STEVENSON, Robert Louis; Lloyd Osbourne

The Wrong Box

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). In original pinkish tan publisher's cloth with two paper onlays on front, one in imitation of a newspaper clipping, titled in gold on spine; plain endpapers; 4 pp of publisher's ads at rear; [2], [i-v] vi-vii [viii], 244, [6]pp. A tight, clean, straight copy, gently rubbed at head, tail, and corners, topstain slightly faded, else Near Fine.

One of three novels Stevenson wrote with his stepson, a black comedy about the last two survivors of a tontine, in an innovative publisher's binding.

Price: $200.00

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