Lot 314
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Treasure Island, first edition, 1883.
Hammer Price: £1,800
Description
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Treasure Island, first edition, half-title, map frontispiece, 8pp. advertisements dated 12.83, modern blue morocco, gilt, by Henry Sotheran, g.e., cloth slip-case, 8vo, 1883.
⁂ Handsome copy with the following early issue points (though with later advertisements): "dead man's chest" on p.2 and p.7 not capitalised; "rain" for "vain" in last line p.40; "a" not present in line 6, p.63; "7" is missing from pagination on p.127; full-sop is missing after "opportunity" in line 20, p.178; "worse" for "worst" in line 3, p.197.
Description
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Treasure Island, first edition, half-title, map frontispiece, 8pp. advertisements dated 12.83, modern blue morocco, gilt, by Henry Sotheran, g.e., cloth slip-case, 8vo, 1883.
⁂ Handsome copy with the following early issue points (though with later advertisements): "dead man's chest" on p.2 and p.7 not capitalised; "rain" for "vain" in last line p.40; "a" not present in line 6, p.63; "7" is missing from pagination on p.127; full-sop is missing after "opportunity" in line 20, p.178; "worse" for "worst" in line 3, p.197.
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