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The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, As Related by Himself / by Daniel Defoe. With One Hundred and Twenty Original Illustrations by Walter Paget
by DEFOE, Daniel (c.1659-61-1731); PAGET, Walter (illustrations)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: McLoughlin Brothers. Fair with no dust jacket. [c.1890s-1920s]. Hardcover. An undated, illustrated reprint edition of the classic 1719 adventure story by Daniel Defoe. In it, the title character is shipwrecked and castaway on a remote tropical Caribbean island for 28 years. It is believed that Defoe used the real-life story of castaway Alexander Selkirk as a model. With 120 original black & white engraved illustrations by Walter Paget. Possibly published c.1890s-1920s. --- Bound in full red cloth-covered boards with illustrations, decorations and titling in gilt and black to cover and spine. --- A Fair-only copy with tears to cloth at cover extremities, repaired front and rear hinges, prior owner's rubberstamping and some soiling to cloth, else a tightly-bound, sturdy copy.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; viii, 416 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88210
- Title
- The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, As Related by Himself / by Daniel Defoe. With One Hundred and Twenty Original Illustrations by Walter Paget
- Author
- DEFOE, Daniel (c.1659-61-1731); PAGET, Walter (illustrations)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- McLoughlin Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1890s-1920s]
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- Gilt
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