Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin
by STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 mo. Pp. viii, 302, [8] - Publ. catalogue. Blind-framed crimson cloth boards, gilt spine lettering, grey coated endpapers. Half-title notes: 'Author's Edition'. Previous owner's signature at head of Preface, else interior clean and crisp. Covers dust soiled, tips very slightly bruised. Overall, a very good copy. Prideaux 25.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37622
- Title
- Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin
- Author
- STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Soiled
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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