Description
First English edition of The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Octavo, viii, 324pp, [20pp ads]. Bound in full red morocco, gilt trim to covers. Five raised bands to spine, title in gilt on spine. Marbled endpapers, with the publisher’s original patterned endpapers bound in at front. Publisher’s red cloth covers bound in at rear. No additional printings listed, foreword from the author dated April 8, 1888. (Beinecke, 481) Solid text block, faint scuff marks to covers, lightly sunned spine. A near fine example.
