Scottish author (1850–1894) who takes a place among the most popular and durable literary figures of the nineteenth century. Though widely acclaimed for such poetry and story collections as New Arabian Nights (1882), A Child’s Garden of Verses (1885) and Songs of Travel (1896), Stevenson is best known for his classic novels of adventure and psychological drama, including the canonical Treasure Island (1883). Fountain pen signature and sentiment, “Yours truly, Robert Louis Stevenson,” on an off-white 4 x 1.25 slip. An ‘L’ form block of toning from previous display, a vertical crease running through the ‘S’ of the last name, and the last name a shade light, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.
