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Kidnapped (Penguin Popular Classics)
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- F/F
- ISBN 10
- 0140621067
- ISBN 13
- 9780140621068
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 1st. 1.3.5.7.9.10.8.6.4.2.* Date of Publication: 1994 (1886)* Publisher: Penguin Popular Classics.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. Illustrative cover showing a detail from Voyage to The Pacific 1865-69. Different to that illustrated. No bumps or rubs. No creases to spine or hinge. Spine minimally faded. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, seems un-read. No tanning. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 225 pp. text. vii pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Written in 1886, 'Kidnapped' is set in the turmoil and aftermath of the 1746 Jacobite Scots rebellion against the English at Culloden - events that established much of the national Scots character, which persists to this day. The story follows David Balfour, the canny eighteen year old, who is keen to seek his fortune. He sets out from the lowlands of Scotland to meet his mysterious relative, in search of work and 'whatere he may find'. David is tricked into boarding the brig Covenant, and bound for slavery in distant Carolina?* This is a FINE copy with no visible faults.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1854
- Title
- Kidnapped (Penguin Popular Classics)
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0140621067
- ISBN 13
- 9780140621068
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 240
- This edition first published
- October 1998
- Size
- 17.8 x 11 x 1.2 cm
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