first edition Hardcover
1889 · New York
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis and Lloyd Osbourne
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. Pale brown cloth gilt with affixed printed paper labels as issued. Owner's name, front fly lacking, nicks and overall wear at the spine ends, a good only copy. The first of three collaborations by Stevenson and Osbourne, a black comedy about two brothers who vie to be the sole heir to a fortune. Basis for the great British comedy with John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Peter Sellers, and many others. (Inventory #: 406453)