The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Written By Himself
by De Foe, Daniel
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J. Walker & the Other Proprietors, 1818. Fine Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Size 5" x 2¾", 638 pages. Green full leather fine binding. With tooled gilt borders and ornate tooled gilt corner pieces on the front and back covers. 3 raised bands to the spine with gilt surrounds, with gilt title in the second compartment, gilt date 1818 at the foot of the spine and gilt emblems in the other compartments. Gilt page edges and ornate gilt hatching on the cover edges and inner turn-ins. Condition very good, corners and spine edges a little rubbed, gilt worn on cover in places, stain to prelim and end pages else contents clean. With engraved frontispiece and illustration on engraved title by C. Warren after T. Uwins. The frontispiece shows Robinson on his island surrounded by his domestic animals, and the illustration on title shows Robinson in a small boat. "Robinson on his periagua, making the circuit of his island" With separate printed title page and a life of the author.
Synopsis
Robinson Crusoe was first published in April 1719, in London. In the beginning, the story was published as an autobiography, but it was later established that the author was Daniel Defoe. The novel became an instant classic, with four editions printed in the first year of publication. Often called the first English novel, it follows the story of Robinson Crusoe, a man marooned on an island. Crusoe’s adventure-packed story of survival started the genre of realistic fiction and inspired a slew of other survival novels. Over the course of its publication history, Robinson Crusoe has become the second-most translated book in the world.
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011099
- Title
- The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Written By Himself
- Author
- De Foe, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Fine Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. Walker & the Other Proprietors
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1818
- Keywords
- DE FOE, DANIEL THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF J. WALKER & OTHER PROPRIETORS LONDON 1818
- Size
- 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall
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Lazarus Books Limited
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Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
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