MEMORIES & PORTRAITS
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Yarmouth, Maine, United States
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About This Item
1887. London: Chatto and Windus, 1887. Original very dark blue cloth, beveled.
First Edition of these "memories of childhood and youth, portraits of those who have gone before us in the battle." The edition is believed to have consisted of 2000 copies. A near-fine copy (cloth worn at the top of the front joint). Beinecke 454; Princeton 36.
First Edition of these "memories of childhood and youth, portraits of those who have gone before us in the battle." The edition is believed to have consisted of 2000 copies. A near-fine copy (cloth worn at the top of the front joint). Beinecke 454; Princeton 36.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sumner & Stillman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13660
- Title
- MEMORIES & PORTRAITS
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1887
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nonfiction;
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About the Seller
Sumner & Stillman
Biblio member since 2009
Yarmouth, Maine
About Sumner & Stillman
Founded in 1980, Sumner & Stillman is a small family business providing personal service in the buying and selling of literary first editions of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) for over 30 years.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...