Oct 10, 2019 - Sale 2519

Sale 2519 - Lot 354

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. [8], 141, [3] pages, including leaf of publisher's advertisements. 8vo, 1/2 black morocco by Zaehnsdorf, recased, rebacked in later cloth, top edges gilt, extremities rubbed with light exposure; original front wrapper bound in, abrading along hinges, advert leaf with mended tear. London: Longman, Green, and Co., 1886

Additional Details

first english edition, first issue with date hand-corrected on front wrapper as called for. Longman intended to market the book in December 1885 but, in order to avoid competition with the numerous Christmas releases, publication was postponed until January. Precedes the clothbound issue by about a week. Beinecke 346; Prideaux 17; Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.