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ISLAND NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS
de Stevenson, Robert Louis
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Yarmouth, Maine, United States
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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 paw, and a game of hot potato. Included are 26 illustrations. This is a very good-plus copy of this busily-decorated volume, with scarcely any wear but (as usual for this cloth) the spine is sunned. This American edition is not at all common: we see at least five English copies for every American one. Beinecke 575; Princeton 53. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Gilbert Burgess, who was a literary and dramatic critic for London Sketch, perhaps best-known for his interviews with Oscar Wilde.
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 paw, and a game of hot potato. Included are 26 illustrations. This is a very good-plus copy of this busily-decorated volume, with scarcely any wear but (as usual for this cloth) the spine is sunned. This American edition is not at all common: we see at least five English copies for every American one. Beinecke 575; Princeton 53. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Gilbert Burgess, who was a literary and dramatic critic for London Sketch, perhaps best-known for his interviews with Oscar Wilde.
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- Librería
- Sumner & Stillman
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 14323
- Título
- ISLAND NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS
- Autor
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Fecha de publicación
- 1893
- Palabras clave
- Fantasy; Hawaii; Supernatural
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction (19th Century); Science Fiction & Fantasy;
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Sumner & Stillman
Miembro de Biblio desde 2009
Yarmouth, Maine
Sobre Sumner & Stillman
Founded in 1980, Sumner & Stillman is a small family business providing personal service in the buying and selling of literary first editions of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) for over 30 years.
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