Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751
by Stevenson, Robert Louis, Wyeth, N.C. (illus.)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Scribner's, 1946. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Early reprint of the illustrated N.C. Wyeth edition. A Good copy in a Fair dustjacket. DJ has extensive toning & foxing, severe edgewear, multiple creases, bumped corners, ink stain on back cover, chipping, many small tears to edges, a tear that affects the cover illustration (about 1' in length from top of front cover), various smudges, and is price clipped. Book has edgewear, bumped corners, toning to pages, scattered foxing to pages, and shelfwear to covers. Interior is clean & unmarked. Fold-out map & all plates present.
Synopsis
Here is the beloved, high-adventure story of David Balfour, whose uncle cheats him out of his inheritance and has him kidnapped and sold into slavery. An odyssey ensues, including a shipwreck, narrow escapes, and desperate fighting.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 607184
- Title
- Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, Wyeth, N.C. (illus.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Scribner's
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....