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Poems : With Introduction and Notes by George S. Hellman

by Stevenson, Robert Louis (George S. Hellman, intro)

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Very Good condition./No jacket.
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Minneapolis:: Privately Printed for Edmund D. Brooks, 1917. 6.5" wide by 9.25" tall. A square, tight copy. Corners are NOT bumped. Light cover soil. Spine mildly sun-darkened, with minor wear to spine ends and two small linear abrasions (1/2 inch). NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp and free of markings. NO foxing. Printed on wove paper with Van Gelder Zonen/Holland watermark. Introduction and notes by George S. Hellman. This small book contains 9 previously unpublished R.L.S. poems from the collection of Edmund D. Brooks. He made them available to the Boston Bibliophile Society for publication [in POEMS BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED, 1916], and in appreciation the SOCIETY agreed to provide Brooks "a few copies" of this separately printed volume "for complimentary distribution among his friends." This copy is bound in light tan paper-covered boards, printed in gilt on the upper cover, and is as described by Grove [in OF BROOKS AND BOOKS, pp. 58 & 77]. McKay says that 50 copies were printed, but describes a different binding of cloth-backed gray paper, printed in black on the upper cover [Beinecke 707, A STEVENSON LIBRARY]. This binding not in Beinecke. . First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good condition./No jacket.. 27pp..

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
008311
Title
Poems : With Introduction and Notes by George S. Hellman
Author
Stevenson, Robert Louis (George S. Hellman, intro)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good condition.
Jacket Condition
No jacket.
Edition
First Edition.
Publisher
Privately Printed for Edmund D. Brooks
Place of Publication
Minneapolis:
Date Published
1917
Bookseller catalogs
Poetry / Poets;
Size
27pp.

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