STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS: (1850-1894) Scottish novelist of Treasure Island (1883),

STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS: (1850-1894) Scottish novelist of Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) and Kidnapped (1886). A.L.S., Robert Louis Stevenson , two pages, small 8vo, Wensleydale, Bournemouth, n.d. (c. October 1884), to Walter Scott, evidently a bookseller. Stevenson requests several works from his correspondent, '1. Wellington's Despatches: if possible the 15/- copy. 2. Sidney Castle. 5 vols. 3. The Delicate Distress….the Gordian Knot. 4 vols., and Colquhoun on the Police' , which he states totals 25/- and for which he encloses an order (no longer present) and further remarking 'The carriage and the other half crown should the first copy of the Despatches be gone, you will kindly let me hear about' . A letter of interesting content for its list of reading matter that Stevenson sought during his time in Bournemouth (July 1884 - August 1887), a period which marked the publication of some of his most famous works. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG