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1986USTEKID03MELReader's Digest 1986. Very Good. Stevenson Robert Louis. Kidnapped. Pleasantville NY: Reader's Digest 1986. 221pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with soft gutter between half-title and title pages. Reader's Digest hardcover books
18861S-005Cassell & Co 1886 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE FIRST EDITION RED CLOTH HARDCOVER w/CUSTOM SLIPCASE of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON's "Kidnapped Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751". This is the first edition first issue with "business" on p. 40 line 11 and the ads dated 5.G.4.86 and 5.B.4.86. It was preceded only by the very rare copyright edition. Folding map. Viii 311pp. 17 pp.ad s. A very good copy with a vertical crease on the front cover and an inscription in black ink on black front end paper. In brown cloth custom-made slipcase. Cassell & Co, 1886 hardcover books
003269Cassell & Co. Limited. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition second state London 1886. With a folding map. Book very good a bit shelf-cocked some edgewear slight staining on boards slight rubbing along joints bookplate on front paste-down rear free end-paper very slightly loose at the top from rest of pages slight discoloration throughout a few pages. No DJ. Cassell & Co., Limited hardcover books
2120786Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. No date - late 19th century edition. Hinges just starting pencil scribbles on rear endpapers ink numbers & small bookseller plate on front endpapers. We have more books available by this author!. iv 262 pp. 8vo. Navy blue cloth gilt titles & red decorations top edge gilt decorated title page. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co hardcover books
188618296London: Cassell & Company Limited 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Folding frontispiece map two closed tears repaired. Blue cloth gilt. spine title First issue with 'business' on p. 40 and ads dated '5.G.4.86' and '5.B.4.86'. Wear to edges head and tail of spine and hingeselse a very good copy. Contemporary writing on front pastedown covered by card on which the writer Robert Cameron Rogers has mounted his armorial bookplate. Cassell & Company, Limited hardcover books
19221311506New York: Current Opinion 1922. Hardcover. 12mo; G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine grey with black print; Boards in grey paper with black print soiled spine smudging exposed corners tattered spine caps wear to edges hinge tears in front and rear; Text block has grey-tinted top edge mild tanning to endpapers mild age-toning to paper name in ink on front flyleaf; viii 308 pages frontispiece port. 1311506. FP New Rockville Stock. Current Opinion hardcover books
1897001845Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates 1897. Stevenson Robert Louis. KIDNAPPED. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates c. 1896. Near Fine bright re-issue of this great classic published in America only ten years after the original first edition. Printed on quality watermarked paper and housed in a publisher's binding blocked in red blue and gilt. Very clean tight hinges no previous ownership marks. A terrific gift book. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. Henry T. Coates Hardcover books
1886WRCLIT80207London: Cassell & Company 1886. Original green cloth. Folding map. Cloth somewhat faded and soiled three small splashmarks on lower board inner hinges cracking some foxing to map prelims and endleaves small pale shadow of a circulating library label on upper board; a sound copy in half morocco slipcase and chemise. First ordinary U.K. edition second "issue" with the corrected forms of the text in the requisite places. This copy has the 4 leaf form of the adverts dated '5G-7.86." BEINECKE 382. PRIDEAUX p .46-7. Cassell & Company hardcover books
58542New York: M. J. Ivers & Co n.d. Map. 2 ff. 172 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Some marginal chipping and loss at spine ends. Generally clean and sound. Map. 2 ff. 172 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. In its size and pagination this appears to correspond to Beinecke 384 published by Munro just two weeks after the first American edition with one of Stevenson's requested corrections to the text; here with the imprint and wrappers of M.J. Ivers & Co.<br/>An interesting Stevenson variant. Not in Beinecke M. J. Ivers & Co unknown books
1938TB26015New York: The Limited Editions Club 1938. Limited Edition. Fine in red cloth covered boards with beveled edges with the edges of the text block stained red. A small quarto measuring 9 5/8" by 6 1/4" with the black leather title label missing from the spine. Without a dust jacket; however the book is contained in a very good paper covered slip case which is worn at the edges of its opening end. This copy is identified as number 1280 on the last page of text out of only 1500 copies printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club. Additionally this copy is signed by the illustrator Hans Alexander Mueller. 237 pages of text illustrated by wood cuts by Hans Alexander Mueller. With an introduction by Christopher Morley. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
192729829New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1927. 8vo pp. xii 289; illustrations by N.C. Wyeth; original black cloth pictorial cover label spine gilt pictorial endpapers; a bit shaken cloth faded and rubbed ink notations on half-title and verso of rear endpaper; a good copy. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1886217653London: Cassell & Co 1886. First edition second issue with line 11 on p. 40 reading "pleasure"; ads dated "5.G-7.86. Folding map. viii 311 1; 8 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Spine a little darkened covers slightly discolored spine tips very lightly rubbed slight toning to edges of text. First edition second issue with line 11 on p. 40 reading "pleasure"; ads dated "5.G-7.86" Folding map. viii 311 1; 8 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Beinecke 381 Cassell & Co unknown books
1886WRCLIT35660London: Cassell & Company 1886. Original red cloth. Folding map. First ordinary U.K.edition first "issue" with the earliest forms of the text in the requisite places. Cloth rather faded and soiled several small nicks to spine extremities small sticker residue on free endsheet and Smith's blindstamp in corner of free endsheet inner hinges cracking slightly. A sound but ordinary copy. BEINECKE 378. Cassell & Company hardcover books
1886WRCLIT58350London: Cassell & Company 1886. Early 20th century polished calf spine gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. gilt 'RLS' device on each board spine of original cloth binding bound in rear. Folding map. Spine extremities lightly worn terminal catalogue not bound in otherwise a very good copy. First edition second "issue" with the three alterations to the text requested by Stevenson. BEINECKE 378. Cassell & Company hardcover books
19152286227George W. Jacobs and Company 1915. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Abbott Elenore Plaisted. Ink gift note on front endpaper ink stamp crossed out on copyright page boards a bit soiled. 1915 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 332 pp. 8vo. Color plates by Elenore Plaisted Abbott. "Seventeen-year-old David Balfour's villainous uncle has him kidnapped in order to steal his inheritance. David escapes only to fall into the dangerous company of rebels who are resisting British redcoats in the Scottish highlands. George W. Jacobs and Company hardcover books
188657586New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1886. First American edition published simultaneously with the British edition 12mo pp. xi 1 324; folding frontispiece map; contemporary quarter calf paste-paper boards; gilt lettered direct on gilt-ruled spine; spine faded covers rubbed with some ink and dampstaining; good. Beinecke 378. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1886RLS016London: Cassell & Company 1886 First edition first issue. Original publisher's red cloth with the color map bearing a "Sketch of. the probable course of David Balfour's Wanderings" bound into the text in front of the title page publisher's ads at rear dated "5.G.4.86." A very good copy with some fading to the spine extremities a bit rubbed some soiling and a few small stains to the cloth; internally some light scattered foxing rear hinge starting but a tight and sturdy copy free of any repairs or restoration. Kidnapped is a historical fiction novel that is presented as the semi-autobiographical adventure tales of David Balfour whose surname is Stevenson's mother's maiden name. The novel is set in the aftermath of the Scottish Jacobite uprisings and is loosely based around real characters and events. It is considered the sequel to the author's bestseller Treasure Island. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. London: Cassell & Company hardcover books
190555788NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1905. Reprint originally issued in 1886. W. Hole. 8vo pp. 324. Untrimmed and bound in publisher's green cloth fold-out map and other illustrations by W. Hole. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
193340574NY: Scribner's 1933. Wyeth N. C. 8vo pp. xii. With 10 color illustrations and title by N. C. Wyeth and a fold-out map. Black cloth with a large pictorial paper label on front. Cover little worn at edges o/w a VG tight copy. Scribner's unknown books
19525795San Francisco: Printed for the Book Club of California by the L-D Allen Press Cagnes-sur-Mer France 1952. Sm. 8vo. 60pp. Untrimmed. Half-title and 4 full-page illustrations by Ray Bethers printed in blue & red hand illuminated in gold. Edition limited to 300 copies. Limp boards printed in red & blue orig. glassine wrapper. Enclosed in French style gilt stamped portfolio and matching cardboard slipcase. Ex Bancroft Library copy one embossed "Bancroft Library" on p. vi but still a fine copy. With the original prospectus laid in. BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA BIBLIOGRAPHY #81. Printed for the Book Club of California by the L-D Allen Press, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France hardcover books
6766SF BK CLUB OF CA 1952. ALLEN PRESS FINE. SF, BK CLUB OF CA, 1952 unknown books
191129600London: Chatto & Windus 1911. First edition 8vo pp. viii 320; title-p. printed in red and black; a fine copy in original black buckram lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. Mostly reprinted material under a different title. Includes The Pentland Rising and Father Damien among others. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1911WRCLIT58358London: Chatto & Windus 1911. Early 20th century polished calf spine gilt extra gilt labels t.e.g. gilt 'RLS' device on each board original cloth spine bound at rear. First collective edition thus. Bookplate spine extremities a bit worn otherwise very good. PRIDEAUX 63. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
189640897London: John Lane 1896. First edition in French. Etched frontispiece and title page. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue gilt-stamped buckram. Fine copy. First edition in French. Etched frontispiece and title page. 1 vols. 8vo. Beinecke 337 John Lane unknown books
1911703791911. STEVENSON Robert Louis. THE LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. Edited by Sidney Colvin. In four volumes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1911. Very good. unknown books
