The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
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About This Item
Daniel Defoe. Limited First edition, first printing (147/535).
Dust Jacket: Not issued. Hardcover: Very Good+ Leather-bound. London: Frederick Etchells and Hugh Mcdonald, 1929. Glasgow University Press. Only 535 copies were printed of which this is number 147. No writing or markings in this well preserved copy, 332 pp. With 8 drawings and the title-page vignette by E. McKnight Kauffer coloured by hand through stencils at the Curwen Press.
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
- Burning Tree Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BTB00373
- Title
- The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
- Author
- Daniel Defoe
- Illustrator
- E. McKnight Kauffer
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Etchells and Hugh Mcdonald
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Pages
- 332
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe
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- First Edition
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