Rare
Objects of Pity; or, Self and Company. By a Gentleman of Quality.
Imprinted at Amsterdam [but actually Sydney, Australia, 1892].
Price: $2,250.00
About the item
First edition. 55 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Rare. Original flexible vellum covered boards, upper board titled in gilt, a.e.g. Short loss at head of spine, else fine in red cloth case. Ferguson 10155a "Privately Printed and Very Rare"; Beinecke 853 (for Stevenson pamphlet).
Item #40883
Response to R. L. Stevenson's pamphlet "An Object of Pity; or, the Man Haggard, A Romance. By Many Competant Hands" In that "community romance" Bazett (H. Rider's brother) was the hero. Here we have his rebuttal. RLS took both to Sydney from Samoa and had them printed.
