STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Treasure Island. London: Cassell 1883. 8vo, original green cloth, small repair at rear outer joint, end-paper cracked at front inner hinge, cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, non-first binding with the 8 pp. of publisher's ads at rear dated "5R-1083," with the following points: "Dead Man's Chest" not capitalized at pp. 2 & 7, "a" not present in line 6 of p. 63, "7" present in pagination at p. 127, period dropped from line 20 of p. 178, "worse" for "worst" in line 3 at p. 197, "8" present (stamped in?) in pagination at p. 83, frontispiece map in three colors. Beinecke 241. Early ownership signature of G.F. Norbray on front free endpaper.
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Treasure Island. London: Cassell 1883. 8vo, original green cloth, small repair at rear outer joint, end-paper cracked at front inner hinge, cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, non-first binding with the 8 pp. of publisher's ads at rear dated "5R-1083," with the following points: "Dead Man's Chest" not capitalized at pp. 2 & 7, "a" not present in line 6 of p. 63, "7" present in pagination at p. 127, period dropped from line 20 of p. 178, "worse" for "worst" in line 3 at p. 197, "8" present (stamped in?) in pagination at p. 83, frontispiece map in three colors. Beinecke 241. Early ownership signature of G.F. Norbray on front free endpaper.
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