The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe written by himself; embellished with reproductions of the whole of the engravings (20 in number) by Heath from the designs of Thomas Stothard. 1896 by Defoe Daniel ? - 2020

Allman London, 1841-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. a worn allman pocket edition circa 1841 with splits to side seams with lovgely frontispiece plate opp. title page on red illustarted boards

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… Read More

London: John Stockdale, 1804. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Full Leather. Early. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2-volume set, complete. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, 6 compartments. Complete with 15 engraved copper plates and a portrait by Sothard in the appended Chalmers' Life of Defoe. pp. vi, 493; iii, 483. Contains the Adventures and the Father Adventures. Notice by publisher: contains full text including beautiful religious and spiritual passages omitted by other publishers. From the DNB: "Defoe's first novel, Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719 when he was about fifty-nine, brings all his interests together. Crusoe is a disobedient son, arguing with his father, representing opinions of a new world-one where life in England is uncertain but global opportunity beckons, and children are increasingly torn between traditional obedience to family and individual self-satisfaction. Drawn to the sea regardless of parental and what appear to be providential… Read More

London: John Stockdale, 1804. Two volumes complete - Volume One - viii, 405pp, [1] and Volume Two - v, [1], 456pp. Rebound in modern half morocco and marbled paper over boards, raised bands, spine in six panels, morocco title label to second panel, author label to fourth, volume number in gilt to third, all panels framed with gilt double fillet, all edges marbled. Externally very good indeed. Internally lightly browned throughout, some light offsetting from engravings with occasional light foxing. Engraved frontispiece and title page to each volume, and thirteen plates called for (plus an extra plate not called for) between the two volumes. Large paper copy, with a Life of Defoe by Chalmers. Stothard, Thomas (1755-1834), painter and book illustrator, "many of his illustrations were for reissues, as in his celebrated illustrations for John Stockdale's edition of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe in 1790 (a sketch for Robinson Crusoe Building his Canoe is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) and it is… Read More