, Prince Otto, The Black Arrow, Adventures of David Balfour Parts I & II, The Master of Ballantyne, Weir of Hermiston and Other Fragments, St. Ives] + 3 volumes of South Sea Yarns [The Wrecker volumes I & II, Island Nights Entertainments; The Ebb-Tide] + 3 (of 4) volumes of Tales and Fantasies [New Arabian Nights, The Pavilion on the Links and Other Tales, More New Arabian Nights (The Dynamiter), The Story of a Lie, John Nicolson, The Young Box, Fables] + 3 volumes of Travels and Excursions [An Inland Voyage, Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, The Amateur Emigrant, Pacific Capitals, the Silverado Squatters, In the South Seas] + 4 volumes of Miscellanies [Notes on Edinburgh; Memories and Portraits, Familiar Studies of Men and Books, Virginibus Puerisque, Later Essays, Juvenilia etc., Lay Morals, Prayers] + 1 volume of Poetry [A Child's Garden, Underwoods, Ballads, Songs of Travel] + 1 volume of Correspondence [Vailima Letters] + 1 volume of Drama [Deacon Brodie, Beau Austin, Admiral Guinea, Macaire] + 1 volume of Biographies [Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin, A Family of Engineers]. Published between 1894 and 1903. Each volume of the works hand numbered 497/1035 and initialled W.B.B. [W.B. Blaikie]. Spare title labels tipped in. Supplementary volumes, (all un-numbered), consist of: Letters to His Family and Friends, volumes I & II by Graham Balfour, published by Methuen in 1899; The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson, volumes I & II by Graham Balfour, published by Methuen in 1901; Stevensoniana edited by J A Hammerton, published by Grant Richards in 1903. G: in good condition without dust jackets. Covers rubbed and marked. Edge-wear. Occasional inner hinge cracking. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. Light foxing to page edges and sporadically within. Non-uniform copies with rebound covers. Teg.

1st Edition in this form. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some spine covers are sun-toned. Previous owner's bookplates on some front pastedowns. Remains particlularly well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Desc.: 26v., fronts. (ports.) ; 22cm. Contents: I. New Arabian nights. --II. Treaure Island. --III. More new Arabian nights: The dynamiter, written in collaboration with Mrs. Stevenson. The story of a lie. --IV. Prince Otto. Island nights' entertainments. Father Damien. --V. Kidnapped. --VI. David Balfour: a sequel to Kidnapped. --VII. The merry men and other tales and fables. The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. --VIII. The black arrow. The misadventures of John Nicholson. The body-snatcher. --IX. The master of Ballantrae. --X. The wrecker, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. --XI. The wrong box, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. The ebb tide, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. --XII. An inland voyage. Travels with a donkey. Edinburgh, picturesque notes. --XIII. Virginibus puerisque and other papers. Memories and portraits. --XIV. Familiar studies of men and books. Miscellaneous papers. --XV. The amateur emigrant. Across the plains. The Silverado squatters. --XVI. A child's garden of verses. Underwoods. Ballads. --XVII. Vailima letters: correspondence addressed to Sidney Colvin. --XVIII. Memoir of Fleming Jenkin. Records of a family of engineers. --XIX. In the South seas. A foot-note to history. --XX. Wier of Hermiston. The plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson. Fables. XXI. St. Ives: being the adventures of a French prisoner in England. --XXII. Sketches. Criticisms, etc. --XXIII & XXIV Letters to his families and friends. --XXV & XXVI. Life of Robert Louis Stevenson / by Graham Balfour. Notes: The titles in this set are divided into 4 groups: Novels and tales of Robert Louis Stevenson; Letters and miscellanies; Travels and essays; Life of Robert Louis Stevenson. Group titles tooled in gilt on front covers. Individual titles and volume numbers gilt-blocked on spines. 20 Kg.

1st Edition in this form. Very good copies all in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some spine covers are sun-toned. Previous owner's bookplates on some front pastedowns. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Desc.: 26v., fronts. (ports.) ; 22cm. Contents: I. New Arabian nights. --II. Treasure Island. --III. More new Arabian nights: The dynamiter, written in collaboration with Mrs. Stevenson. The story of a lie. --IV. Prince Otto. Island nights' entertainments. Father Damien. --V. Kidnapped. --VI. David Balfour: a sequel to Kidnapped. --VII. The merry men and other tales and fables. The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. --VIII. The black arrow. The misadventures of John Nicholson. The body-snatcher. --IX. The master of Ballantrae. --X. The wrecker, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. --XI. The wrong box, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. The ebb tide, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. --XII. An inland voyage. Travels with a donkey. Edinburgh, picturesque notes. --XIII. Virginibus puerisque and other papers. Memories and portraits. --XIV. Familiar studies of men and books. Miscellaneous papers. --XV. The amateur emigrant. Across the plains. The Silverado squatters. --XVI. A child's garden of verses. Underwoods. Ballads. --XVII. Vailima letters: correspondence addressed to Sidney Colvin. --XVIII. Memoir of Fleming Jenkin. Records of a family of engineers. --XIX. In the South seas. A foot-note to history. --XX. Wier of Hermiston. The plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson. Fables. XXI. St. Ives: being the adventures of a French prisoner in England. --XXII. Sketches. Criticisms, etc. --XXIII & XXIV Letters to his families and friends. --XXV & XXVI. Life of Robert Louis Stevenson / by Graham Balfour. Notes: The titles in this set are divided into 4 groups: Novels and tales of Robert Louis Stevenson; Letters and miscellanies; Travels and essays; Life of Robert Louis Stevenson. Group titles tooled in gilt on front covers. Individual titles and volume numbers gilt-blocked on spines. 10 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. 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+.

First Pentland Edition. 20 Volumes. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Limited and numbered this is number 152 of only 1550. Physical description: 20 volumes: frontispieces, illustrations; 23 cm. Contents: v. 1. An inland voyage. Travels with a donkey in the Cevennes. A mountain town in France. Edinburgh: picturesque notes -- v. 2. The amateur emigrant, The old and new Pacific capitals. The Silverado squatters. "Virginibus puerisque". Other papers -- v. 3. Familiar studies of men and books. The body-snatcher -- v. 4. New Arabian nights. The story of a lie -- v. 5. Treasure island. Will o' the mill. The treasure of Franchard -- v. 6. Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Thrawn Janet. The merry men. More new Arabian nights. The dynamiter -- v. 7. Prince Otto. The wrong box -- v. 8. The Black Arrow. Markheim. The misadventures of John Nicholson -- v. 9. Memoirs and portraits. Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin F.R.S., L.L.D. -- v. 10. Kidapped. Catriona, part I -- v. 11. Catriona, part II. The Master of Ballantrae -- v. 12. The wrecker / written in collaboration with LLoyd Osbourne -- v. 13. A child's garden of verses. Underwoods. Ballads. Songs of travel. Additional poems. v. 14. Deacon Brodie. Beau Austin. Admiral Guinea. Macaire -- v. 15. Records of a family of engineers. Additional memories and portraits. Later essays. Lay morals. Prayers written for family use at Vailima -- v. 16. A footnote to history. Island nights' entertainments. Olalla. Heathercat -- v. 17. In the South Seas. Letters from Samoa -- v. 18. The ebb-tide. Weir of Hermiston. The Great North Road. The young chevalier -- v. 19. St. Ives, being the adventures of a French prisoner in England -- v. 20. Juvenilia, and other papers. Fables. The Davos Press. Subjects: Scottish literature 19th century. English literature Scottish authors 19th century. English Literature. 10 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Swanston ed. [Fine binding] Swanston edition. Complete in 25 volumes. 20 cm. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco over green linen boards. Gilt spine compartments. Top edges gilt. Leather a little dry. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. One volume missing rear cover (Catriona) Contents: I. Introduction by Andrew Lang; An Inland Voyage / Travels with a Donkey / A Mountain Town in France / Edinburgh Picturesque Notes; II. The Amateur Emigrant / the Old and New Pacific Capitals / the Silverado Squatters / Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers; III. Familiar Studies of Men and Books / the Body Snatcher; IV. New Arabian Nights; V. Dynamitrer / Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde / Thrawn Janet; VI. Treasure Island / Will o' the Mill / The Treasure of Franchard; VII. Prince Otto / The Wrong Box; VIII. The Black Arrow / Markheim; IX. Black Arroe / Markheim; X. The Misadventures of John Nicholson / Kidnapped; XI. Catriona (missing rear cover); XII. The Master of Ballantrae; XIII. The Wrecker; XIV. Child's Garden / Underwoods / Ballads / Songs of Travel / Additional Poems; XV. Deacon Brodie / Beau Austin / Admiral Guinea / Macaire; XVI. Records of a Family of Engineers / Additional memories and portraits / Later essays / Reflections and Remarks on Human Life / Lay Morals / Prayers; XVII. A Footnote to History / Island Nights' Entertainments; XVIII. IN the South Seas: I. The Marquesas, II. The Paumotus, III. The Eight Islands, IV. The Gilberts, V.The Gilberts - Apemama / Letters from Samoa; XIX. The Ebb-tide / Weir of Hermiston; XX. St Ives; XXI. The Story of a Lie / the Merry Men / Olalla / Heathercat / Great North Road / Young Chevalier / Fables; XXII. Pentland Rising / Sketches / College papers / 'Notes and essays, chiefly of the Road' / Criticisms / An Appeal to the Clergy / The Charity Bazaar / The Lightkeeper / On New Form of Intermittent Light / On the Thermal Influence of Forests / Essays of Travel / Stevenson at Play; XXIII. Letters Parts I-VI; XXIV. Letters Parts VII-X; XXV. Letters Parts XI-XIV / Account of the Death and Burial of R.L. Stevenson by Lloyd Osbourne / Address of R.L. Stevenson on the opening of the Road of Gratitude.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). The Edinburgh Edition set of the works of renowned author Robert Louis Stevenson, with his correspondence, a biography, and the unusual Appendix volume. 33 volumes, all numbered 570 of 1035 copies of the Edinburgh Edition, in the publisher's original cloth bindings.This collection of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson provides a comprehensive view of Stevenson's talents as an author. It also includes correspondence and biographies of this popular author, giving a well-rounded view of his character. This set includes the complete twenty-eight volumes prior to the later publication of the supplementary volumes; five of the supplementary volumes are also included.Inscribed by the publisher to the limitations page of each volume, except for Letters to His Family and Friends and The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson, which were published by Methuen & Co., though they are uniformly bound.Notes from the publisher are loosely inserted to Weir of Hermiston, dated 1897; to Notes on Edinburgh and The Wrecker, Volume II, both dated 1896; and to New Arabian Nights, dated 1895. The latter concerns the death of the author. 10 publisher's pamphlets tipped in to the rear of Appendix.This collection includes: Poetry: A Child's Garden, Underwoods, Ballads, Songs of Travel (1895); Biography: Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin and A Family of Engineers (1896); History: A Footnote to History and Letters from Samoa (1897); Correspondence: Vailima Letters (1897); Drama: Four Plays Written in Collaboration with W. E. Henley (1897); Appendix: Miscellanea, Moral Emblems, etc. (1898).Travels and Excursions: An Island VoyageandTravels with a Donkey in the Cevennes(1894); The Amateur Emigrant, Pacific CapitalsandThe Silverado Squatters(1895); In the South Seas (1896).Tales and Fantasies:New Arabian Nights,The Pavilion on the Links and Other Tales(1895);More New Arabian Nights (The Dynamiter)andThe Story of a Lie(1895); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,The Merry MenandOther Tales(1895); John Nicholson,The Wrong BoxandFables(1897).Miscellanies:Notes on Edinburgh andMemories and Portraits(1894);Familiar Studies of Men and Books(1895);Virginibus PuerisqueandLater Essays(1895);Juvenilia etc., Lay Morals and Prayers (1896).Romances: Treasure Island(1895); Prince Otto(1895); The Black Arrow(1895); Adventures of David Balfour, Part I: Kidnapped(1895); Adventures of David Balfour, Part II: Catriona (1895); The Master of Ballantrae(1896); Weir of Hermiston and Other Fragments (1897); St. Ives (1898).South Sea Yarns: The Wrecker, Volume I (1896); The Wrecker, Volume II (1896); Island Nights' Entertainments andThe Ebb-Tide(1896).Supplementary volumes: Letters to His Family and Friends, Volume I & II selected and edited with notes and introductions by Sidney Colvin (1900);The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume I & IIby Graham Balfour (1901); and Stevensonianaedited by J. A. Hammerton (1903).Poetry; Letters to His Family and Friends; Correspondence; The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson; Stevensoniana; An Island Voyage; The Amateur Emigrant; Notes on Edinburgh; Juvenilia; and More New Arabian Nights are illustrated with frontispieces. History; Treasure Island; Adventures of David Balfour; and Island Nights' Entertainments are illustrated with frontispieces of sketch maps; with another plate depicting a sketch map to Adventures of David Balfour. In the South Seas is illustrated with a double-page map. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, sound, with shelf wear to the boards, joints and extremities, some of which appears to be light insect damage. Fading to the spines. Marks to the spine labels, with small losses to a few of them, not affecting the lettering. Small tears to the head of the joints to More New Arabian Nights. Hinges are starting to many of the volumes, but they are firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, though roughly cut. Pages 7-10 of John Nicholson are detached but intact. Very Good. book.

First Pentland Edition. 20 Volumes. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Limited and numbered this is number 152 of only 1550. Physical description: 20 volumes: frontispieces, illustrations; 23 cm. Contents: v. 1. An inland voyage. Travels with a donkey in the Cevennes. A mountain town in France. Edinburgh: picturesque notes -- v. 2. The amateur emigrant, The old and new Pacific capitals. The Silverado squatters. "Virginibus puerisque". Other papers -- v. 3. Familiar studies of men and books. The body-snatcher -- v. 4. New Arabian nights. The story of a lie -- v. 5. Treasure island. Will o' the mill. The treasure of Franchard -- v. 6. Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Thrawn Janet. The merry men. More new Arabian nights. The dynamiter -- v. 7. Prince Otto. The wrong box -- v. 8. The Black Arrow. Markheim. The misadventures of John Nicholson -- v. 9. Memoirs and portraits. Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin F.R.S., L.L.D. -- v. 10. Kidapped. Catriona, part I -- v. 11. Catriona, part II. The Master of Ballantrae -- v. 12. The wrecker / written in collaboration with LLoyd Osbourne -- v. 13. A child's garden of verses. Underwoods. Ballads. Songs of travel. Additional poems. v. 14. Deacon Brodie. Beau Austin. Admiral Guinea. Macaire -- v. 15. Records of a family of engineers. Additional memories and portraits. Later essays. Lay morals. Prayers written for family use at Vailima -- v. 16. A footnote to history. Island nights' entertainments. Olalla. Heathercat -- v. 17. In the South Seas. Letters from Samoa -- v. 18. The ebb-tide. Weir of Hermiston. The Great North Road. The young chevalier -- v. 19. St. Ives, being the adventures of a French prisoner in England -- v. 20. Juvenilia, and other papers. Fables. The Davos Press. Subjects: Scottish literature 19th century. English literature Scottish authors 19th century. English Literature. 10 Kg.