STEVENSON. ROBERT LOUIS. — TREASURE ISLAND. Copyright Edition.
Bernhard Tauchnitz. Leipzig. 1884 FIRST TAUCHNITZ EDITION, published the year after the first edition. Small 8vo. (6.3 x 4.6 inches). Half dark red morocco. Spine with gilt ruled lines and lettering. Red morocco grained cloth on boards. A neat previous owner name, dated 1895, on the half title. The blank endpapers have some foxing but generally the book is clean and fresh throughout. The binding is a little rubbed to the extremities but overall this is an attractive early edition of Stevenson's classic adventure story.