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Stevenson, Robert Louis.
The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses.
Publisher: Cassell & Co.,Limited, London;
Date of Publication: 1916
Stock Code: 10551
FIRST THUS. Large octavo, pp. x, 295, [1]. Pictorial title-page and 14 colour plates by N. C. Wyeth. Publishers’ olive green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and large pictorial onlay to upper board. Top edge blue, illustrated endpapers, in matching unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Clean and bright, with slight toning to free endpapers. Dust-jacket torn with splits at folds and moderate loss to edge. A near fine copy book in a good dust-jacket. Uniform with Cassell’s editions of “Treasure Island” and “Kidnapped” and rare in the fragile original dust-jacket. The American artist N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945) is well known for his illustrations for classic titles of literature, with his exquisite plates for Stevenson’s novels regarded as some of his finest work. £75.00