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The Valima Edition of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson [complete in 9 volumes]
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Collier, 1912. Leather bound. Very good. 8vo. 1/2 morocco over marbled boards. Gilt lettering and decoration on spines. Gilt top edges. Frontispiece and illustrations in each volume.
Minor shelf wear to leather. Footer of spine to Vol. III has been repaired. Bookplate inside front free endpaper of each volume. Tight and clean. An excellent set.
This is a finely printed nine-volume leather-bound set of the works of Stevenson. This set is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major Robert Louis Stevenson collector and archivist who, as Chairman of the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, greatly contributed to the preservation of Stevenson's estate in Valima, Samoa.
Minor shelf wear to leather. Footer of spine to Vol. III has been repaired. Bookplate inside front free endpaper of each volume. Tight and clean. An excellent set.
This is a finely printed nine-volume leather-bound set of the works of Stevenson. This set is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major Robert Louis Stevenson collector and archivist who, as Chairman of the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, greatly contributed to the preservation of Stevenson's estate in Valima, Samoa.
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- Bookseller
- Uncharted Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2977
- Title
- The Valima Edition of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson [complete in 9 volumes]
- Author
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collier
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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