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SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. RARE SURVIVING COPY OF THIS FAVORITE OF BOOKS. BOOK: Spine #1; Catalog 1 with 12 titles listed at front across from title page (see scan); Dark Blue Leatherette; blue marble Endpapers; BL Gold on front also gold title and author's name on spine; tanning on edges. STORY: Treasure Island tells the story of Jim, a young boy who watches over and inn in an English seaside town with his mother and gravely ill father. A new guest at the inn, Bill, terrifies everyone with his raunchy sea songs and threats of violence.

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of 'buccaneers and buried gold.' It was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 and 1882 under the title 'Treasure Island or, the mutiny of the Hispaniola', with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George North. Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, it is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It is also noted as a wily critique of the ambiguity of morality—as seen in Long John Silver—unusual for children's literature. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perceptions of pirates is enormous, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an 'X', schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders.