- Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt.; t.e.g. The binding is rubbed. The covers are bumped with a stain to the rear cover. [x] & 213 pp. Tipped-in color frontispiece & 30 tipped-in plates, including facsimiles, in B&W & color. 1 plate is detached from its mount; the frontispiece & a few other plates are nearly detached. There is scattered foxing & occasional staining. Good.

First edition.

A book about the autobiographical sources of Stevenson's fiction.

LITERATURE; LITERARY CRITICISM; AUTHOR; BRITISH; ENGLISH; ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON; E. B. SIMPSON; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; TIPPED-IN-PLATES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.