[Robinson Crusoe and Alexander Selkirk Collection]: The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years in an Uninhabited Island, on the Coas

by DEFOE, Daniel (1660-1731), et al.

$1,016 · Offered by Biblio

Dunbar: Printed by and for G. Miller, [and] Edinburgh: Fraser & Co., [and] London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited [and] London: The Cresset Press [and] London: Odhams Press Limited [and] London: Constable Young Books Ltd. [and] St. Andrews: W.C. Henderson & Son Ltd. [and] Glasgow: Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd. 1801; 1837; no date [circa 1900]; no date [1939]; 1960; 1967; 1982; 2009. [Castaway Collection] TWO NINETEENTH-CENTURY COPIES, plus a selection of related modern books. Eight volumes in total, all octavos of various sizes. 1) 'Robinson Crusoe' pp.[2] 238 [2]. With eight wood-engraved illustrated plates, including a frontispiece. In a mid-twentieth-century binding of quarter tan calf, with gilt titles to a red label, blind decoration to spine, and marbled paper over boards. All edges untrimmed. Toned with occasional spots throughout, otherwise internally clean. Light stains to spine. Very good. 2) 'Robinson Crusoe' pp.[2] vi; 538 [2]. Contemporary brown full calf for Edinburgh Academy, recently re-backed in tan calf, with the original spine showing gilt titles to a red label, raised bands, and further gilt decoration, laid over. Greek and Latin school mottos stamped in gilt to boards. All edges and endpapers marbled. School prize plate to front pastedown, dated 1841. Toned, with occasional spotting and pencil notations throughout. Hinges repaired with strips of brown cloth. Moderate general wear to binding, now restored to a robust, attractive condition. Very good. 3)

• Publisher: Dunbar: Printed by and for G. Miller, [and] Edinburgh: Fraser & Co., [and] London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited [and] Lond
• Binding: unknown

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