Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island, a coming of age novel, is perhaps the best adventure story of all time. It is certainly the quintessential pirate tale, and together with its many movie adaptations it has created our idea of the pirate world: treasure maps with an "X", the one legged pirate, the parrot on the shoulder, the eye-patch, the black spot and even phrases like "shiver my timbers," and the captain's eternal song: "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum Drink and the devil had done for the rest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum "The young Jim Hawkins is hired by an old seadog Billy Bones to look out for a sailor with one leg. Despite this precaution, Bones is found dead in suspicious circumstances. Searching through his belongings Jim finds a treasure map, which he shows to the local doctor and a wealthy squire. They engage a ship and captain, but unwittingly they hire the ruthless and immensely strong Long John Silver, who has designs on the treasure, as their cook ... This edition contains 74 illustrations by Louis Rhead, the well known children's book illustrator. In addition, each chapter begins with an illustrated capital. The text is modern crisp easy to read font and would be a pleasure for children or adults to read. This is Stevenson's original unabridged edition. The Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, a celebrity during his lifetime, is best known for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, A Child's Garden of Verse. While being a writer he was great traveller, journeying to Europe, America and the South Pacific, where spent his last years in Samoa. There he was respected and loved by the Samoans who called him Tusitala (Samoan for "Teller of Tales").

Robert Louis Stevenson: Der Junker von Ballantrae. Ein Abenteurerroman Lesefreundlicher Gro druck in 16-pt-Schrift Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2020 Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken The Master of Ballantrae. Entstanden 1888-89. Erstdruck bei Cassell, London, 1889. Deutscher Erstdruck 1894 in Bielefeld unter dem Titel Der Erbe von Ballantrae. Hier in der bersetzung von Heinrich Siemer, Berlin, 1933. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Henry Ossawa Tanner, Schiff im Sturm, 1879. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 16 pt. Henricus Edition Deutsche Klassik UG (haftungsbeschr nkt)

Robert Louis Stevenson: Der Junker von Ballantrae. Ein Abenteurerroman Lesefreundlicher Gro druck in 16-pt-Schrift Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2020 Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken The Master of Ballantrae. Entstanden 1888-89. Erstdruck bei Cassell, London, 1889. Deutscher Erstdruck 1894 in Bielefeld unter dem Titel Der Erbe von Ballantrae. Hier in der bersetzung von Heinrich Siemer, Berlin, 1933. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Henry Ossawa Tanner, Schiff im Sturm, 1879. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 16 pt. Henricus Edition Deutsche Klassik UG (haftungsbeschr nkt)

Treasure Island, a coming of age novel, is perhaps the best adventure story of all time. It is certainly the quintessential pirate tale, and together with its many movie adaptations it has created our idea of the pirate world: treasure maps with an "X", the one legged pirate, the parrot on the shoulder, the eye-patch, the black spot and even phrases like "shiver my timbers," and the captain's eternal song: "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum Drink and the devil had done for the rest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum "The young Jim Hawkins is hired by an old seadog Billy Bones to look out for a sailor with one leg. Despite this precaution, Bones is found dead in suspicious circumstances. Searching through his belongings Jim finds a treasure map, which he shows to the local doctor and a wealthy squire. They engage a ship and captain, but unwittingly they hire the ruthless and immensely strong Long John Silver, who has designs on the treasure, as their cook ... This edition contains 74 illustrations by Louis Rhead, the well known children's book illustrator. In addition, each chapter begins with an illustrated capital. The text is modern crisp easy to read font and would be a pleasure for children or adults to read. The Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, a celebrity during his lifetime, is best known for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, A Child's Garden of Verse. While being a writer he was great traveller, journeying to Europe, America and the South Pacific, where spent his last years in Samoa. There he was loved by the Samoans who called him Tusitala (Samoan for "Teller of Tales").