A lodging for the night first appearance of Robert Louis Stevenson 1st 1877

STEVENSON, Robert Louis – A Lodging for the Night [in] Temple Bar October 1877
 
London: Richard Bentley & Son (1877)
 
8vo; in the original publisher’s plum paper wrappers; pp 288; with 16 pages of advertisements to the front, followed by the contents page, 9 essays and short stories, Robert louis Stevenson’s story not accredited to him and written anonymously; the wrappers are in a remarkably clean condition with some fading to the edges, the spine is about all there with a tear to the bottom, the lower panel has some marks, the periodical is well bound and pages are without any faults of note, overall a very good or better copy and rare to have survived in this condition.
 
Robert Louis Stevenson’s first published work of fiction, being a short anonymous story about the renowned French poet Francis Villon. Set in a wintery Paris evening in 1456. He describes the poet’s moral dilemmas, as he tries to cope with the harsh conditions as well as the criminal entanglement, he has got himself into. 
 
The story reflected the struggles found by individuals in medieval society, as well as consider morality and social justice. An atmospheric and bleak story and highly regarded considering it was RLS’s first effort. It appeared again, in New Arabian Nights in 1882. Scarce.