The Life & Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner (First Edition)
London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1895. J. B. Yeats. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Daniel Defoe based his fiction on what he had experienced in his own life--as a traveler, a merchant, journalist and as secret agent for the Government, as prisoner. The story of Robinson Crusoe is told with modesty, seriousness and with a religious application of events to make sense of the various twists and turns of his life. lxv, woodcut frontispiece of Daniel Defoe with tissue, List of four woodcut Illustrations with tissue, 342 pp.
Condition: A soundly bound small volume; green cloth covers, gilt title and designs on faded spine. Gilded top page edges, deckled fore and bottom page edges. Shelf wear to corners and edges. Normal rubbing and markings on covers. A very good copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Very Good / No Jacket.
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