The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson, Illustrated by A. M. Trotter

This Thomas Nelson and Sons illustrated edition is of interest to collectors of Robert Louis Stevenson, Victorian Gothic fiction, and finely rebound antiquarian books.

About: A very good copy in a handsome full black morocco rebind with raised bands and bright gilt lettering to spine. Boards plain and clean; spine shows minor cracking at head; uncut fore-edge with light foxing spots to page edges consistent with age. Interior bright with colour frontispiece (‘Dr. Jekyll’) clean and unfaded; title page clean; text block sound throughout. A distinguished presentation copy of one of the great Victorian novellas.

Details:

• Title: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Story of a Lie
• Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., London, Edinburgh, New York, Melbourne, Toronto and Paris
• Binding: Full black morocco rebind, raised bands, gilt spine lettering
• Illustrator: A. M. Trotter
• Condition: Very Good
• Binding Condition: Fine

Synopsis: Thomas Nelson illustrated edition in a fine full black morocco rebind with raised bands and gilt spine; colour frontispiece by A. M. Trotter; a handsome and collectible copy of Stevenson’s most celebrated Gothic novella.

Review: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (first published 1886) is Robert Louis Stevenson’s masterwork of Victorian Gothic fiction. The novella’s exploration of duality — the respectable Dr. Jekyll and his monstrous alter ego Mr. Hyde — has made it one of the most enduring and widely interpreted works in the English literary canon. This Thomas Nelson edition also includes The Story of a Lie, with colour illustrations by A. M. Trotter that bring the atmospheric London setting to vivid life.