THE QUEEN VERSUS BILLY AND OTHER STORIES. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-309 [310-312: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original light green buckram, front and spine panel stamped in blue-gray, white and black, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. Mixed collection of nine stories, including "The Devil's White Man," a tale of Samoan magic. Osbourne wrote a fantastic novel, THE ADVENTURER (1907), and co-authored several novels with stepfather Robert Louis Stevenson. Bleiler (1978), p. 152. Hubin (1994), p. 620. Wright (III) 4047. Spine panel a bit darkened, else a near fine copy of an attractive book. Formerly, California writer Stewart Edward White's copy with his signature on front free endpaper. (#8791).
Price: $100.00
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