Kidnapped

xii, 289 pp. 1-page terminal publisher ad. A unique and attractive edition of one of Stevenson's best stories. Fold-out map entitled 'Sketch of the Cruise of the Brig Covenant and the probable course of David Balfour's Wanderings' precedes text. Color plates & front cover paste-down by N.C. Wyeth. "Seventeen-year-old David Balfour's villainous uncle has him kidnapped in order to steal his inheritance. David escapes only to fall into the dangerous company of rebels who are resisting British redcoats in the Scottish highlands."