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Robert Louis Stevenson, born 1850 and died 1894, is one of
the best known authors in English literature having written some truly classic
titles which remain as fresh today as when they were first published. As can be
seen, the bibliography is somewhat complex. Priority switches between America
and England with some books not seeing dual release. There are also several
important issue points for collectors to bear in mind. We have included these
and there is all the information here to identify a first edition from a
reprint. Generally speaking, UK editions are more desirable than their American
counterparts, consequently more valuable. Whilst his classic titles are rare,
and costly, they are unknown or out of reach for the serious and committed
collector with a reasonable budget.
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| Title |
|
Date |
Notes |
| New Arabian Nights |
Chatto |
1882 |
Two volumes |
| Ditto US |
Holt |
1882 |
|
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Treasure Island |
UK - Cassell 1883
1st issue has 'Dead Man's Chest' not capitalized on pages 2 and
7
'rain' for 'vain' last line page 40 |
| US - Robert Bros - 1884 |
| Title |
|
Date |
Notes |
| Prince Otto |
Chatto |
1885 |
|
| Ditto US |
Scribner's |
1902 |
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| The Dynamiter |
Longmans |
1885 |
Hardcover and wraps.
US: 1885 Holt |
|
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde |
US - Scribner's - 1886
1st issue in softcover wraps
2nd in boards |
UK - 1886 - Longmans Green & Co
In wraps, true first has hand-corrected date on front cover
Second is hardback issued same year |
|
Kidnapped |
UK - Cassell 1886
1st issue has 'business' line 11 on page 40
2nd has 'pleasure' line 11 page 40
Both have a fold-out map as a frontispiece |
US - Scribner's - 1886
Folding map for frontis and 8 pages of adverts
2nd issue in wraps with no ads |
| Title |
|
Date |
Notes |
| The Merry Men |
Chatto |
1887 |
US: 1887 Scribner's |
| The Black Arrow |
Scribner's |
1888 |
1st in wraps, 2nd boards
UK: 1888 Cassell, issue as above |
| The Master of Ballantrae |
Cassell |
1889 |
US: 1889 Scribners. 1st boards 2nd wraps |
| The Wrong Box |
Longmans |
1889 |
US: 1889 Scribner's |
| The Wrecker |
Cassell |
1892 |
US: 1892 Scribner's |
| Three Plays |
Nutt |
1892 |
2 limited editions also |
| Catriona |
Cassell |
1893 |
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| Island Night's Entertainment |
Scribner's |
1893 |
UK: 1893 Cassell |
| The Ebb-Tide |
Kimball |
1894 |
UK: 1894 Heinemann |
| Valima Letters |
Methuen |
1895 |
|
| Weir of Hermiston |
Chatto |
1896 |
US: 1896 Scribner's |
| St Ives |
Scribner's |
1897 |
UK: 1898 Heinemann |
R.L. Stevenson - Verse
| Title |
|
Date |
Notes |
| A Child's Garden of Verses |
Longmans |
1885 |
US: 1885 Scribner's |
| Underwoods |
Windus |
1887 |
US: 1887 Scribner's |
| Ballads |
Scribner's |
1890 |
UK: 1890 Chatto |
| Songs of Travel |
Chatto |
1896 |
|
| Verses by R.L.S |
Private |
1912 |
De Vinne Press 100 copies |
Robert Louis Stevenson - Non-Fiction
| Title |
|
Date |
Notes |
| The Pentland Rising |
Elliot |
1866 |
anonymous, wrappers |
| The Charity Bazaar |
Private |
1868 |
wraps, some signed |
| An Inland Voyage |
Kegan |
1878 |
US: 1883 Robert Bros |
| Edinburgh Picturesque Notes |
Seeley |
1879 |
|
| Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes |
Keegan |
1879 |
US: 1879 Robert |
| Virginibus Puerisque |
Paul |
1881 |
US: 1887 Scribner's |
| The Graver and the Pen |
Osbourne |
1882 |
wraps |
| Familiar Studies of Men and Books |
Chatto |
1882 |
also 100 large paper copies |
| The Silverado Squatters |
Windus |
1883 |
1st edition has 'his' missing from penultimate line
on page 140 |
| Memories and Portraits |
Chatto |
1887 |
US: 1887 Scribner's |
| Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin |
Scribner's |
1887 |
UK: 1912 Longmans Green |
| Father Damien An Open Letter |
Private |
1890 |
1st Australia, wraps. 2nd Edinburgh, unbound sheets.
3rd Chatto, wraps |
| In the South Seas |
Cassell |
1890 |
2nd Edinburgh. Then Scribner's. Then 1900 Chatto |
| Across the Plains |
Chatto |
1892 |
also 100 large paper. |
| A Footnote to History |
Cassell |
1892 |
US: 1892 Scribner's |
| The amateur Emigrant |
Stone |
1895 |
no UK |
| Essays of Travel |
Chatto |
1905 |
US: 1905 Scribner's |
| Essays in the art of Writing |
Chatto |
1905 |
US: 1905 Scribner's |
| Lay Morals and Other Papers |
Chatto |
1911 |
US: 1915 Scribner's |
| Records of a Family of Engineers |
Chatto |
1912 |
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