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… Ler mais sobre este 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… Ler mais sobre este 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… Ler mais sobre este 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… Ler mais sobre este 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… Ler mais sobre este 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… Ler mais sobre este item

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… Ler mais sobre este 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

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… Ler mais sobre este item

Cassell & Company, 1893. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cassell & Company Limited; London, 1893. Hardcover. First UK Edition. A Very Good, green binding with gilt lettering and gilt illustration on front board, gilt lettering on spine, binding intact, some handling/scuffing to boards, bit of sunning to spine, age toning to pages, bumped board corners, rubbing along… Ler mais sobre este item

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… Ler mais sobre este 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… Ler mais sobre este item

London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, 1893. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good. Some leaves unopened at the foredge.. Gordon Browne & W. Hatherell. Hardback. Physically 8½” x 5¾” (1 kg); (x) 277pp; Illustrated by Gordon Browne & W. Hatherell; Includes: Tissue-guarded Frontispiece; 16pp. publisher's list; Black & white plates; Coloured maps (1); || The book is… Ler mais sobre este 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.. Armorial bookplate; slightly cocked; spine and edges of boards a little tanned. . 8vo,. Beinecke 576.

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

London: Cassell & Co, 1893. The Beach of Falesa, which describes island life realistically. The Bottle Imp, set in Hawaii. The Isle of Voices, a Polynesian fable described as his weirdest story. First impression first state binding. Leaves were collected together and sent out in advance for the Colonial market as was usual at that time, hence catalogue dated September… Ler mais sobre este item

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.