Robert Louis Stevenson — The Pavilion on the Links

London, Chatto & Windus, 1913 . Cloth. A smart copy of the first separate book edition of this pioneering short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Gordon Browne. The first separate book edition, previously published in Cornhill Magazine in 1880, and 'New Arabian Nights' in 1882. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, and twenty three monochrome plates by prolific artist Gordon Browne. Collated, complete. A short story by Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, best known for works such as 'Treasure Island', 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' and 'Kidnapped&apos.  The story was considered by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1890 as "the high-water mark of [Stevenson's] genius", and is seen as the starting point for the history of the short story in England.   In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, slight fading to spine, with minor shelf wear to the tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Gordon Browne. Near Fine .