THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. [with] COLVIN, SIDNEY. THE LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. [and] BALFOUR, GRAHAM. THE LIFE OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.

(BINDINGS - SETS). STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS.

(London: Cassell and Company Ltd. in association with Chatto and Windus, William Heinemann, and Longmans Green and Company; Methuen & Co., 1906; 1901; 1900). 225 x 142 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 5/8"). 15 (of 24 volumes): with volumes 1-7, 9, 11-12, and 14-15 (of 20) of "The Works," both volumes of "Letters," and 1 volume (of 2) of "The Life" The Works edited by Edmund Gosse. No. 1,513 of 1,550 copies of the Pentland Edition.

BEAUTIFUL RED MOROCCO, HEAVILY GILT, with elaborate foliate borders framed by two sets of gilt rules, raised bands, compartments ruled in gilt, with either gilt lettering or gilt starburst motifs and foliate corner pieces, wide turn-ins with gilt rules, leafy cornerpieces, and floral side-pieces, FULL PURPLE MOROCCO DOUBLURES with a border of gilt rules and dots, purple watered silk endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Each volume of "The Works" with frontispiece and titled tissue guards, "The Life" and "The Letters" with frontispiece portraits and tissue guards, volume I of "The Life" with additional portrait. The Works entirely unopened, volume II of "The Letters" with facsimile letter. Leather with a hint of soiling, a few joints with just very light rubbing, but a lovely group of very decorative volumes showing only trivial wear, and extremely clean and pleasing internally.

The volumes in this set are beautifully bound, look wonderful on the shelf, and showcase much of Stevenson's impressive corpus, including two of his best-known works, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and "Treasure Island." Despite his struggles with ill health, and a premature death from a brain hemorrhage at the age of 44, Stevenson (1850-94) left a remarkable body of work that remained popular for decades after his passing. No fewer than six collected editions of his complete works were published between 1894 and 1924, and he remains one of the most translated authors of all time. The present bindings, though unsigned, are sumptuously gilt, have luxurious doublures and endleaves, and make a very stately appearance. (The lost volumes went astray during shipping.). (ST19403)

Price: $750.00