English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
From the Library of Christian Heuer
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December 10, 02:42 PM GMT
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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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From the Library of Christian Heuer
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
Treasure Island. Cassell & Company, 1883
8vo, FIRST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE (deadman's chest without capitals; "worse" for "worst"; the period is dropped from line 20 of p.178; advertisements dated 5R-1283), half-title, chart frontispiece printed in four colours, original green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, 8pp. of publisher's catalogue, black-coated endpapers, spotting, slightly skewed
“The finest tale of maritime adventure that has been told since Defoe produced his great romance” (Prideaux)
LITERATURE:
Prideaux 11
PROVENANCE:
Harry Eaton Hart, bookplate
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