The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale

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Overview:

Title: The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Year: 1889
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Price: $0.50
Pages: viii+331
Binding: Trade Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale
Notes:
- US ed., paper cover, unillustrated 1st ed. of the novel as a book, simultaneous with others or nearly so (The serial concluded in Scribner's Magazine for October, published in London as well as New York during the last week of September.)
- "Author's Edition" (Not found at Library of Congress.) Some newspaper coverage, some library records, and some online copies, show that the "Author's Edition" comprehends both hardcover and paper cover eds./formats.
- Publication date (inferred) and price from newspapers: • "Books Received", NY Times 1889-09-23 p2 (illustrated, cloth) • "First Edition Exhausted Before Publication"; "Author's Edition" (advertisement of this book alone), Chi. Tribune 1889-09-28 p13: "With ten full-page Illustrations by William Hole. 12mo., cloth., $1.25; paper (without Illustrations), 50 cents." The latter listing appears also in a monthly magazine with the same publication date, The Literary World (Boston).