Autograph Letter, signed, “Your aff son, R.L. Stevenson” , to his parents, writing from Wick after inspecting storm damage
$12,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available
Eight pages on two bifolia. 4.5 x 7 . Old creases. Both bifolia reinforced along the inner fold with tape at an earlier time. Dampstaining and toning. The pages are numbered at the top in pencil in another hand. Moire silk wrapper and green calf slipcase slipcase worn . Published: Booth & Mehew Letters, vol. I, pp. 158-60. Item #366373 Stevenson, age 18, writes to his father and mother from Wick, reporting to his father on storm
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