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Robert Louis Stevenson
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Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Treasure Island. London: Cassell & Company, 1883.
First edition in book form, first issue of Stevenson's classic tale of pirates, buried treasure, and bottles of rum. Originally serialised in the children’s magazine Young Folks, Treasure Island remains one of the greatest and most popular adventure novels in English. With the following issue points: "dead man's chest" not capitalized on pp. 2 and 7; the "7" is missing from the pagination on p. 127; the period dropped from line 20 of p. 178; and "worse" for "worst" in line 3 at p. 197. The publisher's advertisements are dated October and have the pagination of Treasure Island listed incorrectly. There is some disagreement over the priority of the four extant bindings/ad catalogues; while Beinecke suggests that the issue with July ads is earliest, it is perhaps more likely that for a book published in November, the publisher would have used up the most recent (October) ad catalogue first, before then reaching for the leftover July ads. Beinecke 240.
Octavo. Half-title, frontispiece map with tissue guard, 8-page publisher's advertisements at end. Frontispiece treasure map printed in black and three colors (light dampstaining to ads, text block cracked). Original red-brown cloth, spine gilt-lettered (a little wear); custom chemise and morocco slipcase with gilt compass design.
Robert Louis Stevenson
STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Treasure Island. London: Cassell & Company, 1883.
First edition in book form, first issue of Stevenson's classic tale of pirates, buried treasure, and bottles of rum. Originally serialised in the children’s magazine Young Folks, Treasure Island remains one of the greatest and most popular adventure novels in English. With the following issue points: "dead man's chest" not capitalized on pp. 2 and 7; the "7" is missing from the pagination on p. 127; the period dropped from line 20 of p. 178; and "worse" for "worst" in line 3 at p. 197. The publisher's advertisements are dated October and have the pagination of Treasure Island listed incorrectly. There is some disagreement over the priority of the four extant bindings/ad catalogues; while Beinecke suggests that the issue with July ads is earliest, it is perhaps more likely that for a book published in November, the publisher would have used up the most recent (October) ad catalogue first, before then reaching for the leftover July ads. Beinecke 240.
Octavo. Half-title, frontispiece map with tissue guard, 8-page publisher's advertisements at end. Frontispiece treasure map printed in black and three colors (light dampstaining to ads, text block cracked). Original red-brown cloth, spine gilt-lettered (a little wear); custom chemise and morocco slipcase with gilt compass design.
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