Treasure Island
- With pictorial title, 14 full-color illustrations, endpapers, and pictorial cover by N.C. Wyeth. Map. 273 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First Wyeth edition, with Part IV of contents reading page 23 instead of 123. With pictorial title, 14 full-color illustrations, endpapers, and pictorial cover by N.C. Wyeth. Map. 273 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Original black cloth, colored pictorial cover label, spine titled in gilt, t.e.g. Very good plus. Wyeth, N.C. First Wyeth edition, with Part IV of contents reading page 23 instead of 123. With pictorial title, 14 full-color illustrations, endpapers, and pictorial cover by N.C. Wyeth. Map. 273 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. The most memorable of seagoing tales, praised by Henry James and many of Stevenson's contemporaries when it was published in 1883, and enjoyed by generations of readers ever since. N.C. Wyeth's superb paintings are closely keyed to the text and are as memorable as Stevenson's prose.
This was the first volume of Scribner's Illustrated Classics and successive titles all followed a similar format. Allan pp. 218-19
This was the first volume of Scribner's Illustrated Classics and successive titles all followed a similar format. Allan pp. 218-19
Details
Title
Treasure Island
Author
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Binding
With pictorial title, 14 full-color illustrations, endpapers, and pictorial cover by N.C. Wyeth. Map. 273 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons: New York
Date
1911
Edition
First Wyeth edition, with Part IV of contents reading page 23 in