Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
25-26 February 1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/787
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    330 Stevenson (R. L.) Memoirs of himself; printed from the Original Manuscript in the possession of Harry Elkins Widener, one of 45 copies on Whatman’s hand-made paper, two pen corrections in the preface by Sir E. Gosse, original boards 4to. Philadelphia, for prwate distribution, 1912 331 Stevenson (R. L.) Letters to an Hditor, one of 20 copies printed by Clemont Shorter for prwate distribution, original wrappers 4to. [1914] Stevenson (R. lL.) Poetical Fragments, one of 25 copies privately printed by Clement Shorter for distribution among his friends, original wrappers 4to. [1915] © Se om 333 Stevenson (R. L.) On the Choice of a Profession, 1916; The Wait Woman, 1916, FIRST SEPARATE EDITIONS, both half linen; and others 12mo. (4) 334 Stevenson (R. L.) The History of Moses, FIRST EDITION, PRESEN- TATION copy from A. EH. Newton, coloured frontismece and facsimiles, original wrappers cr. 8vo. Privately printed, A. Edward Newton, ‘Oak Knoll, Daylesford, Pennsylvania, 1919 One of Stevenson’s early literary efforts, composed at the age of six. _Not.in Prideaux.(1918). ey) eo Or Stevenson (R. L.) Voyage avec un Ane dans les Cévennes; traduit de l’Anglais par Fanny W. Laparra, PRESENTATION copy from George Moore with inscription in his handwriting: “To my dear friend Sir Edmund Gosse this exquisite transla- tion of one oF the few beautiful books in this strike-ridden world, Mag 24, °26, George Moore,” original wrappers cr. 80. . Paris, 1925 336 STEVENSON (R. L., anp Fanny VAN DE Grirr) Mort New ARABIAN NicHts: HE DYNAMITER, FIRST EDITION, inserted an A. Ll. s. (initials), 1 p. from Skerrymore, undated (postmark on envelope dated Mar. 4, °85), orrginal cloth sm. 8vo. Longmans, Green, and Co. 1885 SU) 3% STEVENSON (R. L., AnD Fanny VAN DE Grirr) THE Hancine JupGE; with an Introduction by Edmund Gosse, one of 30 copies printed, a rubber stamp mark on the recto of half-title and on verso of sa leaf, cloth cr. 8vo. Printed for Private C eaten. 1914
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