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STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Treasure Island. London: Cassell & Company, 1883.
8o. Half-title; frontispiece map in three colors. (Some occasional pale spotting.) Modern blue morocco, spine gilt, edges gilt, by Bayntun (spine faded).
FIRST EDITION, with the following issue points: "dead man's chest" not capitalized on pp. 2 and 7; the "7" present in the pagination on p. 127; the period dropped from line 20 of p. 178; "worse" for "worst" in line 3 at p. 197; 4-page publisher's advertisements dated "5G-783," which identifies this volumes as a first binding of the first edition. In this copy the "8" is lacking from the pagination on p. 83. Beinecke 240.
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FIRST EDITION, with the following issue points: "dead man's chest" not capitalized on pp. 2 and 7; the "7" present in the pagination on p. 127; the period dropped from line 20 of p. 178; "worse" for "worst" in line 3 at p. 197; 4-page publisher's advertisements dated "5G-783," which identifies this volumes as a first binding of the first edition. In this copy the "8" is lacking from the pagination on p. 83. Beinecke 240.