Kidnapped, Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751

  • [London]: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1886
By STEVENSON, Robert Louis
[London]: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1886. [LITERARY WORK] [FICTION]. Fold-out map: Sketch of the Cruise of the Brig Covenant and the Possible Course of David Balfour's Wanderings.
First edition, later printing uncorrected text ("business" on pg. 40; "nine-o-clock" page 64; "Lond Islands" page 101) but with 9pp ads at rear, 5G-7.86 on ad. 12mo; viii, [1], 2-311pp + [9]pp publisher's ads; navy cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; untrimmed fore-edge and bottom; black eps, owners bookplate on front pastedown; fold-out map inserted before title page; binding tight, pages clean; spine appears to have been professionally repaired; near fine. This historical fiction story first appeared in the boys' magazine, Young Folks, from May to July 1886.

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Title

Kidnapped, Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751

Author

STEVENSON, Robert Louis

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

Cassell & Company, Limited: [London]

Date

1886


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