The Works.: [Including Treasure Island; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Kidnapped; Catriona.]
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: by T. and A. Constable for Longmans Green and Co.,, 1894. Handsomely bound set. The Edinburgh edition, number 349 of 1035 numbered sets, initialled by the publisher on the limitation page. Due to the quality of the printing and paper, the Edinburgh edition is widely considered to be the best edition of Stevenson's collected works. 3Two volumes, octavo. Attractively bound in recent burgundy morocco, spines gilt in compartments, blue and black morocco labels, decorative roll to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. 4 frontispieces printed on Japon vellum, 4 coloured map frontispieces printed on Japon vellum and 7 frontispieces on laid watermarked paper; double page coloured map printed on Japon vellum; Titles printed in red and black some with vignettes. The occasional minor blemish, an excellent set.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 166771
- Title
- The Works.
- Author
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh: by T. and A. Constable for Longmans Green and Co.,
- Date Published
- 1894
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...