Robert Louis Stevenson — New Arabian Nights
London, Chatto and Windus, 1924. Leather. A smart new impression of Robert Louis Stevensons' short-story collection, in signed half calf prize binding. New impression. In signed half calf prize binding by Best & Co, for Heddon Court School. With a contemporary prize bookplate to the front pastedown. 'New Arabian Nights' (first published in 1882) is a collection of short stories from Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, containing his first published fiction. A few of the stories are considered by some critics to be his best work, as well as pioneering works in the English-language short story tradition.Including 'The Suicide Club', 'The Rajah's Diamond', 'The Pavilion on the Links', 'A Lodging for the Night', 'The Sire De Maletroits Door' and 'Providence and the Guitar&apos. In signed half calf prize binding by Best and Co. Externally, smart, with fading to the spine and rubbing to the extremities. With a contemporary prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with minor offsetting to the endpapers and the occasional spot throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .