The Travels and Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson: Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers and Memories and Portraits (XIII of the standard set published by CharlesScribner's Sons).

New York, NY Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. Hardcover Standard Edition (1907). Both texts published in the 1880s/ Very Good: shows a hint of sunning to the crimson background field of the backstrip (the gilt titles and designs thereon remain unaffected: bold and clearly legible); there is also a faint mottling to the front side of the backstrip and the area around the front hinge, probably caused by an insect or perhaps exposure to water; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor cosmetic flaws. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.25 x 5.85 x 1.3 inches). 338 pages. Frontispiece from a photographic portrait by Notman with vellum tissue guard. Language: English. Weight: 22.8 ounces. Crimson buckram cloth over boards with gilt titles at the front panel with gold-ruled borders and gilt titles and designs at the backstrip. Top Edge Gilt. Rough cut fore-edge and bottom edge. Published in 1907, both the offerings here were first published in the 1880s. Standard set published by Charles Scribner's Sons. This was a lovely set. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'.