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Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 ..
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; N. C. Wyeth (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine(-) copy with very faint external wear. No jacket. (Name removed from digital photo of bookplate to ensure privacy.
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
1940: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1940. First Illustrated Classics edition, with logo to copyright page. Hardcover. Fine(-) copy with very faint external wear. No jacket. (Name removed from digital photo of bookplate to ensure privacy.. xii, 289 pages: color plates, folded map; 25 cm. Illustrated lining-papers in colors by N.C. Wyeth. A remarkably crisp and tight copy. Full-page color plates by the incomparable N. C. Wyeth. Original issue in the Scribner's Illustrated Classics for Young Readers series.
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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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101900
- Title
- Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 ..
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis; N. C. Wyeth (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine(-) copy with very faint external wear. No jacket. (Name removed from digital photo of bookplate to ensure privacy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Illustrated Classics edition, with logo to copyright page
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
- Place of Publication
- 1940
- Date Published
- 1940
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
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About Bibliope by Calvello Books
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