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ROBINSON CRUSOE (Abridged)
by Defoe, Daniel (Abridged By Alfred Miles)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd, 1917. Book. Illus. by Howard Davie. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to (17 x 24cm). Considered to be C. 1917, but undated. A charming children's book with fine illustrated plates. Pp. 112 colour frontispiece plate followed by a further 7 colour plates all by Howard Davie and numerous in-text illustrations (all 8 plates present and correct.) Red cloth spine with pictorial paper covered boards, very good with a little general wear and a little rubbing to edges, Contents clean and tight, very faded inscription to the front pastedown only, no other marks. A very good copy. A scarce complete edition..
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
- Loe Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035418
- Title
- ROBINSON CRUSOE (Abridged)
- Author
- Defoe, Daniel (Abridged By Alfred Miles)
- Illustrator
- Howard Davie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1917
- Size
- 4to (17 x 24cm)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Classics & Illustrated;
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
This Book’s Categories
- Children & Juvenile Children’s Fiction & Literature
- Fiction & Literature Action & Adventure
- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
- Fiction & Literature English Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Historical Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Literary Studies Literary Criticism
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature Juvenile Classics
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