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THE LIFE AND STRANGE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER: who lived eight and twenty years all alone in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque..seventeenth Edition,two Volume Set.
by Defoe. Daniel
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J.F. And C. Rivington., 1791. Reprint . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. two volume set,original full leather hardcover approx 7 inches by 4.5 inches, with spine decorated in gilt,three original spine labels of four,11 engraved illustrations including folding map as frontispiece to volume two,lacks frontispiece to volume one,288 & 275 pages,upper hinge of volume one very weak,leather rubbed,internally a very clean copy.
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
- Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106454
- Title
- THE LIFE AND STRANGE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER: who lived eight and twenty years all alone in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque..seventeenth Edition,two Volume Set.
- Author
- Defoe. Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- J.F. And C. Rivington.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1791
- Keywords
- Antiquarian. Eighteenth Century. Early Illustrated. Robinson Crusoe.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
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Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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