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On this day in 1894, Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson sadly died. Best know for his works: 'Treasure Island', 'Kidnapped' and 'A Child's Garden of Verses'. Although born in Scotland, he died in Samoa where he had lived for several years.

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DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE & THE SUICIDE CLUB
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Charles Mozley.
Stock no. 1327881
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Chosen Books series. Grey mottled boards with gilt title and vignettes to spine, vignettes to front cover. 191 pages. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Small, light marks to textblock and to margin of page 143 otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, 'new' publishers price sticker coveirng printed price on front flap.

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TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1827303
Published by Folio Society. 1978. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Sixth impression. Spine lightly faded with a minor mark or two, else clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is browned and grubby, water stain to one side.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1324901
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. Circa 1910. Fair condition.

Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Large pictorial onlay to front. Decorated endpapers. 12 colour plates with tissue-paper guards. Numerous b/w text illustration. Top edge gilt. Covers are very worn and badly dampstained. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Name in ink to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint cracked between endpaper and half-title, showing webbing beneath. Some light fingering but contents generally clean.

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TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Stephen Reid.
Stock no. 1324605
Published by Eveleigh Nash & Grayson Limited. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles, pictorial onlay to front. 12 plates, some colour. 294 pages. Spine and corners bumped, some fading to spine and marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Frontis is part detached at lower half. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. A few pages (including one plate) have slight loss to lower corner tips. Some hinges pulled but binding still tight.

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TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Stock no. 1324601
Published by William Clowes & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green cloth with black titles, vignette to front cover. Colour frontis, 8 b/w illustrations and a chart of Treasure Island. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1324440
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1906. Very good condition.

Dark green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. B/w text illustrations. 136 pages plus publication list to rear. All edges gilt. Spine and corners are bumped. A couple of small marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper and tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Browning to endpapers, foxing to textblock.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Stock no. 1323632
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Thirteen poems most appropriate for today's child accompanied by paintings of childhood as vibrant and evocative as the words. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 32 pages. ISBN: 0751371041. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2138414
Published by Folio Society. 1993. Nearly fine condition.

Green pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 11th printing. Slip case is very good - some white marks and fading to edges.

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ROBINSON CRUSOE CORAL ISLAND TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Daniel Defoe; R.M. Ballantyne; Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by John Harcourt Finnie; J.E. Sutcliffe; Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1318496
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth, gilt title to spine. Three volumes in one. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Pencil writing (name and address) to front free-endpaper. Endpapers slightly browned, textblock slightly grubby.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2127785
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 2nd 1896. Very good condition.

Dark green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. B/w text illustrations. 136 pages plus publication list to rear. All edges gilt. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; a few to page margins.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1814763
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 125 pages. Top edge gilt. Boards a little marked but gilt to front still bright. Cloth backstrip has been re-glued directly to spine, loss to top & tail, touched up with blue ink to sides. Rear hinge pulled. A few marks to contents. A few scattered foxspots. One plate has a corner crease.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1506917
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1908. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 125 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned with a few white marks. A few marks to covers. Front joint cracked. Pen inscription to verso of front endpaper and school plate to front pastedown. 4" tear to page 115/6 and tear to top edge of 117/8, both repaired with clear tape which is now yellowed. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to text block and page edges.

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