1911-1912 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson
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Limited Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
Number 1022 of 2060 copies that were printed, of which only 2000 were for sale.
The Swanston Edition of this work. Complete in twenty-five volumes.
Uniformly bound in the publisher's original red cloth.
A fantastic selection of works from Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer, Robert Louis Stevenson, who is best known for his novels 'Treasure Island' (1881), 'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' (1886) and 'The Master of Ballantrae' (1889).
With a monochrome frontispiece to each volume.
The contents of the entire set comprises:
Volume I - Introduction by Andrew Lang. 'An Inland Voyage', 'Travels with a Donkey', 'A Mountain Town in France', and 'Edinburgh Picturesque Notes'.
Volume II - 'The Amateur Emigrant', 'The Old and New Pacific Capitals', 'The Silverado Squatters', 'Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers'
Volume III - 'Familiar Studies of Men and Books', 'The Body Snatcher'
Volume IV - 'New Arabian Nights'
Volume V - 'Dynamitrer', 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', and 'Thrawn Janet'
Volume VI - 'Treasure Island', 'Will o' the Mill' and 'The Treasure of Franchard'
Volume VII - 'Prince Otto' and 'The Wrong Box'
Volume VIII - 'The Black Arrow and 'Markheim'
Volume IX - 'Black Arroe' and 'Markheim'
Volume X - 'The Misadventures of John Nicholson' and 'Kidnapped'
Volume XI - 'Catriona'
Volume XII - 'The Master of Ballantrae'
Volume XIII - 'The Wrecker'
Volume XIV - 'Child's Garden', 'Underwoods', 'Ballads', 'Songs of Travel' and 'Additional Poems'
Volume XV - 'Deacon Brodie', 'Beau Austin', 'Admiral Guinea' and 'Macaire'
Volume XVI - 'Records of a Family of Engineers', 'Additional memories and portraits', 'Later essays', 'Reflections and Remarks on Human Life', 'Lay Morals' and 'Prayers'
Volume XVII - 'A Footnote to History' and 'Island Nights' Entertainments'
Volume XVIII - 'In the South Seas: I. The Marquesas, II. The Paumotus, III. The Eight Islands, IV. The Gilberts, V. The Gilberts - Apemama and Letters from Samoa'
Volume XIX - 'The Ebb-tide' and 'Weir of Hermiston'
Volume XX - 'St Ives'
Volume XXI - 'The Story of a Lie', 'The Merry Men', 'Olalla', 'Heathercat', 'Great North Road' and 'Young Chevalier' and 'Fables'
Volume XXII - 'Pentland Rising', 'Sketches', 'College papers', 'Notes and essays, chiefly of the Road', 'Criticisms', 'An Appeal to the Clergy', 'The Charity Bazaar', 'The Lightkeeper', 'On New Form of Intermittent Light', 'On the Thermal Influence of Forests', 'Essays of Travel' and 'Stevenson at Play'
Volume XXIII - 'Letters Parts I-VI'
Volume XXIV - 'Letters Parts VII-X'
Volume XXV - 'Letters Parts XI-XIV', 'Account of the Death and Burial of R.L. Stevenson' by Lloyd Osbourne, and 'Address of R.L. Stevenson on the opening of the Road of Gratitude'
Condition
Uniformly bound in the publisher's original red cloth. Externally, very smart, with fading to the spines. With minor shelf wear and occasional marks and damp stains to the boards and spines. With the bookplate of one Geoffrey Ridley to the front free endpapers of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves.
Very Good
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