Familiar Epistle in Verse and Prose.
Stevenson, R.L. ; Wise, T.J.
Verlag: Privately printed [for T.J.Wise], London, unauthorized first edition, 1896, 1896
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Limited edition of 27 copies printed for T.J. Wise, all on Whatman handmade paper (the figure of 27 coming from the Ashley Library catalogue). Japanese vellum boards, gilt spine-title, 8vo, 19 pp, frontispiece facsimile plate and one facsimile in the text. A private printing for the forger T.J. Wise, who owned the manuscript. Wise's Ashley Library device appears at the end and the volume is one of 'The Ashley Library Series of Privately Printed Books.' Wise sent Wrenn a copy in November 1896 and no doubt gave away or sold most of the remainder. Slater's 1914 Bibliography of Stevenson notes that "Several copies of this privately printed pamphlet have occurred for sale, though not recently". Barker & Collins in "Sequel to An Enquiry" record that 16 copies were sold at auction between 1897 and 1920 and conclude that the volume is "a patent piracy, regularly marketed with the forgeries". The 1913 Widener Stevenson catalogue had described the volume as a "forged curiosity", a phrase used of it by Edward Gosse. Stevenson's executors took legal advice on bringing an action for breach of copyright - letters from their solicitors attempting to trace the ownership of the manuscript and identify the person responsible for its printing appear in Volume IV of the Beinecke Stevenson catalogue. But it seems the executors had left it rather late after publication and Wise escaped having to defend his publication in court. The Epistle was addressed by Stevenson to Mr. Charles Baxter, (one of his executors), and is dated 'Boulogne-sur-Mer, Wednesday, 3rd or 4th September 1872.' The frontispiece is a facsimile on Japanese vellum of one of the stanzas of the Epistle in Stevenson's hand, and a facsimile of his signature to the Epistle appears on page 17. Todd 286d, Prideaux 47. Spine worn and torn with some loss and browned, boards somewhat darkened, contents Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-59295
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Titel: Familiar Epistle in Verse and Prose.
Verlag: Privately printed [for T.J.Wise], London, unauthorized first edition, 1896
Erscheinungsdatum: 1896
Einband: Hardcover
Auflage: 1. Auflage
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Familiar epistle in verse and prose / by Robert Louis Stevenson 1896 [Leather Bound]
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Leatherbound. Zustand: NEW. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1896 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 38 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LB100153401169
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Familiar Epistle in Verse and Prose
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Printed for Private Distribution, London, 1896
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Anbieter: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Kanada
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First, Limited Edition. Octavo. The Impression of this book is limited to a few copies for Private Circulation only. Per Prideaux #47, "27 copies only were printed, all upon Whatman's handmade paper. The volume forms one of The Ashley Library Series of Privately Printed Books." Pp. 17 + Ashley Library colophon, a handwritten facsimile of one of the stanzas printed on Japanese vellum as frontispiece, with facsimile signature at conclusion. Original cream-coloured Japanese vellum paper boards, gilt spine lettering. Interior clean and crisp. Covers and spinestrip dust soiled, small stain to rear board, spine gilt slightly dulled. Overall, a very good copy of a scarce item. Prideaux 47. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 37307
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Familiar epistle in verse and prose.
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Printed for Private Distribution,, London:, 1896
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Anbieter: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, USA
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8vo. 17, [3] pp. Facsimile frontisp. of a verse stanza printed on Japanese vellum, facsimile signature on last page, Ashley Library colophon dated 1896 on recto of p. 19. Cream-coloured Japanese paper boards, gilt lettering on spine, (minor dustsoiling, slight toning to rear board, still a NF copy from the library famed book collector, John A. Spoor, w/ bookplate engraved by Emery Walker and dated 1921 on front pastedown. First edition, 1 of 27 copies printed on Whatman's handmade paper (manuscript annotation on ffep. noted limited to 30 copies). This title formed one of The Ashley Library Series of Privately Printed Books, and the Epistle was addressed to Mr. Charles Baxter, one of the author's executors. Prideaux, 45, pp. 96-97. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 55573
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