[Literature] (Defoe, Daniel): The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe...First Edition
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Sep 10, 2024
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[Literature] (Defoe, Daniel). The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the Second and Last Part of his Life, And of the Strange Surprizing Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of the Globe
London: Printed for W. Taylor, 1719. First edition, first issue (with verso of A4 blank and no variation in page number type). 8vo. (viii), 373, (11, ads) pp. Folding map wanting. "Farther" on B1r. Full contemporary brown paneled speckled calf, decorated in blind, spine ends renewed, front and rear joints worn, corners bumped, extremities and boards rubbed, soiling to front board; all edges trimmed; front endpapers sometime renewed; two sello tape repairs to front free endpaper; title-page lightly soiled; scattered soiling to text; small pencil scrawl, N4r; old pencil and ink inscriptions on recto and verso of rear free endpapers; small scattered worming in top edges. Hutchins, pp. 97-113
First edition of the second part of Daniel Defoe's acclaimed and widely popular adventure novel. Six more editions of this novel appeared during Defoe's lifetime, alongside numerous pirated copies.
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