The classic pirate story, with Long John Silver. 16 illustrations, some color, some black-and-white. According to Wikipedia: Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of buccaneers and buried gold. First published as a book on May 23, 1883, it was originally serialized in the childrens magazine Young Folks between 1881–82 under the title Treasure Island or, the mutiny of the Hispaniola with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George North. With Jim Hawkins as the main character in the story.