Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, presentation copy

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Lot 140 | Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, presentation copy
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, presentation copy

Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886

STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886.



First English edition, wrappers issue, presentation copy, inscribed on both the cover and title page for William Slafford, "with the Author's Compliments." The "5" in the date on front cover is changed by hand to "6." This first English edition was preceded by the American Scribner edition by four days. "Like Shelley's Frankenstein, this is an updating of the Faust theme which speculates on the dangers of science out of control ... Stevenson's theme of the human mind fragmenting into mutually exclusive, mutually destructive bits has been treated by countless later writers" (Lilly). Lilly 21.



Octavo (179 x 118mm). Advertisement leaf at end. Original wrappers printed in blue and red (backstrip and corners creased, light soiling). Custom clamshell case. Provenance: William Slafford (presentation inscription) – Swann Galleries, 19 April 1986, lot 178.



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