Treasure Island (Second edition-1884)
By Robert Louis Stevenson
VGC. Cassell & Company, Limited, London, 1884.Second edition with some of the first issue points. dead man's chest" on pages 2 and 7, "rain" for "vain" in the last line of page 40, the "8" is present in the pagination on page 83, which is generally missing, "worse" for "worst" in line 3 of page 197, "the period" is lacking following "opportunity" in line 20 of page 178, and "Treasure Island" is listed as having 304 pages on page 2 of the publisher's advertisements. Includes 8 pages with advertisements dated "5R-12.83". Frontispiece map of Treasure Island printed in 3 colours. Light green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small marks,ink marks,scratches and nicks on the edges of the spine,small nicks,dents,scratches and small mark on the cover) in VGC, no Dj cover as iisued.Nice and clean pages with small foxing marks and tainted on the outer edges,small foxing marks,nicks and creases on the edges of the pages,previous owner's name and date(1884) written on the edges of the half-title page,some foxing marks inside the first two and last two pages of the book.The book is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear.294pp. A collectable and scarce book.
Published by: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1884
Vendor: Alpha 2 Omega Books BA
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By Robert Louis Stevenson
VGC. Cassell & Company, Limited, London, 1884.Second edition with some of the first issue points. dead man's chest" on pages 2 and 7, "rain" for "vain" in the last line of page 40, the "8" is present in the pagination on page 83, which is generally missing, "worse" for "worst" in line 3 of page 197, "the period" is lacking following "opportunity" in line 20 of page 178, and "Treasure Island" is listed as having 304 pages on page 2 of the publisher's advertisements. Includes 8 pages with advertisements dated "5R-12.83". Frontispiece map of Treasure Island printed in 3 colours. Light green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small marks,ink marks,scratches and nicks on the edges of the spine,small nicks,dents,scratches and small mark on the cover) in VGC, no Dj cover as iisued.Nice and clean pages with small foxing marks and tainted on the outer edges,small foxing marks,nicks and creases on the edges of the pages,previous owner's name and date(1884) written on the edges of the half-title page,some foxing marks inside the first two and last two pages of the book.The book is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear.294pp. A collectable and scarce book.
Published by: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1884
Vendor: Alpha 2 Omega Books BA
