1922 Robert Louis STEVENSON AND MARGARITA Low LTD ED SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY ILLUS
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1922 Robert Louis STEVENSON AND MARGARITA Low LTD ED SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY ILLUS. Stevenson and Margarita, by Will H. Low. With an Etching by Arthur N. Hosking. Limited First Edition, #166 of 210 printed. Inscribed and signed by the illustrator on the front free endpaper and also at the end of the pamphlet tucked in which is a music composition by Hosking titled "Land of the Free.". Stevenson and Margarita, by Will H. Low. With an Etching by Arthur N. Hosking. Limited First Edition, #166 of 210 printed. Inscribed and signed by the illustrator on the front free endpaper and also at the end of the pamphlet tucked in which is a music composition by Hosking titled "Land of the Free." WWI era. "Margarita" was a brand of tobacco smoked by Robert Louis Stevenson, who was a heavy smoker despite having chronic lung disease. His friend, W.H. Low, would ship supplies like cigarettes and tobacco, including the Margarita brand, to him when he was traveling, and Stevenson's letters document his frantic need for them when supplies ran low. A pamphlet titled Stevenson and Margarita by W.H. Low further documents this relationship. Condition: Sound binding. Lacks pull out frameable portrait by Hosking. Very few of them remain. Wear to top and bottom of spine and board tips. Staining to boards as pictured above. Scattered toning else pages clean, tight and whole. 6 1/4" x 9" with 20 pages plus colophon.
