Jekyll and Hyde in original paperback, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, 1886

Jekyll and Hyde in original paperback
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886
STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886.

First English edition, wrappers issue, with the "5" in the date on front cover changed by hand to "6." This first English edition was preceded by the American Scribner edition by four days. "Like Shelley's Frankenstein, this is an updating of the Faust theme which speculates on the dangers of science out of control...Stevenson's theme of the human mind fragmenting into mutually exclusive, mutually destructive bits has been treated by countless later writers" (Lilly). Lilly 21.

Octavo (179 x 118mm). Advertisement leaf at end (thumbprint on half-title). Original wrappers printed in blue and red (some soiling and light wear, neatly rebacked, small erasure to top margin); custom quarter morocco case.

Pre-Lot Text
THE SCOTT GREENBAUM COLLECTION OF LITERARY FIRST EDITIONS