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Softcover, trade paperback. Etat : Very Good. Illustrated by William Hole and W. L. Metcalf. (illustrateur). Adventure story set in the Pacific Islands and other global locales, written mostly in Samoa where Stevenson lived for his tuberculosis. 427 pages, unabridged republication. Previous owner's stamp on first leaf.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Hole, William (illustrator); Metcalf, W. L. (illustrator) (illustrateur). 427 Pages. Unabridged edition of original publication by Cassell in London in 1892. In 1889 Stevenson wrote to his editior The story is founded on fact, the mystery I really believe to be insoluble; the purchase of a wreckk has never been handled before, no more has San Francisco. These seem all elements of success. Stevenson had long been attracted to the police novel or mystery story and although this was a collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne, the novel is the style of Stevenson. Written in 1892 while Stevenson was resting from tuberculosis and where he presided as island patriarch. There is the strange, authentic tang of Polynesia, the ports, reefs, islanders and terrifyingly wide oceans pervading and coloring this story. The wreck in question foundered on the uninhabited isle of Midway, and before the story is through and the truth revealed, the artis-turned-smuggler Dodd has piratical adventures in pre-earthquake San Francisco, and over the world in Edinburgh, Paris, Sydney, Tahiti, Tehran and Constantinople. Dodd is the detective, obsessed with the secret of the Flying Scud and its ghostly crew. This later novel, coming after The Master of Ballantrae is a Stevenosn rarity.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. William Hole and W.L. Metcalf (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Cassell & Company's practice for indicating a first edition at this time was to put the date on the title page and leave the copyright page blank. 1892 is on the title page and the copyright page is blank except for Cassell's colophon "La Belle Sauvage." Light wear to the binding. No slope, no twist, no distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading.

Red Cloth. Etat : Good. No Jacket. William Hole and W. L. Metcalf (illustrateur). Reprint. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is faded; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; former owner's name is written in ink on the ffep; overall a nice used copy! Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt illustration on the front board. 553 very clean unmarked and uncreased magical and historical pages of text and 12 wonderful pages of black and white illustrations! "It was about three o'clock of a winter's afternoon in Tai-o-hae, the French capital and port of entry of the Marquesas Islands. The trades blew strong and squally; the surf roared loud on the shingle beach; and the fifty-ton schooner of war, that carries the flag and influence of France about the islands of the cannibal group, rolled at her moorings under Prison Hill." ------- from the Prologue (In the Marquesas). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Etat : Good. Reprint. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and faded. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). vii, 427pp.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. William Hole and W.L. Metcalf (illustrateur). 1892. A Good copy. 8vo., 553 pp., bound in publishers decorated cloth. Cloth has overall soiling and rubbing. Text is unmarked.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Etat : Muy Bien. 3? Edición.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. W.L. Metcalf, full-page illustration (illustrateur). First Edition. Near fine in wrappers with wear at the top of the spine. Complete issue.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. W.L. Metcalf, full-page illustration (illustrateur). First Edition. Near fine in wrappers with light wear. Complete issue.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. W.L. Metcalf, full-page illustration (illustrateur). First Edition. Near fine in wrappers with light wear. Complete issue.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. W.L. Metcalf, full-page illustration (illustrateur). First Edition. Near fine in wrappers with wear at the base of the spine. Complete issue.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. W.L. Metcalf, full-page illustration (illustrateur). First Edition. Near fine in wrappers with light wear. Complete issue.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Hole, W. & Metcalf W. L. (illustrateur). Second Edition. with vi + 427pp and book adverts. Illustrated by William Hole and Metcalf. Cloth slightly marked o/w good condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Good +. No Jacket. William Hole; W.L.Metcalf (illustrateur). 16th thousand. A tightly bound copy with some wear at the edges of the covers. Gift inscription. Frontispiece tissue guard is present.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. William Hole and W.L. Metcalf (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Golden hard cover with green/black floral design and black lettering to front and spine with gilt lettering to spine. This copy is VG. Exterior has modest sunning to spine, modest rubbing to all boards, gilt legible but a touch faded. Tips are crimped and some fraying starting around the edges. Inside is unmarked, firmly bound with scattered foxing. Back hinge just starting, but holding nicely. 8 pp. ads to rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard and 11 other illustrations.

Hard Cover. Etat : Good Plus. No Jacket. William Hole and W. L. Metcalf (illustrateur). Early Reprint. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Tips a bit worn, some overall light soiling to boards, spine slant, and wear at ends of spine; internally clean, unmarked and binding strong. Published the same year as the first, the title page cites "Ninth Thousand". 427 pages plus 12 plates (including the tissue guarded frontispiece) and 12 pages of publisher's ads bound in at the rear. The final page of text (427) is dated "20. 792".

