Valima Letters Being Correspondence Addressed by Stevenson Robert Louis (4 results)

Condition: Fair. 1912. 281 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front endpaper. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 6th edition. 8vo. Cloth. Frontispiece portrait. 366 pp. Minor shelf wear. Pair of bookplates inside front cover. This is an antique printing of Stevenson's posthumously published letters. This copy 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.

Second edition. Journal-letters from Samoa. Pp.xx/366/32(ads for other publications), portrait frontispiece of Stevenson (etched by W.Strang) + 2 photo portrait plates, owner's name to front free endpaper, occasional spotting and small pink spots to lower margins of first 36 pages, rough-cut page edges. Brown cloth, gilt motif to front board, gilt title to spine, edges rubbed. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First American Edition. 8vo. Paper-backed boards. Frontispiece portrait. Uncut pages, with several pages unopened. Vol. I: 281 pp. Vol. II: 275 pp. Top layer of paper cover from both spines is removed (half of vol. I and all of vol. II) and laid in, though binding is quite sound. Bookplate inside front cover of both vols. Tight and clean. This is a limited edition (No. 54 of 100 copies) large paper first American printing of Stevenson's posthumously published letters. This copy 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.