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STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Treasure Island. London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1883.
8° (184 x 116mm). Half-title, 6 pages of publishers' advertisements at end. 4-colour lithographic frontispiece map. A Cosway-style binding in 20th-century green morocco gilt by Bayntun (Riviere), upper cover with inset original oval portrait miniature of Stevenson after ?Sir William Blake Richmond, the miniature surrounded with gilt-tooled onlay of red/brown morocco, all within an outer border of gilt-tooled single fillet, the lower cover with similar gilt border, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with repeat decoration employing the red/brown morocco onlays with gilt strapwork and dots, gilt turn-ins, marbled-paper endleaves, gilt edges.
FIRST EDITION.
8° (184 x 116mm). Half-title, 6 pages of publishers' advertisements at end. 4-colour lithographic frontispiece map. A Cosway-style binding in 20th-century green morocco gilt by Bayntun (Riviere), upper cover with inset original oval portrait miniature of Stevenson after ?Sir William Blake Richmond, the miniature surrounded with gilt-tooled onlay of red/brown morocco, all within an outer border of gilt-tooled single fillet, the lower cover with similar gilt border, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with repeat decoration employing the red/brown morocco onlays with gilt strapwork and dots, gilt turn-ins, marbled-paper endleaves, gilt edges.
FIRST EDITION.
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