Vailima Letters: Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin, November 1890 to Octobear 1894
by STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen, 1895. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. VERY GOOD+ TO NEAR-FINE HAVING BEEN KEPT IN A VERY GOOD+ SLIPCASE WITH LIGHT EDGE WEAR, GILT SPINE LETTERING WITH RAISED BANDS. 32 PAGES OF ADS FOR METHEUN BOOKS IN REAR. CLEAN AND TIGHT.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mark Post, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31078
- Title
- Vailima Letters: Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin, November 1890 to Octobear 1894
- Author
- STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First printing
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1895
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mark Post, Bookseller
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San Francisco, California
About Mark Post, Bookseller
Specializing in American, European, and Military History, and all sujects relating to Scotland. Also a large selection of uncommon first editions of literature, including historical and western fiction.
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....