Description

Original green pictorial wrappers. 207pp., First English edition, A collection of short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Vandegrift. Original wraps show wear and paper spine beginning to separate along top of front joint. Spine slightly cocked. Covers are firmly attached and book block is solid. Text is clean, with wide margins and all pages firmly attached. Previous owner’s name written in pencil at top of title-page. Contents include the stories: “Prologue of the Cigar Divan”; “Challoner’s adventure: The Squire of Dames”; “Story of the Destroying Angel”; “The Squire of Dames (Concluded)” ; “Somerset’s adventure: The Superfluous Mansion” ; “Narrative of the Spirited Old Lady” ; “The Superfluous Mansion (Continued)” ; “Zero’s Tale of the Explosive Bomb” ; “The Superfluous Mansion (Continued)” ; “Desborough’s Adventure: The Brown Box”; “Story of the Fair Cuban” ; “The Brown Box (Concluded)” ; “The Superfluous Mansion (Concluded)”; ; “Epilogue of the Cigar Divan”. Grolier Club #73, Prideaux – 15. Very scarce in the orignal wraps. Scans sent on request. A good copy.