Treasure Island and Kidnapped: N. C. Wyeth Collector's Edition (2-vol. clothbound set)

by Robert Louis Stevenson, N. C. Wyeth (Illustrator), Christine B. Podmaniczky (Introduction)

Overview

Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure stories, with N. C. Wyeth’s iconic illustrations—now available in a collectible two-volume set

N. C. Wyeth’s illustrations to Treasure Island and Kidnapped—first published in 1911 and 1913, respectively, by Charles Scribner’s Sons—made his artistic reputation. With a bold mastery of light and color, Wyeth brilliantly conveyed action, character, and setting, lending an extra excitement to Robert Louis Stevenson’s tales of pirates and buried treasure, and intrigue in the Scottish Highlands. Now readers can enjoy this classic author-illustrator pairing in a handsome two-volume set with a new introduction by Christine B. Podmaniczky, a leading expert on N. C. Wyeth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780789214089
Publisher:	Abbeville Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/16/2021
Series:	Abbeville Illustrated Classics
Pages:	576
Sales rank:	134,576
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 2.20(d)

About the Author

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Scotland in 1850 and died in Samoa in 1894. He is one of the world’s best-loved writers in prose and verse.


N. C. Wyeth (1882–1945), the celebrated American painter and muralist, illustrated many works of classic literature.


Christine B. Podmaniczky is Curator Emerita, N. C. Wyeth Catalogue Raisonné, at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. Until 2019, she was the museum’s Curator of N. C. Wyeth Collections and Historic Properties

Date of Birth:

November 13, 1850

Date of Death:

December 3, 1894

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Vailima, Samoa

Education:

Edinburgh University, 1875