Robert Louis Stevenson / Pierre Noël [illustrateur] - Le Maître de Ballantrae - 1950

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). The Master of Ballantrae. Paris, Club du Livre, n.d. [circa 1950], 139 pp., 150 pp.

2 quarto volumes (250 x 200 mm), full red shagreen, covers decorated with a very rich gilt design, smooth decorated spines, gilt top edges, in a slipcase (publisher’s bindings of the period). Slight signs of wear to the slipcase and the spine of volume II; otherwise, in very good overall condition. Internally very fresh, without foxing.

Illustrated edition with 50 compositions by Pierre Noël

This historical and psychological novel is set against the backdrop of the 18th-century Jacobite rebellions. It depicts the tragic rivalry between two brothers, James and Henry Durie, whose opposing fates are shaped by political loyalty, jealousy, vengeance, and a hatred that endures throughout their adventures.

Limited edition of 1,800 numbered copies on white vellum