Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Other Fables.

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Gothic horror tale, after the first impression in book form in 1886.

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was an immediate success and helped cement Stevenson's literary reputation as a household name. It has never been out of print since, inspiring countless stage productions and more than 100 films.

The book was in fact ready in December 1885 but because 'the bookstalls were already full of Christmas numbers, etc. and the trade would not look at it, publication was postponed until January 1886 and the date on the cover altered by the pen' (Mr. Charles Longman in Balfour's Life, ii, 14). 'Until 1886 [Stevenson] had never earned much...by his pen. But in that year came two successes that greatly increased his reputation and with it his power to earn. These were The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Kidnapped. The former, founded partly on a dream, is a striking apologue of the double-life of man. The success of these two tales, both with the critics and the public, established Stevenson's position at the head of the younger English writers of his day' (ODNB).

Later edition; 8vo; (19 x 13.5 cm); publisher's advertisement to rear, ownership stamp to half-title, occasional light spotting throughout, else clean; publisher's red boards with silver lettering to spine and upper board, some light rubbing to extremities, primarily to head of spine, else very good plus; 248pp, [32]pp.