Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Description for Treasure Island
Paperback. The classic adventure about an innkeeper's son who finds a treasure map among a dead sailor's possessions and sets sail to a tropical island, with new maps and an exclusive foreword. Series: Adlard Coles Maritime Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: FC; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
When old drunken sailor Billy Bones dies at the Admiral Benbow Inn, the innkeeper’s son Jim Hawkins finds a map amongst his possessions. The local physician, Doctor Livesey, and the squire, Trelawney, believe the map is of an island where the infamous pirate Captain Flint buried his treasure. They decide to buy a ship to go and find it, and Jim decides to join the crew as cabin boy. But also joining Captain Smollett’s crew is a one-legged cook with a parrot named Long John Silver. As Jim discovers, Silver is just one of the crew who was also ... Read more
When old drunken sailor Billy Bones dies at the Admiral Benbow Inn, the innkeeper’s son Jim Hawkins finds a map amongst his possessions. The local physician, Doctor Livesey, and the squire, Trelawney, believe the map is of an island where the infamous pirate Captain Flint buried his treasure. They decide to buy a ship to go and find it, and Jim decides to join the crew as cabin boy. But also joining Captain Smollett’s crew is a one-legged cook with a parrot named Long John Silver. As Jim discovers, Silver is just one of the crew who was also ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Adlard Coles Maritime Classics
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472921949
SKU
KSS0014044
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850. He wrote Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Kidnapped over a short period in his mid 30s. Having suffered from frequent illness throughout his life he and his family moved to the more hospitable climate of the Samoan Islands but he died in 1894 aged ... Read more
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