Treasure Island: with color illustrations by N.C.Wyeth

by Robert Louis Stevenson, N C Wyeth (Illustrator)

Overview

"If you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel!"

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island (1883)

Treasure Island (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson is considered by many the best book about pirates. This classic adventure story has it all: pirates, a treasure hunt, the one-legged villain Long John Silver, the little boy and narrator Jim Hawkins, and a captivating storyline.

This jacketed hardcover 1911 replica with color illustrations by N.C. Wyeth, one of America's greatest illustrators, is a must read and keepsake for lovers of Treasure Island no matter your age.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646793938
Publisher:	Cosimo Classics
Publication date:	01/01/1900
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894), Scottish writer and poet, was born in Edinburgh to a prosperous family of engineers but gave up the family profession first for law and then for literature. Among his prodigious output as a writer are: The Black Arrow (1884), A Child's Garden of Verses (1885), Kidnapped (1886), and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).

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