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STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Treasure Island. London: Cassell 1883. 8vo, original green cloth, spine askew, slight rubbing at extremities, a few slight stains on the black endpapers, half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, non-first binding with the 8 pp. of publisher's ads at rear dated "5R-1083," with the following points: "Dead Man's Chest" not capitalized at pp. 2 & 7, "a" not present in line 6 of p. 63, "7" missing from pagination at p. 127, period dropped from line 20 of p. 178, "worse" for "worst" in line 3 at p. 197, "8" present (stamped in?) in pagination at p. 83, frontispiece map in three colors. Beinecke 241. Early ownerships signature of William Swan on verso of front free endpaper.