Description
Treasure Island. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1883. First edition, first or early issue, 8vo, half-title, frontispiece map (detached), 8pp. advertisements, original green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, bookplate, bookseller's note pasted to front free endpaper, gift inscription, occasional slight internal soiling, some darkening to spine, some rubbing and bumping to covers and spine [Morgan 206]
Footnote
Note: The volume corresponds to the majority of first issue points: 'deadman's' chest is not capitalised on pp.2 & 7, 'a' is not present on p.63 line 6, the full-stop is lacking following 'opportunity' on p.178 line 20, the advertisements are dated October (5R-1083) and the '7' in the pagination of p.127 is bolder and slightly more raised than the rest of the pagination. However, the '8' is present in the pagination on p.83. which does not correspond with the first issue points. The first issue should also have the word 'rain' for 'vain' on p.40. In this cop, the first letter has been rubbed and cannot be properly identified.