Memories & Portraits

London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good copy. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth and beveled boards with gilt spine title, top edge gilt. Light edge wear, particularly the spine's crown. Text beginning to age-tone. Very Good.

Memories & Portraits 1887 1st edition Robert Louis Stevenson

Boston: Herbert B. Turner & Co.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1904. Hardcover. A 1904 American edition of a series of remembrances and biographical sketches by Robert Louis Stevenson. Includes profiles of his father Thomas Stevenson and other acquaintances, as well as his musings on a variety of topics. With tissue-guarded frontis portrait of RLS from… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1904. Pp. x+300(last colophon); cr. 8vo; school prize binding in half red calf, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, red cloth boards with gilt crest and motto of Winchester College at centre of upper board, edges of boards lightly rubbed and grazed, the spine slightly faded and grazed; t.e.g., others uncut;… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus, 1912. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Gilt top edge. 182 pp. Shelf wear. Bookplate inside front cover. Tight and clean. This is an attractive antique copy of Stevenson's classic collection of memoirs and criticism. This copy is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021),… Read more about this item

Charles Scribner's, 1917-01-01. Leather Bound. Good. 0x0x0. 12mo. Red leather with No Dust Jacket (as issued). Name to front end page. Boards with shelf wear, bumped at corners and spine ends with edges. Edge bands of spine missing. Gold gilt to top page edges. Toning to page edges. Decorative papers. Pages unmarked. Binding with no separations. Hinges… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus , 1919. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5" . None . An excellent new impression of this collection of essays by Robert Louis Stevenson. Collection of sixteen essays by the popular author Robert Louis Stevenson. A new impression of this work originally published in 1887. Essay topics range from college memories to… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1901. Tenth Edition . Half Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. From the family library of author Maxwell Laurie (brother of the publisher, Thomas Werner Laurie) and his wife Marjorie (daughter of the governor of Burma, Sir Herbert Thirkell White) with Laurie's 1905 inscription to front blank. Finely bound, early… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1912. Hardcover. Good. Neat collection of Stevenson's memories and elegiac portraits of people he knew, linked, he claims, in a way that reveals himself. Fine paper edition. Bound in full leather with decorated end-papers. All edges gilt. Some rubbing to spine and extremities but content is clean and tight. … Read more about this item

London. Chatto and Windus. F. Hardcover. 1887. 17cm, the first trade edition, x,299p., blue black fine grain linen, bevelled boards, partily unopend, fore edges uncut, t.e.g., gilt titles on spine, a fine copy.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 299 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth. Housed in matching quarter blue morocco and blue cloth slipcase and chemise, spine with gilt. Book with light rubbing to corners, head and tail of spine. Top edge gilt. Light toning to text block. Slipcase with light wear,… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], x, 299, [1]; very good copy in original blue buckram lettered in gilt on spine, t.e.g. This copy with an early inscription, "Walter McLaren with love, F. S. O., Christmas 1887" -- McLaren likely the British Member of Parliament for Crewe. Beinecke 454.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], x, 299, [1]; very good copy in original blue buckram lettered in gilt on spine, t.e.g. Beinecke 454.

New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1896. Hardcover. 12mo, author's edition", viii,299p., in contemporary half crushed red morocco, gilt titles and gilt decorated panels on the spine, small inlay on the flora decoration, gilt ruled borders on the boards, marbled boards and endpapers, t.e.g., some toning on the text, a near fine copy in attractive signed binding "Vautm(?)hin R(e?)l"(ho2.1) ~… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1913. Hardcover. Good. Impressive Hatchards half leather binding of Stevenson's collection of 16 essays on a wide range of topics including autobiographical pieces and literary theory. Red half leather, gilt rules to cover. Top edge gilt. Raised bands to spine. Marbled end-papers. 12mo. (190x135mm). Armorial bookplate of Harold… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus, 1904. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Gilt top edge. 182 pp. Shelf wear. Front hinge overopened. Tight and clean. This is an attractive antique copy of Stevenson's classic collection of memoirs and criticism. This copy is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus, 1909. [Essay collection] FINE LEATHER BINDING. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[13] 299 [4]. Tan half calf with doubled marbled paper over boards. Gilt foliar tooling and titles to spine, raised bands. With doubled marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Interior is mostly clean with some spotting to the first and last few leaves as well as… Read more about this item

New York : C. Scribner's sons, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: x, 299p. ; 19cm. Subjects: Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894) ; Biography.

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.… Read more about this item

Condition: Fair; the book is in good condition, with light edge-wear to the boards and no DJ. The interior is clean without markings. Undated. Circa 1920's Illustrated by "Nick". Flexible leatherette. The spine is gilt-decorated with Robert Louis Stevenson's signature on the front cover.