St. Ives. Robert Louis Stevenson, author. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. VG

Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1897. First American Edition (dual copyright, 1896 by S. S. McClure & Co.) Precedes the British edition. Brown cloth, green decorative front cover, gilt letters. Spine bumping & light wear to hd & ft, corners. Slightly canted; early spine separation up top. Still solidly bound. Front free fly and back free fly are both lightly water-stained. P.O. pencil markings to inside corner of back board. No jacket. 438 pages, with 4 pgs of ads for other RLM works.

'Being the Adventures Of A French Prisoner In England'. Posthumously published after Stevenson's death - the last six chapters were written by A. T. Quiller-Couch from outlines left by RLS. Nice copy of this scarce title.