Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York by DEFOE, Daniel - 1930

The Folio Society, 1972. Hardcover. Good. 1972. No Edition Remarks. 284 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrative cloth. Slipcase is missing. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York:Mariner - As related by himself.

Paperback / softback. New.

Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1976. First Edition thus. With illustrations by Edward A. Wilson throughout. 4to, publisher's navy leather, stamped in gilt on the spine and covers, silk endpapers, a.e.g. xvi, 299 pp. An especially bright and handsome copy, as pristine and mint. EDWARD A. WILSON'S FINE ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Defoe's masterpiece of realistic narrative fiction is one of the most influential and copied pieces of world literature. While editions of the book are countless, this one was published by advanced reservation exclusively for subscribers to The Easton Press collection of The Greatest Books Ever Written. The frontispiece portrait was specially commissioned for this edition.

UK: W Taylor, 1880. 1st Edition . Full-Leather. Very Good ++/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Victorian Facsimile Edition Circa 1870. A lovely Full leather Modern Binding in the 17th century style. Engraved frontis plate. Book is very good++ and in bright condition. Contents good. Pages lightly age toned. More images can be taken upon request. RefA1234

London: Basilisk Press, 1979. Craig, Edward Gordon. Quarto. 180pp., + (10)ff. From an edition of 500 copies, this is one of twenty-five with ten original wood engravings bound-in subsequent to the text, five of which are signed by the book's illustrator, Edward Gordon Craig. For decades, Craig nurtured an interest in Daniel Defoe's story about the castaway Robinson Crusoe. Craig's copy of the book was well-read and heavily annotated, with the phrase "My beloved book" written by him on one of the pages, clearly revealing his feelings for the story. He created sketches and even cut numerous blocks for an illustrated edition of the book he hoped to one day publish. After the success of the Cranach Press Hamlet, for which Craig contributed the illustrations, he and the Press's founder, Count Harry Kessler, began to develop an edition of Robinson Crusoe, using the illustrations Craig had assembled over the years. They printed a proof of the first page of the book, set in the Hamlet type designed by Edward… Read More