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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. [Classic Strange Tale] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[8] 141 [3]. With one leaf advertising the second edition of 'A Child's Garden of Verses' at rear. Contemporary ref half straight-grained morocco, with gilt titles and ruling to spine, and marbled paper over boards. All edges speckled red. A large black ink ownership to fly-leaf. A few minor marks to first couple of leaves, otherwise internally clean. Moderate general wear to binding, with some repairs to spine. Very good. The classic mystery crime novel / horror story inspired by the case of the Edinburgh body snatchers Burke and Hare. One of Stevenson's most successful works. Involving a split personality it demonstrates how a seemingly good person can become evil in certain situations, each character being quite separate from the other.

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a gothic novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson first published in 1886. The work is also known as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde. It is about a London legal practitioner named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde.