treasure island robert louis stevenson first edition

Yeats wrote to tell that the book was the only one in which his seafaring grandfather had ever taken any pleasure and that he reread it on his deathbed with infinite satisfaction. 'Treasure Island established itself as a classic, drawing plaudits from the widest range of literary sensibilities. Housed in a chemise and quarter blue morocco slipcase. A few instances of finger smudging and page 137 rough opened at top margin, not affecting text. Spine slightly darkened and boards with some light spots. Headcap, tailcap and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contemporary ink inscription to bookplate owner Rev. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Original rare royal blue diagonal fine-ribbed cloth with covers ruled in blind and spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Only 2000 copies of this first book edition published and bound in a variety of cloth colors, no priority. Frontispiece map of Treasure Island, printed in four colors and has the original tissue guard. Treasure Island is listed as having 304 pages on p. 178 'worst' is mispelled as 'worse' in the third line of p 197. 127 the period is lacking following 'opportunity' in line 20 of p. 83 the '7' is larger and bolder in pagination on p. 63 the '8' is not present in the pagination on p. 40 is broken so we can't tell which state it is the 'a' is not present in line 6 of p. 2 and 7 The first letter for 'rain' or 'vain' in the last line of p. All rights reserved.First edition, first issue with 'dead man's chest' not capitalized on pp. TOEFL®, TOEIC®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which has neither reviewed nor endorsed this book. By using the Webster's Spanish Thesaurus Edition when assigned for an English course, the reader can enrich their vocabulary in anticipation of an examination in Spanish or English.

The third audience consists of students who are actively building their vocabularies in Spanish in order to take foreign service, translation certification, Advanced Placement® (AP®) or similar examinations.

The second audience includes English-speaking students enrolled in bilingual education programs or Spanish speakers enrolled in English speaking schools.

The first includes Spanish-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a TOEFL® or TOEIC® preparation program. By using a running English-to-Spanish thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson was edited for three audiences. Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses.

Treasure island robert louis stevenson first edition