Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis - 1883

Cassell & Company, London, 1883 First Edition, with 4 pages of advertisements at end, dated "5G-783" which identifies this volume as a first binding of the first edition. The following first issue points are also present "dead man's chest" not capitalized on pages 2 or 7; the first letter of "vain" broken in the last line on page 40; the "a" missing in line 6, page 63; the period not present after "opportunity" in line 20, page 178; "worse" for "worst" in line 3, page 197. Mixed issue points include: the "7" overstamped in the pagination on page 127 and the "8" is present in the pagination on page 83. The book is bound in the publisher's ORIGINAL green cloth with light wear to the spine and edges. The pages are clean with minor discoloration. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy in collector's condition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.