Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers.
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
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- Used
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- 1887
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London, GBR
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$6,236.00
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London: Chatto & Windus,, 1887. His mother's copy of his first book of essays Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title, "To my mother, Robert Louis Stevenson". Margaret Isabella Balfour Stevenson (1829-1897), known to her family as "Maggie", married Thomas Stevenson in 1848. The pair lived in Edinburgh, and there Margaret gave birth to RLS, her only… Read more about this item Item Price
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Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Fine
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- 1908
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- Full Straight-grained Morocco
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$74.83
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London: Chatto & Windus 1908. Small 8vo. vii, 279 pp. Full deep blue straight grained morocco with raised bands, gilt lettering and borders to spine and boards; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Spine slightly discoloured but still pleasing, ink name to prelim. Otherwise all in fine condition, clean and bright. Beautifully bound by Maclehose. . Fine. Full Straight-grained Morocco. 1908.… Read more about this item Item Price
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VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE And Other Papers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
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- 1st Edition; 2nd Printing
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- 1881
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- Hardcover
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Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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$65.00
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London: C. Kegan Paul & Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1881. 1st Edition; 2nd Printing. hardcover. 296 pp; Prideaux #5, possible 2nd printing; 7.81 instead of 8.80 at bottom of pg. 297. Spine soiled, title faded; boards and spine edge worn, inner hinges strting to crack but binding is tight; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast… Read more about this item Item Price
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Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Used - Very Good Indeed
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- 1919
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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$74.82
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1919. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. The first collection of Stevenson's essays, in a Gonville and Caius College armorial prize binding. A New Impression. With a prize presentation label to the front pastedown, given to J. M. Kirkby. With a bookseller's stamp for Bowes and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1906
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1906. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A smart copy of this collection of essays by Robert Louis Stevenson, in a leather binding. Twenty-seventh edition. Label of 'The Educational Supply Assoc. Ltd' to rear pastedown. Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist born in 1850. His… Read more about this item Item Price
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Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Original orange cloth. The first state of the binding of three, the spine imprint reading "C. Kegan Paul & Co." Rubbed. Very Goo
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- First Edition
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- 1881
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- 296, 32, ads (dated 4.81)pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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$400.00
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London: C. Kegan Paul &Co, 1881. First Edition. 296, 32, ads (dated 4.81)pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original orange cloth. The first state of the binding of three, the spine imprint reading "C. Kegan Paul & Co." Rubbed. Very Good. First Edition. 296, 32, ads (dated 4.81)pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Beinecke 70 Item Price
$400.00
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Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1910
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- Hardcover
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nr Canterbury, Kent, GBR
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$18.71
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Paper Edition. 194pp. Original green cloth boards, blind tooling to front and gilt titles and decoration to spine. 12mo. Patterned endpapers, two colour title page. Top edge dust-soiled and some light rubbing to boards. A nice, compact and clean edition… Read more about this item Item Price
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VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE and Other Papers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used
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- 1881
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Yarmouth, Maine, USA
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$225.00
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1881. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1881. 32 pp ads dated July 1881. Original orange cloth decorated in black, beveled.
