Lot 271
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Kidnapped [and:] Catriona
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1886-93. 2 works, 8vo, 20th-century crushed morocco gilt by Bayntun-Riviere (blue and green respectively), gilt edges, half-title to each work, Kidnapped with folding map frontispiece and 17 pp. advertisements to rear, Catriona with list of author's works to front and 18 pp. advertisements to rear, both with original cloth covers and spine bound in at rear, Kidnapped with a few light spots to lower margins and repaired closed tear to final leaf of advertisements
Footnote
Note: First editions; Kidnapped is a first issue, with 'business' for 'pleasure' at p. 40 line 10, 'nine o'clock' for 'twelve o'clock' at p. 64 line 1, 'Long Islands' for 'Long Island' at p. 101 lines 9-10, and pressmarks 5G.4.86 & 5B.4.86 in the advertisements.