Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (22 volume set)
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Decatur, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1907. Hardcover. This set is volumes 1 through 22, the literary works of RLS. A larger set of 27 volumes was printed which included the life and letters which are NOT present in the set we are selling. The bindings are red cloth with gilt titles, decoration, and top page edges. Spines and spine gilt are faded. Most volumes are in VG- condition with owner name and spine fading. Six volumes show minor wear at spine ends. Three volumes have one inner hinge paper split although webbing maintains tight binding, Included volumes are New Arabian Nights / Treasure Island / The Dynamiter, Story of a Lie / Prince Otto Island, Nights Entertainments, Father Damien / Kidnapped / David Balfour / The Merry Men, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Black Arrow and Other Tales / Master of Ballantrae / The Wrecker / The Wrong Box, Ebb Tide / Inland Voyage, Travels with a Donkey, Edinburgh / Virginibus Puerisque, Memories and Portraits / Familiar Stuies of Men and Books / Amateur Emigrant, Across the Plains, Silverado Squatters / Ballads and Other Poems / Vailima Letters / Memoir of Fleeming Jenkins, Records of a Family of Engineers / In the South Seas, A Footnote to History /Weir of Hermiston, Plays Miscellanies / St. Ives / Sketches, Criticisms, Etc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Novel Ideas Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 172077
- Title
- Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (22 volume set)
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Novel Ideas Books
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Decatur, Illinois
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- Gilt
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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