First Edition, first issue, of Stevenson's first volume of collected essays (which had appeared in periodicals such as The Cornhill during the late 1870s). These essays epitomize Stevenson's early expository style. It is good to have been… Read more about this item Item Price
$225.00
Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1881
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- Original Cloth
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$374.16
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London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1881. 8vo. First edition, first issue. 296, 32 pp. Publisher's original orange cloth with decorative black borders and gilt lettering to spine. Bevelled edges. Spine slightly faded but lettering bright. Spotting to prelims. Internally very clean. No ownership names. With the publisher's adverts at rear dated '8.80' and the spine imprint reading 'C. Kegan… Read more about this item Item Price
$374.16
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Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Cream cloth. Spine sunned, light rubbing to spine ends, else fine. Unopened copy
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- Second edition, Number 21 of 50 Large Paper copies, signed by th
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- 1887
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- Vi, [ii], 278, [1] pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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$350.00
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. Second edition, Number 21 of 50 Large Paper copies, signed by the Printers, R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh. vi, [ii], 278, [1] pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Cream cloth. Spine sunned, light rubbing to spine ends, else fine. Unopened copy. Second edition, Number 21 of 50 Large Paper copies, signed by the Printers,… Read more about this item Item Price
$350.00
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VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE and Other Papers
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Used
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- 1902
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- Leather
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Dayton, Ohio, USA
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$85.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Leather. 224p. LEATHER BINDING BY E.P. DUTTON OF NEW YORK. A small hardcover book bound in 3/4 red leather with marbled boards and endpapers and a gilt top edge. Very good condition overall. Spine lightly darkened and rubbed along the edges. Corners just starting to wear through. Light foxing on frontispiece and title… Read more about this item Item Price
$85.00
Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers (1908)
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1908
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- Hardcover
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Jim Thorpe , Pennsylvania, USA
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$10.00
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering/deco, blind stamped cover, deco end papers, 193 pgs. Strong binding, Clean pgs. Cover has split along spine edge, light shelf rub. Contents include besides Title: Crabbed Age and Youth, El Dorado, Child's Play, Pan's Pipes, etc.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Item Price
$10.00
Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
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- Used
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- Hardcover
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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$69.35
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New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1896. Hardcover. 12mo, 19cm, "author's edition", vi,278p., 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 very good to fine copy in attractive signed binding… Read more about this item Item Price
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Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1893
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$40.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Very good in half vellum with green cloth covered boards, spine and boards are soiled, light wear at the corners, the paper spine label is chipped with only the middle third present. Number 35 of 212 copies printed on holland paper. Item Price
$40.00
Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Used - Good
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- 1908
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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$12.47
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. Hardcover. Good. Handsome 16mo. leather edition of Stevenson's first collection of essays. Fine paper edition. Red leather covers with gilt titling and design. All edges gilt. Decorated endpapers. Rubbing to extremities, top of spine. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Contents clean. Nice and… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.47
VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE AND OTHER PAPERS
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Used - Very Good
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- 16th ed.
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- 1897
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- Hardcover
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Blue Hill, Maine, USA
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$20.00
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1897. 16th ed.. Hardcover. Very Good. 278 pages. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. Blue cloth binding, beveled boards, gilt lettering. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD: wear and soiling to covers- spine faded, light scuffs to covers, edges of text block darkened, … Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
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Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- Later Printing
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- 1893
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- Hardcover
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Chico, California, USA
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$35.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. This collection of essays was first published in England in 1881. This is a Very Good copy of a Later Printing of the First American Edition, part of the publisher's "Cameo Editions." Dark green cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine; the front cover is ruled in gilt with the designated white… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00
Virginibus Puerisque And Other Papers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Published
- 1906
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- Hardcover
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Palmyra, New York, USA
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$12.95
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New York: Current Literature Publishing Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1906. Hardcover. The cover has some edgewear and slight sunning to spine. Slithly soiled upper closed edge. Clean text and strong binding. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package. ; Medallion Edition. ; frontispiece; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 256 pages… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.95
Virginibus Puerisque And Other Papers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Thus
- Published
- 1911
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- Hardcover
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, CAN
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$17.50
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. Virginibus Puerisque (1881) was the first collection of Stevenson's essays on various topics previously published in the Cornhill Magazine This copy issued in the series "The Biographical Collection of Robert Louis Stevenson" 264p .Blind stamped maroon cloth over boards. Neat unmarked copy except for the name of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1910
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- Hardcover
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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$18.00
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New York NY: Moffat, Yard & Co., 1910. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. "Thus I began to write these papers with a definite end: ... I was to state temperately the bbeliefsof youth as opposed to the contentions of age, [and] to go over all the fields where the two differ..." -Stevenson's intro. Cameo… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00