Robert Louis Stevenson's Edinburgh Days by E. Blantyre Simpson - 1914

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. Edition Not Specified. Very Good +/No DJ. 12mo = 7-9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering and decoration on front cover and spine. Spine is faded. Illustrated. Previous owner's name in ink on front endpaper.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. (UK) Stated 3rd edition.(The book originally appearred in 1898). Ownership stamp to endpaper and to inside fron cover, pages clean, a touch of rubbing to cover cloth, lower cover corners bumped, fine paper splits to hinges but holding, the plates facing 176 and 224 and its tissue paper are missing or damaged, Good only used copy, no dust jacket. possibly as published. Marron cloth with gold titles,294pp, tissue-protected frontis portrait of Stevenson, and 20 tissue-protected plates of which two are damaged (torn with portions missing). The illustrations are: 1. frontis portrait of RLS, 2. The Manse 3. Howard Place (facing page 16), 4. Stevenson and his father (p32), 5. Stevenson's mother (48), 6. Heriot Row (64), 7. Rev Lewis Balfour (80), 8. Edinburgh High School (96), 9. RLS (112), 10. Swanton Cottage (128), 11. Allison Cunningham (144), 12. Pentland Hils (160), 13. RLS (`176) missing, 14. Swanston (1920, 15. Calton Hill (208), 16. Edingburgh Academy… Read More

GB: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. Red cloth, gilt. In very good, clean, tight condition BUT text edges browned / marked in places. End papers a bit browned. Front cover slightly concave and spine a little faded.. Hardback. VG-/No DW.

London, England: Hodder and Stoughton. Ltd., 1914. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Brilliant biography of the author's birth-early adult life, covering family, school, friends, & other early influences. In 294 pages, with tipped in photographic illustrations throughout, each with a protective tissue overlay (one of these is half missing; others completely intact). Page following table of contents page (where a list of illustrations would normally appear) is missing/sliced out, or else this is just a manufacturing defect? A FIRST EDITION from 1914 (NOT a modern reprint) this hardcover has bright red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering & design to front & spine. Condition is solidly VG: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages very modestly tanned, commensurate with age. No DJ, as issued. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. Very Good. Very good Chipped cloth spine in tact but damged, cracked hinge, minor writing on front inside panel, clean text with several phot plates, mild discoloring on a few text margins, gold stamped cloth covers are worn on corners. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Gilt decorated red cloth. Spine and cover edges sunned else Near Fine/no dj. 8vo. Illustrated with tipped-in black and white plates with tissue guards.

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1898. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Blown cloth with gilt titles. Some handling wear and marks including rubbed hinges, edges and corners. Cracked internal spine hinges. Detached front end paper, mostly clean inside. A good reading copy.

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Good. 19 x 13cm. Hardcover. 1898. Second edition. 326 pages. Previous owner's name written on ffep. Text tanned. N ewsclipping glued to rear endpaper. .

Hodder and Stoughton 1898 Hardback Rubbed cloth covers with wear at spine ends. Browned and foxed end papers. Owners name on front end paper. Sprinkling of foxing on a few pages. 326 pages Wt 0.6 Kg Good

New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913 293pp. Biography of Stevenson who grew up in Edinburgh and in Colinton on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Many illustrations. Condition: Light marks to covers and spine sunned. An attractive book.. Hard Cover. Very Good.