Books: The Pavilion on the Links, Waitakere in Waitakere, Auckland for sale
This book has been used as a Robert Louis Stevenson"scrapbook"by New Zealand librarian and bibliographer W. H. Trimble (1860-1927). Newspaper clippings, reviews, and clippings from bookseller's catalogues relating to Robert Louis Stevenson have been pasted to blank areas throughout the book, particularly to the endpaperse. A handwritten index to the names referred to in the clippings by Trimble is pasted to the front endpaper. Of particular interest in this copy is a clipping of Stevenson's signature pasted to the title page,"R. L. Stevenson", with the comment in Trimble's handwriting:"The autograph at the top corner of this page is a genuine Stevenson signature cut out of a volume from Stevenson's library at Vailima."After Trimble, this book comes from the collection of New Zealand journalist, author and book collector Pat Lawlor. Pencil note by Lawlor on front endpaper:"Note: The fact that W. H. Trimble has certified to the authenticity of Stevenson's signature on the title page is significant guarantee of its genuineness / Pat Lawlor". Lawlor also wrote an interesting desciption of the clipped signature found in this book in"Books and Bookmen"(Wellington: Whitcombe&Tombs, 1954, page 33):"There is a sinister unsigned inscription in my copy of The Pavilion on the Links which I bought at a Wellington book auction:'The autograph at the top corner of this page is a genuine Stevenson signature cut out of a volume from Stevenson's library at Vailima.'True enough there is the neat R.L.S. autograph pasted on the title page, making me think of a grave snatcher who has cut the hand from a corpse so that he might have the ring on the finger."viii, 96 pages + colour frontispiece + b&w plates. Illustrated cloth boards. Page dimensions: 206 x 136mm. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. ; 8vo; Signed by Author
Author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Title
The Pavilion on the Links
Publisher name
Chatto&Windus, London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1913
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Very good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d