Robert Louis Stevenson
390 copies for sale · $15–$75,000 · 113 first editions · 5 signed
Notable copies for sale
David Balfour: Being Memoirs of His Adventures At Home And Abroad (First Ameridan Printin (first edition, 1893) — Biblio$250
A Cloud of Witnesses, for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ, or, The Last Speeches an (signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$3,500
THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE. A WINTER'S TALE (first edition, signed) — Phillip J. Pirages$750
Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$8,000
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$7,500
Notice of a New Form of Intermittent Light for Lighthouses … From the Transactions of the (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$5,000
Ballads (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$300
Child’s Garden of Verses, A. (first edition) — David Brass Rare Books$1,950
Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour (first edition) — Churchill Book Collector$1,250
The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (first edition) — Churchill Book Collector$600
Master of Ballantrae, The (first edition) — David Brass Rare Books$600
Treasure Island (first edition) — Heritage Book Shop$12,000
What these are worth
Ballads5 copies from 4 sellers
Island Nights' Entertainments4 copies from 3 sellers
St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England13 copies from 4 sellers
The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses6 copies from 4 sellers
The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale10 copies from 4 sellers
Treasure Island (first edition, first printing)3 copies from 3 sellers
Underwoods (first edition)4 copies from 4 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
KIDNAPPED34 copies · $20–$2,787
TREASURE ISLAND27 copies · £20–£18,500
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES14 copies · €16–€2,500
STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE9 copies · £37–£7,500
THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE; A Winter's Tale9 copies · $43–$75
DAVID BALFOUR8 copies · $43–$278
STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE; Easton Press7 copies · $273–$328
THE BLACK ARROW7 copies · $20–$271
NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS6 copies · €57–€3,500
ST. IVES : ; Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England6 copies · $43–$178
BLACK ARROW; A Tale of the Two Roses5 copies · €27–€267
TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES4 copies · $20–$45,000
BALLADS4 copies · $60–$300
UNDERWOODS4 copies · $25–$200
AN INLAND VOYAGE3 copies · $73–$75,000
PRINCE OTTO3 copies · £48–£15,000
STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE3 copies · £175–£15,000
Treasure Island3 copies · $9,500–$12,500
A Child's Garden of Verses3 copies · $35–$2,800
Market context
115 copies of Robert Louis Stevenson's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $40 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Kidnapped, first edition, first issue, with "business" on p.40 and all other issue points, (forum, 2026-10-08)£600
Poems, number 472 of 500 copies on handmade paper, bound in attractive inlaid crushed (forum, 2026-09-17)£1,000
Kidnapped, 1st edition, 1886 (dominic winter, 2026-09-01)£300
The Works, with bibliographical notes by Edmund Gosse, 20 vol., 'Pentland Edition', one of (forum, 2026-07-23)£65
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, first edition, 1879; and others by the same, many f (forum, 2026-07-23)£300
Works, 20 vol., 1906-1907? (bonhams, 2026-07-09)£2,000
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