Description:
Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894) Kidnapped. [London]: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1886.
First edition, first issue, with half-title, folding color-printed frontispiece map, and advertisements at the end dated "4.86," ads unopened, in green publisher's cloth, with black endleaves, binding a little sunned, slightly chipped at the foot of the spine.
Together with: Catriona, a Sequel to Kidnapped, London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell and Company, 1893, first edition, first issue, with half-title and advertisements at the end dated "8.93," in blue publisher's cloth with beige daisy printed endleaves, back hinge becoming loose. (2)
Estimate $350-450
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