Lot 1388 , Stevenson, Robert Louis - Treasure Island, 1st edition, 1st issue, half-title, map frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements, 8vo, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, black endpapers, a late 19th century? ink manuscript

° Stevenson, Robert Louis - Treasure Island, 1st edition, 1st issue, half-title, map frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements, 8vo, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, black endpapers, a late 19th century? ink manuscript inscription ‘’Bonhams’’ to map verso, a black and white photograph of the authors house in Monterey, loosely inserted, Cassell & Company, Limited, London, 1883 This copy has the points indicative of earliest issue: four pages of advertisements at end, dated 783 [July 1883], "dead man's chest" not capitalised on page 2, line 6, nor page 7, line 19; the first letter of "vain" broken in the last line, page 40; the "a" not present in line 6, page 63; the "7" not present in the pagination of page 127; the full stop not present following "opportunity" in line 20, page 178; and "worse" in line 3, page 197.

The book was published on November 14, 1883, with an initial print run of 2,000 copies. Of these, the first 750 were bound with advertisements dated ‘’5G-783’’ (July 1883), as seen in this copy. Editions featuring the July advertisements exist in various cloth colors, including green, red, and blue, with no confirmed precedence (see Carter, p. 154).
£1,200-1,600

Condition:
Boards scuffed, corners bumped, spine darkened and edges worn, spotting to early leaves, less so thereafter, damp stained to top of leaves p. 291 to end of adverts, rear inner gutter with splits.