The pocket R.L.S. : being favourite passages from the works of Stevenson.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Category
Books
Date
1906
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3247478
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 216, [2] p. ; 12mo. Pencil number "75" on front free endpaper. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "C.L.R. from [Mr Ellt?] May 1st 1907." [i.e. to Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's maroon morocco over thin boards; gilt stamped centrepiece on upper board: 'R.L.S.' in indented oval; gilt tooled spine, lettered direct: 'The pocket R.L.S.'; gilt top edge; red ribbon marker.
Makers and roles
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), author