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STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886.
Small 8vo. Half-title; 1p. publisher's advertisement at end. Original salmon cloth stamped and lettered in black (spine a bit sunned, light rubbing to extremities, some cockling to covers); folding cloth chemise and slipcase.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, cloth issue, also printed simultaneously in wrappers. "Published as a 'shilling shocker,' a form at that time in fashion, it became instantly popular; was quoted from a thousand pulpits; was translated into German, French and Danish; and the names of its two chief characters have passed into the common stock of proverbial allusion" (DNB). Beinecke/McKay 348; Prideaux 17.
Small 8vo. Half-title; 1p. publisher's advertisement at end. Original salmon cloth stamped and lettered in black (spine a bit sunned, light rubbing to extremities, some cockling to covers); folding cloth chemise and slipcase.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, cloth issue, also printed simultaneously in wrappers. "Published as a 'shilling shocker,' a form at that time in fashion, it became instantly popular; was quoted from a thousand pulpits; was translated into German, French and Danish; and the names of its two chief characters have passed into the common stock of proverbial allusion" (DNB). Beinecke/McKay 348; Prideaux 17.
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STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. London: Longmans,
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