The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
1883, First Edition in this form. London : George Bell and Sons. Good copy in the original illustrated, pebble-grain, russet cloth boards, with a gilt decorated spine. Boards show minor scuffs; corners, joints and endbands slightly rubbed. All edges gilt; text block shows light foxing throughout, chiefly to the margins. Plate facing p. 16 loose; binding tender, but otherwise holding throughout. A well-preserved example overall. Item #469182
Physical description; viii, 328 pages, [21] leaves of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 19 cm. Notes; With twenty-one full page coloured illustrations and upwards of seventy woodcuts by Edward H. Wehnert. Subjects; Shipwrecks – Fiction. Castaways – Fiction. Survival – Fiction. Islands – Fiction. Adventure stories. 18th century (setting). 19th century (edition). Illustrated. Colour plates. Woodcuts.
Price: €85.00