Treasure Island / Robert Louis Stevenson

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2025.16.49

Description

Dark brown and black slipcase, with a hole in the top right on the back, aligning with a leather patch on the front cover of the book. Covers are oak wood panels. Endsheets are brown with water patters in dark brown, painted with gold. Quarter bound in goatskin. xviii,163p, 52 illustrations, tailbands, ribbon marker. Introduction by Dr. Caroline A Howitt, analyzing Stevenson's use of narrative. Deluxe state.

Collection

Howard Kistler

Dimensions

Height

32 cm

Width

24.5 cm

Height

36 cm

Width

25.5 cm

Parts

1 slipcase 1 book

Book Details

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson, Caroline A Howitt

Illustrator

Marc Castelli

Volume/Number/Issue

158 of 175 numbered copies.

Publisher

Conversation Tree Press

Place Published

City

Kitchener

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Date Published

1883 - 2024

Printer

Nomad Letterpress

Place Printed

City

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

County

Gloucestershire

Country

England

Date Printed

2024

Binding

Binding Type

Quarter leather

Binding Notes

Colophon at back - Deluxe set numbered 1-175 and hardbound by Ludlow Bookbinders in quarter goatskin leather and solid oak boards.

Notes

First published in 1883. This edition follows the text of the first edition with minor emendations. Colophon at back - published under direction of Anthony Greer, who set the text in Bembo Book and Goudy Text with Lombardic Caps. Fourth publication of Conversation Tree Press. 110 copies of the standard state, 210 copies of deluxe state, 26 copies of the lettered state, and 10 copies as sheets. Letterpress printed by Pat Randle and Ellen Bills at Nomad Letterpress on their Heidelberg cylinder press. Printed on Natualis Vanilla Smooth 135gsm paper.

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