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1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.
1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.

1927 Birdsall Binding - TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson. First DULAC Illustrated Edition.

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Author: Robert Louis Stevenson. Edmund Dulac (Illustrator).
Title: Treasure Island.
Publisher: London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1927. First Dulac Illustrated Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size : 9.5 " X 7.5 ".
Pages: xii-255 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good binding signed by Birdsall, Northampton&London, finely bound in half morocco leather (hinges fine, overall slightly scuff and worn - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Upper edge gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing mainly on the outer edge of pages - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with 12 wonderful color plates, the map, and the black & white illustrations in the text by Edmund Dulac.

Estimate: (USD 600 - USD 1000)

The book: Attractive First Dulac illustrated Edition of Treasure Island. Dulac's watercolor illustrations for Treasure Island are definitely his "most careful and superb painting", and Dulac himself considered them his best work. 

Treasure Island (originally The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys) is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold." Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, 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.
As one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels, Treasure Island was originally considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks from 1881 through 1882 under the title Treasure Island or the mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North".

The author: Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, most noted for writing Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, and A Child's Garden of Verses.

The illustrator: Edmund Dulac (born Edmond Dulac; October 22, 1882 – May 25, 1953) was a French-born, British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. Born in Toulouse he studied law but later turned to the study of art the École des Beaux-Arts. He moved to London early in the 20th century and in 1905 received his first commission to illustrate the novels of the Brontë Sisters. During World War I, Dulac produced relief books and when after the war the deluxe children's book market shrank he turned to magazine illustrations among other ventures. He designed banknotes during World War II and postage stamps, most notably those that heralded the beginning of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.

The binder: Birdsall & Son, Northampton, was one of the main bookbinding firms in Great Britain from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. In 1792 William Birdsall ([c. 1750]-1826) bought the bookselling and bookbinding business of John Lacy & Son in Northampton. The business also included a stationery section, a post office and a circulating library. William Birdsall was followed in the business by his sons, Robert and James, and later by James's widow, Ann, who sold the business in 1844 to William's great-nephew, Anthony Birdsall the elder (1819-1893). The bookbinding side was expanded during this period, becoming the firm's main activity. Anthony Birdsall was succeeded by his son, Richard (1842-1909), under whose aegis the premises were twice enlarged and reorganised in 1882 and 1888. Of Richard Birdsall's three sons, it was Anthony Birdsall the younger (1877-1972) who was chiefly responsible for maintaining the family tradition of fine binding, especially following the early death of Herbert Birdsall in 1924. The company finally ceased trading in 1961.

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