Vailima Letters

1895. [1/100, in unbound signatures] Being Correspondence addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin. November 1890 - October 1894. In Two Volumes. Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1895. Original folded unbound signatures. First Edition, Large Paper Issue, consisting of 100 numbered copies on John Dickinson & Co. paper -- this copy unnumbered, and in fact still in its… Read more about this item

Chicago : Stone & Kimball, 1895. First American edition : possibly preceding the one-volume London edition published by Methuen in November 1895. Letters from the South Seas, with an introduction by Sidney Colvin. Two volumes. Foolscap 8vo (18cm). (282),[ii],[2]; (276),[ii],[2]pp. Frontispieces (one an etched portrait of Stevenson by William Strang). Original green buckram, ruled and lettered in gilt; top edges… Read more about this item

1895. Being Correspondence addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin November 1890 - October 1894. London: Methuen & Co., 1895. Original pinkish-tan buckram decorated in gilt. First English Edition, domestic issue (with title page in red and black), published about a week after the two-volume Chicago edition. "Vailima" ("five rivers") was the name Stevenson gave to the… Read more about this item

Chicago: Stone & Kimball. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. A first edition of a collection of letters from Robert Louis Stevenson to his friend, literary advisor and editor Sidney Colvin. Volume 2 only (of 2). The letters were written from RLS's residence in Vailma, Samoa and cover the period from May, 1892… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co, 1895 Copy in brown cloth on boards with gilt decoration on cover and gilt title on spine. Upper cover has patch which appears to have been a label at some time. Spine lightly rubbed at head/foot. Spine lightly sunned. Light tanning to front and rear end papers. Foxing to folio edges. … Read more about this item

London : Methuen, 1913. Twelfth Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 366 pages; Description: xx, 366 p. , [3] leaves of plates : maps, ports. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894… Read more about this item

London, England: Methuen & Company. Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1895. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 366 pages: 5.5 x 7.75 in.: 1.6: KB#010431: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. No Jacket As Issued. Boards and pages are clean (but pages are age-spotted and tanned), unmarked (except for several… Read more about this item

Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 303 pages. Fully bound in leather. Black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates are bright and clear with light foxing and tanning to text block edges and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild rubbing, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has… Read more about this item

Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 366 pages (complete). A much owned book that has character, resilience and pugnacity. The cover is much worn and stained. The spine has extensive wear to the seams but the binding is nonetheless secure and tight. Inside, the pages are marked, firm, thick, roughly cut, amiable. The… Read more about this item

London : Methuen & Co, 1926. Twentieth edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Minor library marks remain. Physical description; xiv, 281 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Subjects; Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850-1894 Correspondence. Colvin,… Read more about this item

Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1899. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good set. Two volumes. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt rules and spine titles, top edge gilt. The spines are slightly darkened. A Very Good or better set.

London: Metheun and Co, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 366pp. Illustrated. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown, binding with a toned spine and moderate general wear, a couple of toned spots in the text from the tissue guards or a newspaper article laid in, very good and sound.

Chicago, Stone & Kimball, 1895., 1895. First American edition. Small 8vo. Frontispieces (one is an etched portrait by William Strang). 15 page introduction by Sidney Colvin. Original gilt stamped green cloth, t.e.g., uncut. Very good-fine. Later red patterned board slipcase and chemise. Beinecke #609.. F. Hardcover.

New York, NY: Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Greenwood Reprinting.. 2 volume set, 8vo. Ligght brown cloth boards with gilt lettering along spines. Minor shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and cover boards. Tightly bound, no marks. Set is in Near Fine condition..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes. Original green buckram. Housed in custom boxed slipcase. Nice copies.

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1901. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1901. No Edition Stated. 366 pages. No dust jacket. Navy cloth with gilt lettering. B&W illustrations throughout. Mild brown staining & finger smudging to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Pages are rough cut. Mild wear and bumping to… Read more about this item

Chicago: Stone and Kimball, 1895. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. First U.S. edition, good to very good condition in original green cloth. Spot to cover of volume 1, frontis illustration missing on vol. 1; spines somewhat tanned, former owner bookpate, stamp on endpapers.

Westport, CT, U.S.A.: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated, 1970. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Head of spine of each volume and upper rear corner of volume I lightly bumped, edges lightly foxed, gilt on spines slightly rubbed.

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1917. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Methuen & Co. 1917. Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin: November 1890 - October 1894. Condition: Very Good. Clean copy - tight Harcover binding with clear and complete text. Deckled edge, some minor foxing on the edges of some… Read more about this item

Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Name on endpaper; bookplate; else fine in Mylar jackets. Scarce: possibly preceding English first ed. (Kramer 49). Illustrated by Tipped-in etchings. Binding is cloth boards.