Treasure Island (Wordsworth Children's Classics)

by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), H.M. Brock (Illustrator)

• New

  Paperback
  1993

  $6.80

  'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!' Treasure Island is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck, and is perhaps the best adventure story ever written. When young Jim Hawkins finds a packet in Captain Flint's sea chest, he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Shipping as cabin boy on the Hispaniola, he sails with Squire Trelawney, Captain Smollett, Dr Livesey, the sinister Long John Silver and a frightening crew to Treasure Island. There, mutiny, murder and mayhem lead to a thrilling climax.

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $3.29

  Set in the 18th century, Stevenson's classic story of hidden treasure and evil pirates is for children and adults alike. The narrator is young Jim Hawkins, the son of an innkeeper, who becomes involved in a quest for hidden treasure which takes him to Treasure Island.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2003

  $3.29

• New

  Paperback
  1920

  $9.14

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $17.27

  Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. The story grew out of a map that led to imaginary treasure, devised during a holiday in Scotland by Stevenson and his nephew. The tale is told by an adventurous boy, Jim Hawkins, who gets hold of a treasure map and sets off with an adult crew in search of the buried treasure. Among the crew, however, is the treacherous Long John Silver who is determined to keep the treasure for himself. Stevenson's first full-length work of fiction brought him immediate fame and continues to captivate readers of all ages.