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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
by Defoe, Daniel
- Used
- Condition
- Fine. Clean, tight, unread copy. Pristine but for light fading to very edges of moire end papers, common in these editions.
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1984. Leather bound. Fine. Clean, tight, unread copy. Pristine but for light fading to very edges of moire end papers, common in these editions.. Evergreen leather/boards with gilt decoration all around. Gilt lettering and four raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with matching, sewn-in satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket, as issued. 369 pp., illustrated with 18th-century engravings. Limited Edition published for the subscribers to The Collector's Library of The World's Best-Loved Books. The story begins with the universal quest: the young man in Britain, torn between his safe home and his hunger for adventure, breaks away from his loving father and sails away into the unknown. After a series of harrowing escapes, he's shipwrecked on a desert island. His lively first-person account shows how his intelligence and education help him survive for many years, and how he uses technology, including guns and tools salvaged from the ship.
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
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 161636
- Title
- The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
- Author
- Defoe, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine. Clean, tight, unread copy. Pristine but for light fading to very edges of moire end papers, common in these editions.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Gallimaufry; Franklin Library; Daniel Defoe ; Defoe, Daniel ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Spine
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Edges
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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