The Whole Life And Strange Surprising Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe V1 (1785) by Daniel Defoe - 2010-09-10

London: Printed For J Walter Blackfriars,T Hookham New Bond Street and W Richardson Under The Royal Exchange and M Wilson Lombard Street . Two Volume Set 1785 Graded Near Fine Condition in attractive tan quarter contemporary calf bindings over marbled boards with gilt title lettering on green moroccan labels to the 2nd compartment on spines.Light wear to extremities,corners and spine tips.There is one bookseller's stamp of RD Steedman to the bottom edge of the front pastedown.Interestingly and written down in pencil on the front pastedown is stated '' From the Duke of Northumberlands Library 2 vols Cat 8 '' The bindings of the books remain firm with no loose pages and the text block remains delightfully clean internally with just a few foxing spots to the rear of volumes and with one crease line to final page of text on Vol 1.There is a light yellow hue to the fore-edge of the volumes one suspects this is what they did at the time they were bound.Both volumes have engraved… Read More