{"product_id":"kidnapped-robert-louis-stevenson-collins-childrens-classics-1986","title":"Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKidnapped (Ex-Library Collins Children's Classics Edition)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStevenson's Highland Adventure of David Balfour in an Abridged 1986 Collins Children's Classics Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kidnapped\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Robert Louis Stevenson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Olive Jones (abridged by)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e William Collins Sons \u0026amp; Co Ltd, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1986\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780001956698\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0001956698\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e This edition first published 1986. Text abridged by Olive Jones. Collins Children's Classics series.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's hardcover boards, blue-grey, with pictorial dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Small hardcover, children's novel size. Colour jacket illustration.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good (G)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pictorial dust jacket is protected by a clear archival-type plastic cover. The boards beneath the jacket appear blue-grey. The spine carries a white 'C' label and a 'J STEV' library label at the foot, with the torn remnant of a further label above. Condition of the board edges and corners beneath the jacket cannot be described.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text pages are clean and bright, with no foxing or markings. The title page carries a partly torn Linden Library date label (loans 2008-2013), a barcode label and an ink 'WITHDRAWN' stamp of City of Johannesburg Library \u0026amp; Information Services. The copyright page has a crossed-out 'LD LINDEN' stamp and pencil marks 'EJ' and 'C'.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ex-library copy from Linden Library, City of Johannesburg Library \u0026amp; Information Services: date label, barcode label, 'WITHDRAWN' stamp, crossed-out 'LD LINDEN' stamp and spine labels. No personal inscriptions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present and illustrated, protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover. Library labels to the spine, and a rough patch to the lower back panel where a label or sticker was removed, partly under the barcode label.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKidnapped is Robert Louis Stevenson's historical adventure novel, first serialised in the magazine Young Folks in 1886. It follows the young David Balfour, cheated by his uncle and swept into a dangerous journey through the Scottish Highlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story is set in 18th-century Scotland against real events, notably the Appin Murder, which took place in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Written as a boys' novel, it has long been read by younger readers and admired for its pace and its sense of place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1986 Collins Children's Classics edition presents the text in abridged form for younger readers. As a former Johannesburg public library copy, it is an honest, reasonably priced used copy of a perennial classic, suited to readers and to collectors of Stevenson or of children's classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Robert Louis Stevenson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. Encouraged to follow the family tradition of lighthouse engineering, he began studies at the University of Edinburgh in 1867 but soon found that he preferred a career in literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis other notable works include Treasure Island (1883), A Child's Garden of Verses (1885) and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886). 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