Author:
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Contributor:
Chamson, André
Illustrator:
Duvoisin, Roger
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Writer:
Marks, Saul
Designer:
Marks, Saul
Designer:
Marks, Lillian
Printer:
Plantin Press
By Robert Louis Stevenson ; with a prefatory letter from the author, an introduction by André Chamson and illustrations by Roger Duvoisin.
With hand written letter tipped in on blank page following colophon: Saul Marks to John Dreyfus 9th Sept. 1965.
Xiv, [8], 152 p ; 26 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John
Production date: AD 1957
Of this edition ... fifteen hundred copies have been made for the members of The Limited Editions Club by Saul & Lillian Marks at The Plantin Press, Los Angeles. The illustrations were drawn as lithographs, on sheets of acetate, by Roger Duvoisin and printed at The Plantin Press; and the colors were applied by hand, through stencils, in the studio of Walter Fischer in new York..."--Colophon. Museum has copy number "J.D." signed by the illustrator. Bound in brown-flecked aqua basket-weave linen (monk's cloth binding) decorated with paper labels. Lacks slipcase.
Support
composed of
paper
Illustrations
Letter
Accession number: PB 225-2003
Primary reference Number: 95648
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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