The Wrong Box

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne

£175 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Cassell and Company, 1889. Mystery novel FIRST EDITION, noted in several important crime checklists. Crown octavo 20 x 14cm , pp. iv ; 283; 1 , blank; 16 , catalogue dated January 1889 . Publisher's red cloth, titled in black and gilt. 'Swan' patterned endpapers. Internally clean, inside paper joints parted, and signature of Wyville Thomson. Spine a little cocked, some acceptable rubbing and wear, backstrip dulled. Very good. Written with his

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