“YO-HO-HO, AND A BOTTLE OF RUM!”: SPLENDID LIMITED EDITION SET OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON’S WORKS

STEVENSON, Robert Louis. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Vailima Edition. London: Heinemann, et al. and New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922-23. 26 volumes. Octavo, contemporary full pebbled black morocco gilt, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut and largely unopened. $7500.

Vailima Edition of Stevenson’s Works, one of 60 presentation sets from a total edition of 1000 sets for sale in the United Kingdom, an exceptional 26 volumes handsomely bound by Whitman Bennett.

This 26-volume Vailima Edition includes favorites such as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses, along with several volumes of letters as well as sketches, criticism, and other miscellanea, including some previously unpublished material. Each volume with frontispiece.

One headcap with a subtle repair. Fine condition.