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STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. The Body Snatcher. Frontispiece and 3 illustrations. 24mo, publisher's violet cloth stamped in dark purple, some rubbing to extremities; front hinge cracked with glue residue, advertisements bound in rear. New York: Merriam, 1895
first edition in book form. Published as #2 of Merriam's "Violet Series" books. The story first appeared in the Christmas number of Pall Mall Magazine in 1884. Written in June 1881, it was originally intended to be published in the Cornhill Magazine, but was "laid aside in a justifiable disgust, the tale being horrid"--Prideaux 131.
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