1st Ed. Hard cover blue cloth bds, Fair+, bumped to corner and rear leading edge in middle, spine darkened, some rubbing to extrem.s, front hinge cracked but holding, b/w frontis. and 11 further plates through text (all present), one loose, contents clean and tight, occas. age-marks, no names inscriptions etc., pp427 + adverts at rear.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. full page illustration by W.L. Metcalf (illustrateur). First Edition. Original printed wrappers, very good. Scribner's Magazine vol. XI, No. 4. April 1892. Contains two chapters from Stevenson's The Wrecker. No other copies listed for sale. In really great condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Hole, William ; Metcalf, W. L. (illustrateur). 1st Edition. True first British printing. No jacket as issued. Illustrated by William Hole and W. L. Metcalf. All illustrations (including frontispiece with original tissue guard) are present and in very good condition. 427 pages plus twelve page publisher's catalogue to back. Blue boards with gold lettering to spine are only good with a little pushing/bumping to corners, a few marks, little patchy browning (including to spine), the odd small bump to edges, a little patchy rubbing to edges, a few minor scratches and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping/fraying and small splits to the cloth) to head/tail of spine. Minor spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Rough cut page edges and bottoms. Previous owner's bookplate inside front board. Pages bit tanned. Odd small marks/spots of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Inside boards/end-papers tanned with a few small marks/mild foxing. Small crease to top corner of a few pages. Very occasional small marks/scattered foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. William Hole and W L Metcalf (illustrateur). First Edition. 1st Edition 16th 1892. An early reprint published in the same year and fornat as the 1st Edition. A second mystery written in collaboration with Stevenson's stepson Lloyd Osborne, in this instance the investigator being the narrator himself. Inspired by the schooner Equator (1888-1953) this strange South Seas tale concerns the abandoned wreck of the Flying Scud at Midway Island. Book isnear fine and very bright. Contents very good. Small name to inner page. Uncommon as nice as this, More images can be taken upon request.Ref 6403###009012.

Hardback. Etat : G++. Etat de la jaquette : No DW. 1st Edition. May 1892 Catalogue. Front cover is slightly marked. Front hinge is weak.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. William Hole and W. L. Metcalf (illustrateur). First edition. The first edition, first impression of this popular novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. First edition, first impression of The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne in the original publisher's cloth binding.An action-adventure novel, illustrated with twelve monochrome plates by William Hole and W. L. Metcalf. Collated, complete.Includes twelve pages of advertisements to the rear.The first impression of this work with no further impressions stated.Prior owner's book plate to the first pastedown and prior owner's ink inscription from 1892 to the first free endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine. There is some slight loss to the head and tail of the spine. Prior owner's book plate to the first pastedown and prior owner's ink inscription from 1892 to the first free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. William Hole & W.L. Metcalf (illustrateur). First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering on spine, deckle edge, black and white plate frontispiece, eleven additional black and white plates. Nautical adventure novel from Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. Very Good, light shelf wear, slightly cocked, wear to corners and spine ends, spine darkened, no dustjacket.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Etat : Fair. First Edition. Worn condition. Cover rubbed. Wear to spine ends. Inner hinge cracking, but content in overall good condition. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). vii, 427pp +ads. + 12 pp (Advertisements & Cassell's catalogue).

Hard Cover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Wm. Hole & W. L. Metcalf (illustrateur). First Edition. Presentable, clean, tight and sound copy. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering. Light foxing to page edges, heavier around endpapers. Extremities rubbed and bumped. [ 6 ] + 427 pages, 12 page publisher's catalogue dated May 1892 at rear, 12 b/w illustrations. Approx. size 8" by 5.5". Illustrator: Wm. Hole & W. L. Metcalf. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28124.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. William HOLE; W.L. METCALF (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First American Edition. Illustrated with 12 plates by William Hole and W.L. Metcalf. No DJ or initial price data. Cover and spine show wear, and spine sun-faded. Hinges weakening but still holding. Some age-related browning of the pages. Prior owner's signature on the FEP; otherwise, unmarked pages. Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Twenty0Fourth Thousand. Hardback copy in black cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, no dustjacket as issued. 427pp + 12pp book catalogue to rear. B/w frontispiece with tissue, 11 b/w plates, patterned endpapers. Not library copy, no inscriptions, rubbing and tears to head/tail of spine. (16/2).

Cloth. Etat : Good. Metcalf, W.L. (illustrateur). Illus. by William Hole and W.L. Metcalf. Blue cloth, sturdy heavier book, gilt lettering very fine on spine, frontispiece illustration, slight wear to spine edges and tips, 427 pages + 12 pages of ads, browned inside covers. Good +.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. William Hole and W. L. Metcalf (illustrateur). First American Edition. a fine copy in every way except no dustjacket. of course not a ll books in 1892 had dust jackets. the book is square. the spine of this is close to fine. and remember the book was published i32 years ago in 1892. and so are the front and rear panels.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. William Hole & W.L. Metcalf (illustrateur). First Edition. Original blue binding with gilt titles. 427 pages. 12 full page black and white illustrations. 12 pages publishers list at back. Internally spotless. Covers have minor marks.A nice tight, straight 1st edition. Scans available.