Treasure Island
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
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About This Item
Signed and dated in either pen and pencil on half title, dedication leaf and on the top margin of first page of text by R. J. Younger (of 15 Carlton Ter., Edinburgh) in Dec 1883, another early owner's name (Rutherford) stamped on half-title.
Two thousand copies of the first edition were printed and issued between 14th Nov. and 11th Dec. 1883 in four bindings (rust brown, green, grey, or blue cloth) and with variously dated advertisement leaves usually bound in at the end. This copy is without any advertisement leaves but does have all the early issue points, namely (a) "Dead Man's Chest" not capitalized on pages 2 and 7, (b) printing flaw on last line of p.40 making the word "vain" look like "rain", (c) an "a" omitted on line 6 of page 63, (d) the numeral "8" is present in the pagination of page 83, (f) the numeral "7" is missing in the pagination of page 127, (g) the full stop is lacking following "opportunity" in line 20 of page 178, and (h) "worse" is printed for "worst" in line 3 of page 197.
The contemporary owner was Robert Younger, a brewer and proprietor of St. Ann's brewery at 60 Abbeyhill., Edinburgh.
Synopsis
Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. The story was originally serialised in the children's magazine Young Folks under the title The Sea Cook over a period of several months from 1881-82. Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is the classic pirate tale, known for its superb atmosphere, character and action. It is one of the most frequently dramatised of all novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perception of pirates is vast, including treasure maps with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen with parrots on their shoulders.
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- Bookseller
- P & B Rowan (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42461
- Title
- Treasure Island
- Author
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1883
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Novel children's juvenile adventure story Scottish
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