Dynamiter by Stevenson: First Edition (37 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edn, Good copy, reglued front gutter, leather binding. Stevenson's tried to copy Sir Richard Burton in this 'more tales of the Arabian Nights' written with help from new wife Fanny during his convalescence in California, short stories often described as tedious, boring, fit for a 12 year old and w/o obvious characters. Read this book as a challenge. Half leather spine with marble covers, tp and another page torn at upper corner, leather spine reads title plus 'Handy US Library' at bottom and '89 at top, 207pps.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 215 grams. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Tusitala Edition Volume III. Third impression November 1924.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Faded red cloth covered boards with black lettering and boat design. The spine has faded to tan and the former owner wrote the title very neatly on the cloth in ink. First couple of pages have very light foxing. Brown endpapers are fine. Hinges are fine. …

Paper. Condition: Good ++. First Edition. 1st Edition 1885. A Collection of wierd and wonderful short stories, written in collaboration with Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson. More classic fantasy-mystery tales from the 'New Arabian Nights' canon, published in April 1885, a few months before his most famous strange tale 'Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde' Published in hardback and softback at the same time. The softback being very scarce. Book is very good with new spine. Surface loss to rear spine edge. Corners rubbed. Contents very good with inscription. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 6402 ##009028.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover issue, a clean unmarked copy in the publisher's cloth, the covers are a little dulled and scuffed at the edges, a very good copy.

Half-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The book has been handsomely rebound, with original wrapper (faint spotting,) bound in at the end. . Red half leather, with marbled boards and marbled endpapers. Slight signs of wear to head and tail of spine and bottom corners slightly bumped. No marks of ownership. Light foxing to fore-edge of page block but this has not spread to the interior. More photos can be provided on request. All proceeds of sale go to Loros, a Hospice Charity serving Leicestershire and Rutland.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original red cloth boards with black lettering and illustration. Darkened spine colour. Some bubbling of the cloth on the boards. Brown end papers with stamp of previous owners on the rear paste down (David & Patricia Cory). Light stains on pages 63-68 and hinge splitting on page 63. Otherwise clean contents.…

Wraps, Boards and Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Original Green Pictorial wraps bound in boards with buckram spine.207 pages, in wonderful shape.Binding has protected the original in wraps well. It's an amazing copy. None (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: G++. No DW. 1st Edition (Late Issue). This book apears to be identical with the first issue BUT has NEW EDITION on title page (below the Longman badge). It is still dated 1885. (Ads opp. title, and printer on p207 same). HOWEVER a 24 page catalogue at rear (which is annotated in ink) has the printer code "50,000-11.94" suggesting a date of 1894 and an early owner has written "E J Templeton 95" on halftitle (another modern signature below). Fairly clean tight book but some spotting mostly to early and late leaves and text edges. Minor red stains to page edges of catalogue. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age.…

Hb. Condition: VG. None. First Edition. Red cloth on boards, black title & border trim. Cover: moderately faded, soiled and rubbed. Spine: head & foot with thin wear. Light rubbing to some of the extremities. Edges: top-edge browned; light foxings. Eps: owners name plate to fep , George E. Godwin, Oxton. Few only pages with few only foxings, albeit mostly to the margins. Chip to the last two text pages fore-edge. Binding is VG. 207p 18 x 12 cm. …

Later Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Original printerd wrappers bound in. Half-inch tear in front wrapper.

Condition: Fair. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. 1st edition. 12mo Paperback. 207pp. Poor book. Front cover and preliminary pages detached, but present. Slightly dampstained. In polypropylene bag. (literature, fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

viii+208pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, a little browned, rebound in slightly worn quarter calf. Book plate on front pastedown. Some foxing to preliminary and final leaves. A very good copy. First edition of the wrappered issue.

First Edition. Publisher's cloth; spine faded, extending onto the back cover; bookplates; very good or better. Mrs. Stevenson was responsible for the bulk of the contents. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.…

Small 8vo, pp vi, [2], 207, [1], original pictorial blue wrappers, worn and chipped to spine ends, early name on upper wrapper, a few minor fox spots, else in good sound state throughout, FIRST EDITION; a brilliant collection of short stories written by Stevenson and his wife, though who did which has never been conclusively established. This issue in wrappers as opposed to hardback is hard to find in good complete condition, this example better than most.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Original green pictorial wrappers. 207pp., First English edition, A collection of short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Vandegrift. Original wraps show wear and paper spine beginning to separate along top of front joint. Spine slightly cocked. Covers are firmly attached and book block is solid. Text is clean, with wide margins and all pages firmly attached. Previous owner's name written in pencil at top of title-page. Contents include the stories: "Prologue of the Cigar Divan"; "Challoner's adventure: The Squire of Dames"; "Story of the Destroying Angel"; "The Squire of Dames (Concluded)" ; "Somerset's adventure: The Superfluous Mansion" ; "Narrative of the Spirited Old Lady" ; "The Superfluous Mansion (Continued)" ; "Zero's Tale of the Explosive Bomb" ; "The Superfluous Mansion (Continued)" ; "Desborough's Adventure: The Brown Box"; "Story of the Fair Cuban" ; "The Brown Box (Concluded)" ; "The Superfluous Mansion (Concluded)"; ; "Epilogue of the Cigar Divan". Grolier Club #73, Prideaux - 15. Very scarce in the orignal wraps. Scans sent on request. A good copy. …

