THE LIFE AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER
by [Defoe, Daniel]
- Used
- Condition
- Binding and text quite fine but for smudges on one page
- Seller
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed at the Shakespeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major, 1831. Binding and text quite fine but for smudges on one page. Two volumes. 8vo. xv (i), 434p; (ii), 406p. Illustrated by George Cruikshank with 2 steel-engraved frontispieces and 38 woodcuts in the text. Bound by Bayntun half teal green calf over green cloth sides, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and a pictorial device in each panel. Cohn no. 229.
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- Bookseller
- First Folio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23932
- Title
- THE LIFE AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER
- Author
- [Defoe, Daniel]
- Book Condition
- Used - Binding and text quite fine but for smudges on one page
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed at the Shakespeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1831
- Bookseller catalogs
- FINE BINDINGS; ILLUSTRATED;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...