Lot 64
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Treasure Island, first edition, 1883.
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Treasure Island, first edition, colour frontispiece, occasional light finger-soiling, 8pp. publisher's advertisements at end, W.H. Smith embossed library stamp to endpapers, original rust cloth, recased with some repairs to spine ends, spine faded, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1883.
⁂ First issue with the following points: "Dead Man's Chest" not capitalized on pp.2 & 7; "rain" for "vain" on last line of p.40; "a" missing on p.63, line 6; missing 8 p.83. The "7" on p.127 is larger and bolder; period dropped from p.178, line 20 ; "worse" for "worst" on p.197, line 3.
Description
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Treasure Island, first edition, colour frontispiece, occasional light finger-soiling, 8pp. publisher's advertisements at end, W.H. Smith embossed library stamp to endpapers, original rust cloth, recased with some repairs to spine ends, spine faded, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1883.
⁂ First issue with the following points: "Dead Man's Chest" not capitalized on pp.2 & 7; "rain" for "vain" on last line of p.40; "a" missing on p.63, line 6; missing 8 p.83. The "7" on p.127 is larger and bolder; period dropped from p.178, line 20 ; "worse" for "worst" on p.197, line 3.
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