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STEVENSON, Robert Louis. The Body Snatcher. 1895. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM.
STEVENSON, Robert Louis. The Body Snatcher. 1895. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM.
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STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). The Body Snatcher. New York: The Merriam Company, 1895.

12mo. 4 illustrated plates. (Front hinge cracked at title.) Original violet cloth decorated in dark purple (spine slightly skewed, few minor pale stains, light rubbing to joints). Provenance: J. Edward Kent (book label and signature dated 1895).

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, published as #2 of Merriam's "Violet Series," and later adapted for the 1945 film starring Boris Karloff. Prideaux 131.
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