The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson

An exceptionally beautiful thirty volume set of the works of Scottish novelist and writer Robert Louis Stevenson, in sumptuous half crushed morocco bindings. Very rare in an vibrant blue morocco.Present in this extraordinary set are: The 1892 third thousand of "Footnotes to History", published in the same year as the first edition. With a map frontispiece. The 1894 fourteenth thousand of "The Ebb-Tide", by Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, published in the same year as the first edition. The thirty-first thousandth of "The Black Arrow", published in 1897. Illustrated with eight plates by Paget. Collated, complete. The 1896 second edition of "Weir of Hermiston". An 1897 "New Edition" of "The Suicide Club and Rajah"s Diamonds". With eight plates by W.J. Hennessy. Collated, complete. The eleventh thousand of "Island Nights" Entertainments", 1898. Illustrated with twenty-six plates, including a colour map. Collated, complete. An 1899 edition of "The Dynamiter". The 1899 seventh edition of "The Merry Men". An 1899 edition of "The Wrong Box", with a frontispiece and vignette illustration to the title page. The 1899 thirty-first thousand of "The Wrecker", co-written with Lloyd Osbourne. Illustrated by William Hole and W.L. Metcalf, with a frontispiece and eleven plates. Collated, complete. An 1899 edition of "Treasure Island", illustrated by Wal Paget. With a frontispiece and forty-five plates and vignette illustrations. Collated, complete. The 1899 fourteenth edition of "Familiar Studies of Men and Books". An 1899 edition of "St. Ives". The 1899 fourth edition of "Songs of Travel". A 1900 edition of "Prince Otto". "Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes", the 1900 seventh edition. The 1900 twenty-third edition of "Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. A 1900 edition of "An Inland Voyage", illustrated with a frontispiece. The 1900 ninth edition of "Across the Plains with Other Memories and Essays". A 1900 edition of "Catriona", illustrated with sixteen plates from Hole. The 1900 ninth edition of "Memories & Portraits". "In the South Seas", published in 1900. The 1900 fifth edition of "Ballads". "Travels with a Donkey, a 1900 edition, illustrated with a frontispiece. The 1901 third edition of "Vailma Letters", which presents correspondences from Stevenson to Sidney Colvin between 1890 and 1894. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates. Collated, complete. The 1900 twenty-second edition of "New Arabian Nights". The 1900 eleventh edition of "Underwoods". A 1901 edition of "Kidnapped", with sixteen plates by Hole, and a folding colour map. Collated, complete. A 1901 edition of "The Silverado Squatters", with a frontispiece. "The Masters of Ballantrae", published in 1901 and with ten plates by Hole.Retaining the original half-titles.With the illustrated bookplate of American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to each front pastedown. Carnegie, born in Stevenson's native Scotland, emigrated to America as a child, and was instrumental in the expansion of the American steel industry, becoming one of the richest Americans in history, and a leading philanthropist in the United States, Great Britain, and the British Empire. During the last eighteen years of his life, he gave away ninety percent of his fortune to charitable causes.An exceptionally beautiful set. In half crushed morocco bindings, with cloth covered boards. Externally, wonderful. Light rubbing to front board head of 'Treasure Island', with minor rubbing to spine tail of 'Vailma Letters', and light mark to front board of 'Familiar Studies'. Instances of light rubbing to back strip heads and tails. Back strips a touch age toned. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine.…