1886 1st ed Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson Scotland Jacobite Highlander MAP



Robert Louis Stevenson was a 19th-century Scottish author known for his adventure novels such as ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ and ‘Treasure Island’. ‘Kidnapped’ is one of the author s best books and often considered a companion to ‘Treasure Island’ as well as to ‘Catriona.’ The story centers around 18th-century Scottish events of the "Appin murder" after the Jacobite rising of 1745. Many characters are based on real people, and the political situation is portrayed from multiple viewpoints with the Scottish Highlanders being viewed sympathetically.



This 1886 first edition includes the large fold out color map frontispiece.



Item number: #10226

Price: $499



STEVENSON, Robert Louis



Kidnapped: being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751. How he was kidnapped and cast away; his sufferings in a desert isle; his journey in the wild highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious highland Jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-called. Writtin by himself and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson.



London: Cassell, 1886. First Edition.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

[Viii], 311, [9]

Map frontispiece

Edition Notes:

“business” on p. 40, line 11;

“nine o’clock” on p. 64;

“Long Islands” on p. 101;

9 pages of ads at the rear beginning with Treasure Island

dated 5G—7.86 on the page opposite

Language: English

Binding: Cloth; tight and secure

Size: ~7.5in X 5.5in (19.5cm x 14cm)



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