Lot 660
Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-95) Scottish novelist, poet and essayist; author of Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Autograph quotation signed "R.L.S." on a 2½ x 3½ in. card, Vailima (Upolu, Samoa), 5 June 1893. A rare and beautiful 11- line verse from Stevenson's "Catriona," in which David Balfour continued his adventures from "Kidnapped." The verse reads: "Catriona: all about my native city and among the larger view, See my stiff-necked David wander, seeking what a lad can do. Finding to his amazement nothing possible at all. But to please the pretty ladies - give the rudest men the wall. R.L.S." Stevenson died only a few months after writing this in 1894.
Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,800.
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