Robinson Crusoe / by Daniel Defoe ; with illustrations by Elenore Plaisted Abbott
1930, Second Edition. London : Associated Newspapers. Very good copy in the original title-blocked, illustrated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age; foxing scattered throughout. Remains quite well preserved overall; internally tight and clean. Item #414677
Physical description; 316 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : colour illustrations ; 21 cm. Notes; Date is suggested. Decorative border to title page. Originally published as "The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner" in London in 1719. The first Abbott-illustrated edition was published: London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1919. Subjects; English fiction 18th century. Adventure stories, English. Solitude ; Fiction. Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character) ; Fiction. Shipwreck survival ; Fiction. Castaways ; Fiction. Islands ; Fiction.
Price: €35.00