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The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner; The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; with The Life of Daniel Defoe by George Chalmers.
by Crusoe, Robinson [Daniel Defoe]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
London: John Stockdale, 1790. FIRST EDITION thus. Two volumes. Original diced calf boards with modern rebacked calf leather spine with raised bands and gilt tooled design of a flower. Two red morocco labled with gilt lettering. Frontispieces, illustrated. This has the lengthy life of Defoe plus an elaborate list of Defoe's writings, followed by the 8 pages of publisher's catalog in Vol 2. Thomas Stothard (August 17, 1755 - April 27, 1834) was an English painter and engraver. He designed plates for pocket-books, tickets for concerts, illustrations to almanacs, portraits of popular actors--into all these he infused a grace and distinction which make them sought after by collectors. Among his more important series are the two sets of illustrations to Robinson Crusoe, one for the New Magazine and one for Stockdale's edition, and the plates to The Pilgrim's Progress (1788), to Harding's edition of Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield (1792), to The Rape of the Lock (1798), to the works of Solomon Gessner (1802), to William Cowper's Poems (1825), and to The Decameron; while his figure-subjects in the superb editions of Samuel Rogers's Italy (1830) and Poems (1834) prove that even in old age his imagination was still fertile, and his hand firm. . First Edition Thus. Full Calf Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Thomas Stothard. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004250
- Title
- The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner; The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; with The Life of Daniel Defoe by George Chalmers.
- Author
- Crusoe, Robinson [Daniel Defoe]
- Illustrator
- Thomas Stothard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- John Stockdale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1790
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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