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STEINBECK, JOHN.
Of Mice and Men.
8vo, publisher’s beige cloth, front
cover and spine stamped in black and orange, slight lean, small bump to top of front cover;
dust jacket, corners clipped, cellotape repairs on verso, primarily to upper rear and spine
panels, light finger-soiling.
NewYork: Covici-Friede, (1937)
[800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST ISSUE
.
First issue points present include a bullet between the “8”s on
page 88 and “pendula” on page 9, line 21. Goldstone-Payne A7.a.
241
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STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS.
Treasure Island.
Frontispiece map in
three colors. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered
crimson cloth, cocked, spine slightly dark-
ened, ends and edges somewhat rubbed,
scattered staining and few small abraded
areas on covers; front hinge cracked, inter-
mittent internal
discoloration,
old
ownership inscription penciled on prelim-
inary leaf.
London: Cassell & Company, Ltd., 1883
[800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION
,
MIXED ISSUE
with 8 pages of
advertisements at end, the later state dated
“5R-12.83.” McKay states that these only
found in the 1884 stated second printing.This
copy dated 1883 and with the following first
issue points: “dead man’s chest” not capitalized
on pages 2 or 7; the first letter of “vain” broken
in the last line on page 40; the “a” missing in
line 6, page 63; the period not present after
“opportunity” in line 20, page 178; “worse”
for “worst” in line 3, page 197. McKay, 240
and 242; Prideaux 11.
241
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STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS.
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde.
[8], 138, [14] pages. 8vo, original
yellow printed wrappers, slightly cocked,
scattered soiling, corners creased, backstrip
extremities chipped.
NewYork: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1886
[600/900]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
,
later printing of
this fragile book. “Sixteenth thousand.”
Authorized Edition. Charles Scribner’s Sons
printed 4,200 copies, of which 3,000 were ini-
tially bound in paper wrappers; the remaining
1,200 were bound in boards. Prideaux, p.45.
240
