Island Nights' Entertainments; consisting of The Beach of Falesá, The Bottle Imp, The Isle of Voices
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1893. Gordon Browne and William Hatherell. First Edition. 8vo, 8 x 5 1/2 inches (223 x 140 mm); pp. xi, 277, (16 publisher's' listing). 28 illustrations including frontispiece and one color map preceding the first story. Bound in blue-green leatherette cloth with gilt title and illustration on front cover, gilt title; floral endpapers, top edge stained green; edges moderately worn, spine and cover edges darkened, chips at head and tail of spine; pages toned, especially on edges; binding solid.
A collection of the last completed works by the author of Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 – 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer, who travel broadly and settled in Samoa in 1889, where he was prodigiously productive and where he became involved with local politics and culture, gathering native stories and infusing some of his writing with these newfound themes. This first edition of the three short stories is accompanied by a set of engaging illustrations by Gordon Browne (1858 – 1932) and William Hatherell (1855-1928) both prolific illustrators who worked with publishers and magazines.
Condition: Very good.
Item number: 1499
Price: $275.00
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