A beautiful hardback for the price of a paperback. White's Pocket Classics offer the best-loved classics in an irresistible small hardback with original illustrations embossed on the covers and all the features of a fine edition -- coloured endpapers, marker ribbon, illustrated title pages and new typesetting -- combining the best contemporary design with the luxury of a hardback and introductions by today's popular authors, to make the most appealing classics available at a paperback price and a perfect gift. Treasure Island is the archetypal adventure story. This edition includes Robert Louis Stevenson's account of how he came to write the story on a rainy afternoon in Scotland, inspired by map that gave him inspiration. A full-page copy of Stevenson's map is reproduced.