Search Results: on the choice of a profession by stevenson robert louis

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

New.

London, Chatto and Windus, 1916.. First Book Edition; Sm. 8vo; pp. 30; purplecloth spine with original printed boards; head edge tinted purple; other edges untrimmed; endpapers slightly discoloured; boards bumped; light flecking to page edges; otherwise very good copy. First book edition; with a foreword by Lloyd Osbourne. A rarely encountered book.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. First edition. Cloth backed paper covered boards, uncut. (14.5cm). pp. 27. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Light cover soil, cap and corner wear..

London: Chatto & Windus 1916, 2nd edition. (Wrappers) 27pp. Good to very good. A previous owner's name on the front endpaper, stains on the back cover. (Ideas).

LONDON: Chatto & Windus, 1916. FIRST. hardcover. fine. Introduction by Lloyd Osbourne. 28 pages, 16mo, cloth-backed boards. London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> A previously unpublished essay. Beinecke 702.<br/><br/>

London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. First Edition. Very good.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1916. Second Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original cloth-backed boards. Title printed on front panel. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Previous owner's signature to ffep. Remains quite well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 27 pages; Physical description: 27 p. ; 15 cm. Title-page in red and black. Subjects: Occupations. Referenced by: Beinecke 702.

London: Chatto & Windus,, 1916. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Twelvemo. 28pp. Original quarter purple cloth over grey boards with purple titles to front. Slight fading to spine, slight foxing to endpapers, otherwise very good indeed in a slightly rubbed and dusty, slightly edge torn and chipped, near very good dust jacket.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. 16mo. 27, [1] pp. Title in red & black. Quarter lavender-coloured cloth over beige boards, lavender lettering on front cover (slight bumping to 1 corner), w/ d.j. lettering printed in lavender (dustsoiling, 1 minor closed tear), NF/VG copy. First edition in book form, of this posthumously published essay that the author had first composed in Saranac in the winter of 1887-1888, but according to his stepson appeared to have likely decided it was more likely to depress rather than encourage the prospective artist, or author.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 24 Mo. (13.5 cm x 9.5 cm). Pp. [28], deckled edges, title-page in red and black. Grey boards, backed with deep violet cloth. Very good, clean copy, housed in a soiled dust wrapper with chips to the tips and spine ends.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Indeed. 6" by 4". None. The first edition of this post-humously discovered work by the Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson. 'On the Choice of a Profession' was unpublished in Stevenson's lifetime, and was first published in 'Scribner's Magazine' in 1915. This copy was the first time the essay was issued in book form. Complete with the uncommon original dustwrapper. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards, complete with unclipped dustwrapper in protective Brodart wraps. Externally, smart, some slight rubbing to cloth and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with light spotting to first and last few pages. Dustwrapper very smart with minor marking, discolouration and chipping. Very Good

Chatto and Windus, 1916 very good copy of a small book, Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. First separate and first book edition, 16mo, pp. 27, [3]; orig. printed dust-jacket soiled and with a few short tears and splits around the edges. First published in Scribner's Magazine, January, 1915. Prideaux 73 and Beinecke 702, neither mentioning the printed jacket.