Stevenson, Robert Louis (1886) ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’, US first edition

Robert Louis Stevenson (1886) ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‘, US first edition, second issue, published by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Original green cloth, titles to front board and spine in gilt, top edge gilt. With 4 pages. publisher’s advertisements at end.

Condition: spine ends softened, extremities rubbed, front joint and fore edges touched up in green, slight finger-soiling to endpapers. Internally clean. A very good copy.

A landmark novel of the gothic horror; adpated into radio, film and stage countless times.