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Auction archive: Lot number 19

Treasure Island

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$3,250
Auction archive: Lot number 19

Treasure Island

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$3,250
Beschreibung:

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 1883 STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Treasure Island . London: Cassell & Company, 1883. "Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!" First edition Treasure Island, mixed issue points. Stevenson's classic tale of pirates, buried treasure, and disappointing father figures. "Dead Man's Chest" not capitalized at p. 2, line 7; publisher's advertisements dated "5R-1083" (third or fourth binding). McKay 240. Octavo (192 x 122mm). 8-page publisher's advertisements at end. Frontispiece treasure map printed in black and three colors (thumbprint on title, few spots to fore-edge and internally). Original green cloth, spine gilt-lettered (neatly recased, light wear to tips); custom quarter morocco clamshell. Provenance : Edgar (gift inscription dated November 1883) – Thomas Harvey (bookplate).

Auction archive: Lot number 19
Auction:
Datum:
25 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 1883 STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Treasure Island . London: Cassell & Company, 1883. "Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!" First edition Treasure Island, mixed issue points. Stevenson's classic tale of pirates, buried treasure, and disappointing father figures. "Dead Man's Chest" not capitalized at p. 2, line 7; publisher's advertisements dated "5R-1083" (third or fourth binding). McKay 240. Octavo (192 x 122mm). 8-page publisher's advertisements at end. Frontispiece treasure map printed in black and three colors (thumbprint on title, few spots to fore-edge and internally). Original green cloth, spine gilt-lettered (neatly recased, light wear to tips); custom quarter morocco clamshell. Provenance : Edgar (gift inscription dated November 1883) – Thomas Harvey (bookplate).

Auction archive: Lot number 19
Auction:
Datum:
25 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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