Island Nights Entertainments

1893. Consisting of The Beach of Falesa / The Bottle Imp / The Isle of Voices. With Illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. London Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, 1893. 16 pp ads dated Mar 1893. Original blue-grey cloth pictorially decorated in gilt. First English Edition, published five days after the American. "The Bottle Imp" is… Read more about this item

1893. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. Original tan cloth decorated in brown and black. First Edition, published five days before the English one. This collection consists of "The Beach at Falesa," "The Bottle Imp" and "The Isle of Voices"; the middle one is one of Stevenson's weirdest tales -- a supernatural blend of Aladdin's lamp, the monkey's… Read more about this item

Eveleigh Nash and Grayson, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No edition remarks. 278 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains ex-libris plate. Lothian Edition, Vol. XVI. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Moderate tanning to… Read more about this item

HIS FINEST STORY - CHALLENGING 19TH CENTURY TABOOS first edition, first issue tall 8vo. x, [2], 277, [3 (blank)], [16 (advts. dated "7G - 3.93.")]pp., cold frontispiece map, numerous illustrations throughout the text, pale turquoise cloth gilt lettered on front cover and spine, pictorially gilt blocked on front cover, decorative paper endpapers, very nice bright copy. The first issue of the first… Read more about this item

London: Cassell & Company, 1893. Book. Illus. by Browne, Gordon & Hatherell, W. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Blue buckram with bright lettering & decorations (Uma) stamped in gilt. Adds dated 1893. Price correction in ink to Works by R.L. Stevenson. Tissue between frontispiece and title page. Pages are bright and clean with no marks, foxing or writing. Approximately 28… Read more about this item

London: Cassell & Company, 1893. First issue, with inked price alteration to initials advertisement leaf. x, [2], 277p, [19]. With 28 full-page illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. Original publisher's pictorial blue/green cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled, a trifle cocked. Endpapers browned, later armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to FEP. The first edition, first issue, of… Read more about this item

London:: Cassell & Company,, 1893.. First English edition, first issue.. original decorated cloth.. Armorial bookplate; slightly cocked; spine and edges of boards a little tanned. . 8vo,. Beinecke 576.

London, Cassell & Company Limited, 1893., 1893. First English edition, first issue. Tall 8vo. Color map and 27 plates by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. Original gilt stamped pictorial blue cloth, upper cover with gilt stamped design of Polynesian maiden, patterned endpapers (one corner slightly bumped); olive green floral endpapers. Good-very good. Publisher's 16 page catalogue at end, dated March… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, 1898 Red cloth pitorial boards, gilt titles to spine, decorated endpapers, b&w frontis with tissue guard, b&w and one colour illstn. Very tidy, light foxing to edges and tissue guard. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Cassell and Company, 1911. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1911. Reprint. 277 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Ex-libris plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Notable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1924. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tusitala Edition, first edition first printing thus . xvi + 204 pp octavo hardback, gilt decorated spine, top edge blue. Very Good condition No inscriptions.

London:: Cassell & Company,, 1893.. First English edition, first issue.. original decorated cloth.. Old ink ownership signature and armorial bookplate; spine a bit darkened with a little rubbing to the extremities; tight and sound.. 8vo,. Beinecke 576; the publisher's catalogue is dated 7--3 93.

London:: Cassell & Company,, 1893.. First English edition, first issue.. original decorated cloth.. Old ink ownership signature; spine a bit darkened with a little rubbing to the extremities; tight and sound.. 8vo,. Beinecke 576.

ISLAND NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS, Cassell, 1893, first edition ( earliest issue with price for this item altered by hand ), a tight vg copy in pictorial stamped cloth. Collects THE ISLE OF VOICES, THE BEACH OF FALSEA & THE BOTTLE IMP.

London, Cassel & Company Limited, 1893., 1893. First English edition, first issue with change price. Tall 8vo. Color map and 27 plates by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. Original gilt stamped pictorial blue cloth, upper cover with gilt stamped design of Polynesian maiden, patterned endpapers (minor rubbing, front inner hinge starting). Very good. Publisher's catalog at end dated 7G-3.93. Beinecke… Read more about this item

Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Paperback. Good/Good. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Nelson's Classics in Leather series. Consisting of The Beach of Falesa, The Bottle Imp and The Isle of Voices. Green leather soft covers, gilt titles and circular vignette. Small format 6.25 x 4.25". Top edge gilt. B/w frontis. 281 pages… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1893. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Front hinge starting. Top text block edge gilded. .

Blackie & Son, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 177 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing… Read more about this item

British Books Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 249 pages. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Bookseller sticker stuck to back pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1924. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tusitala Edition, first edition first printing thus . xvi + 204 pp octavo hardback, gilt decorated spine, top edge blue. Good condition No inscriptions.