Robert Louis Stevenson — Island Nights&Apos; Entertainments

London , Cassell and Company, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of this charming collection of short stories by writer Robert Louis Stevenson, with illustrations throughout. This is a copy of the first UK edition, first impression with the price facing the half-title altered in ink and the catalogue is dated 3/93 to the end. A charming collection of short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson including The Beach of Falesa, The Bottle Imp and The Isle of Voices. This volume would prove to be some of his final completed work before his death in 1894.Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist best known for his works Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Richly illustrated by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell with twenty eight plates.Collated, complete. Publisher catalogue to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owner bookplate to the front pastedown and inscription to the page after the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. Very Good Indeed .