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A Journal of the Plague Year (Falcon Limited Edition)(1950)
by Daniel Defoe
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
1950 Falcon Press Limited Edition. Hardcover lacking the fragile acetate dust jacket. Condition is Very Good: small (2 x3 mm) blemish front cover (see image), pencil note of prior bookseller, no other markings or problems. This edition is notable for the excellent illustrations on fine paper. Publisher states this is limited to 2000 copies but there were no copies with limitation pages. Please see images of the book you will receive. An excellent edition of an excellent book. Recommended. Notes: Defoe was 5 years old (in 1665) when the events he describes took place. This is best viewed as history or historical fiction not straight up primary source material. Of course there is an argument about this so feel free to disagree. First edition was published in 1722 as "Memoirs of the Plague." See Furbank 216.
Synopsis
A Journal of the Plague Year is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in March 1722. The novel is a fictionalised account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London. The book is told roughly chronologically, though without sections or chapter headings. Although it purports to have been written several years after the event, it actually was written in the years just prior to the book's first publication in March 1722.
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- Bookseller
- Ironwood Hills Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- defoe1950
- Title
- A Journal of the Plague Year (Falcon Limited Edition)(1950)
- Author
- Daniel Defoe
- Illustrator
- Leslie Atkinson
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Falcon Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Art;
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