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STEVENSON, Robert Louis. The Body-Snatcher. New York: The Merriam Company, [1895].
12o. 3-page publisher's advertisement at end. Frontispiece and three plates. Original violet decorated cloth (spine lightly faded, some light wear at extremities).
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, issued as the second volume in Merriam's "Violet Series." A grisly tale about the anatomist K-- and his need for cadavers, based on the career of Robert Knox (1793-1862). The tale first appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette's 1884 Christmas Extra. Beinecke 608.
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FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, issued as the second volume in Merriam's "Violet Series." A grisly tale about the anatomist K-- and his need for cadavers, based on the career of Robert Knox (1793-1862). The tale first appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette's 1884 Christmas Extra. Beinecke 608.