Kidnapped. The Adventures of David Balfour. Illustrated by N.C. Wythe. London: Cassell & Co., 1913. Pp vii, 289. Green cloth pictorial boards, title in gilt to spine. Light shelf-wear to covers, otherwise a nice bright copy.

Illustrated with a folding map and fifteen plated in colour.

Stevenson’s historical fiction adventure story written as a boys’ novel and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886.

In an era that’s known as the Golden Age of illustration, illustrator Newell Convers Wyeth was one of its superstars. The American painter contributed illustrations to over 100 books including classic tales like Treasure Island, The Last of the Mohicans, and Robinson Crusoe.