hardcover. Condition: Good. first edition. 12mo (approx. 4 7/8" wide by 7 1/4" tall). red cloth covers with black titles and decorations. vi [2] 207 pages. Some spotting; fading on spine. Studio.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1885. The stories here, reflecting the Irish Fenian bombing campaign, were mostly the work of Fanny. This is a Very Good copy of the First Issue, in wrappers, which preceded the hardbound version. A Very Good copy, complete but rather fragile. Illustrated light green paper covers; publisher's adverts on the rear. Clean text; vi, 207 pages. Worn at the margins, with a closed tear on the front cover; the spine is chipped but complete. A sound enough copy, although not for the casual reader. Let us call it an interesting artifact of the Stevenson canon. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 207 pp; First Edition. Bound in red cloth with ship illustration on front cover. Book has previous owner's initials on endpapers, some corner/spine end wear, pages unmarked and lightly age toned. A nice, clean, tight and attractive book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Cloth issue. Engraved bookplate on the front pastedown, front hinge restored, and cloth on the spine worn to the text block, a good or better copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition in wrappers, very good but with restored spine. Housed in a beautiful leather case.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 8vo, 3/4 leather and marbled boards by Bayntun, original cloth bound in at rear. 5 raised bands at spine which is decorated and lettered in gold. Rubbed at hinges, but still holding. Very good without dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Small 8vo. Pp. [viii], 207. Cloth issue. Illustrated wrapper front bound-in as frontis, in the red cloth boards lettered and bordered in black. The corners with very light wear, spine darkened and discoloured, and a little bubbly, with light wear at the spine ends, brown coated endpapers, hinges and joints strong, binding tight and book unmarked throughout. A very good copy of this collection of short, linked stories written in collaboration with his new wife. Prideaux 15.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 207 pp, in original cloth boards with titles in black, brown coated endpapers. A very good copy, with the spine lightly sunned and a small split in the cloth along the front hinge. Bookplate of the noted collector Beverly Chew on the front pastedown.

Condition: Good. 12mo., 207 pp., Very Good, Red Cloth Decorated In Black, sun-fading, rubbing, & edge wear on covers; head & tail of spine rubbed; some staining within text block, on end papers & edges of text block; splitting along gutters of end papers, the back set of end papers with a cloth tape repair; pencil scribbles on end papers; some mold present in gutters of text block; shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle. Mylar Jacket. First Edition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. several stories collected here for the first time)spine a bit faded, More New Arabian NIghts Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Cloth issue. Bookplate on the front pastedown, and the tiny ownership signature on the half-title of Horatio Noble Pym, sunning to the spine and on the rear board, and a little foxing, else a sound, near fine copy of a title usually found well-worn.

Paper Wraps. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 207pp. 1885. First edition. 12mo. In original publisher's paper wraps with steel engraving of a man climbing a ladder. A good only copy of this very delicate but scarce publication. The whole housed in a near contemporary navy blue-cloth covered card slipcase. This slipcase with a paper title block - with the ink author's name and title to it (slight loss to one corner of title block). The book has a very neat contemporary owner's initials in ink to the half-title page. Only around 30-50 percent of the spine strip survives. A number of page corners to the head and tail have been turned (now largely unturned). There is significant splitting between two gatherings - the two 'halfs' of the book now holding by several cords. Several short tears to the peripheries of the front card cover - all expertly repaired. A good copy of a scarce first edition in a very original format.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Wrappered issue. A short tear at the edge of the spine, slightly cocked, and some scattered foxing, else a very good plus copy, housed in a custom chemise, which bears the bookplate of an important collector of modern literature, Oliver Brett, Lord Esher. A nice copy of a fragile volume.…

First edition, wrapper issue. Sm.8vo., orig.blue pictorial wrappers lettered in blue, (viii), 207pp. (208 blank) Wrappers somewhat soiled with a name stamped under a portion of the title, 1" piece chipped out top of the spine and a 1 ½" piece chipped out at the foot o/w a better than very good copy of this delicate issue. Beinecke 323.…