Robinson Crusoe

by Defoe, Daniel

Robinson Crusoe was first published in April 1719, in London. In the beginning, the story was published as an autobiography, but it was later established that the author was Daniel Defoe. The novel became an instant classic, with four editions printed in the first year of publication. Often called the first English novel, it follows the story of Robinson Crusoe, a man marooned on an island. Crusoe’s adventure-packed story of survival started the genre of realistic fiction and inspired a slew of other survival novels. Over the course of its publication history, Robinson Crusoe has become the second-most translated book in the world.

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True first editions of Robinson Crusoe are exceedingly rare and valuable. When the book was first published in April 1719, people read it so often that most copies have since fallen to pieces. The first edition was published by William Taylor at the Ship, a place of publication on Paternoster Row, a street in London home to the city’s publishing trade. The octavo book is bound in crushed red morocco.

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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel DeFoe

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First Edition Thus - A New Edition For Young Readers 1922
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1922
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THE  LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER: Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years Alone in an Uninhabited Island, on the Coast of America, Near the Mouth of the Great River Oroonoque.  With an Account of His Travels Round Three Part of the Globe.  Written by Himself.

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER: Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years Alone in an Uninhabited Island, on the Coast of America, Near the Mouth of the Great River Oroonoque. With an Account of His Travels Round Three Part of the Globe. Written by Himself.

by Defoe Daniel

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1790 and 1804
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London: Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1790 and 1804. 2 volumes. Rare Large Paper Copy of this Very Early Set with Stothard’s engravings. The engraved title-pages are dated 1804, but the engraved illustrations are dated 1790. Very probably then, this is an early setting with a newly dated title-page. With 19 engraved illustrations including a… Read more about this item
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ROBINSON CRUSOE

ROBINSON CRUSOE

by DEFOE,DANIEL

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1946
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Hardcover
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N.Y.: Doubleday and Co., 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Hard cover, no dust jacket. Very good condition.
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by Daniel Defoe

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New Edition
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1822
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Whittingham, 1822. New Edition . Full-Leather. Good ++/No Jacket. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. New Edition 1822. Printed at The Whittingham Press. Illustrated with numerous small woodcuts throughout the text. Two volumes bound in a contemporary blindstamped calf gilt, one spine label partially worn/small loss. Books are good++ and quite bright. Light edge rubbing.… Read more about this item
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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
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by DeFoe, Daniel

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No date
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circa 1900
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Pictorial boards with coloured frontispiece and cloth spine. Has title page with McLoughlin Brothers Logo est. 1828. #2513 on cover. Remants of old book plates on inside back cover. Very worn around edges & corners. Cover seperated from 158 pages- needs to be reglued. Book is complete but last end page torn/missing -see photos). Pages discolored, four numbers in pencil… Read more about this item
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The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner
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The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner

by Defoe, Daniel [Illustrated by Gordon Browne & Ernest Griset]

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nd (ca 1890-1910)
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NY: A.L. Burt, nd (ca 1890-1910). Pictorial blue cloth. Owner's name on endpaper, light cover rubbing: VG+/no dj. 8vo. Illustrated with 29 full-page illustrations by Gordon Browne & Ernest Griset and 5 original Colored plates. New edition.
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by Daniel DeFoe

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1918
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by Daniel Defoe

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1790
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London: Logographic Press, 1790. Hardcover. Good. A rare three volume set published by the Logographic Press in the original brown leather bindings. Spines are bumped and hinges cracked. Labels are damaged or missing. Edges are bumped and board edges are rubbed. Pages are lightly tanned with some blemishes but overall the three volumes are in good condition for… Read more about this item
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Robinson Crusoe

by DEFOE, Daniel

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1894
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Hardcover
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New York: The F.M Lupton Publishing Company, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Blue cloth boards gilt spine titles. 496pp. Browned cheap paper, some wear to the extremities, very good. Tipped in gift inscription, "For Ormond / From Aunts Lizzie & Hattie / Happy Xmas. / 1894. Binding appears to be that of a set, or series, which also… Read more about this item
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ROBINSON CRUSOE
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ROBINSON CRUSOE

by Daniel Defoe

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1963
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Perfect
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This is the Daniel Defoe classic, written in 1719, about a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical desert island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before being rescued. The story is likely based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on the Chilean island… Read more about this item
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Robinson Crusoe

by Defoe, Daniel

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First edition thus
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1920
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Hardcover
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New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1920. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. 368p quarto,blue cloth illustrated with 13 full page color plates by Wyeth as called for in the contents. A fine tight fresh copy in chipped tissue jacket protected with mylar covering. Enclosed in publisher's color printed box, box stained along the sides.
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Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe

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New Edition
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1810
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James Ballantyne, 1810. New Edition . Three-Quarter Leather. Good ++/No Jacket. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. New Edition 1810. Triple volume set With a Biographical Memoir of Defoe. Printed in Edinburgh. Illustrated with woodcuts. Three volumes bound in a Georgian contemporary three quarter leather binding. Books are good++ and quite bright. Edge rubbing.… Read more about this item
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Robinson Crusoe

by Defoe, Daniel

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1820
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Hardcover
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London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1820. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vol. 8vo. [5], iv-xcii, [1], 2-429, [5]; [5], iv-v, [2], 2-415, [5] pp. Turn-of-the-century morocco (ca. 1899) over marbled boards, spines in six compartments with gilt lettering and decorations, top edges gilt; marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Packer 152. Bound by Tout and… Read more about this item
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Robinson Crusoe (Abridged) With " Come To Life " Panorama
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Robinson Crusoe (Abridged) With " Come To Life " Panorama

by Defoe Daniel

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Used - Good with no dust jacket
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1st Thus (Folio Society Edition)
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1930
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Hardcover
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London. Paris. New York.: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket. 1930. 1st Thus (Folio Society Edition). Hardcover. Undated but 1930s. A GOOD ONLY copy in the Original blue cloth-backed spine with black titling, and pictorial paper-covered boards. The Front cover illustrated in full colour. Very Small Chunky Quarto = 9" tall. A Sound… Read more about this item
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Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe

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Young People's Library Edition
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1899
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Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe, published by Henry Altemus Company Circa 1899,part of the Illustrated Young People's Library (1895-1933).180 pages..book is in poor condition, cloth covers are torn, loose at spine, much wear on spine appears several pages in the front are missing however the story is all there.. Beautifully illustrated by Walter Stanley Paget the British Illustrator (1863-1935)… Read more about this item
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Robinson Crusoe : Illustrated By N.C. Wyeth : In Superb Condition With The Original Publisher's Box
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Robinson Crusoe : Illustrated By N.C. Wyeth : In Superb Condition With The Original Publisher's Box

by Defoe, Daniel

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Illustrated Edition
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1920
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The First UK printing of this illustrated edition published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. London in 1920. The BOOK is in near Fine condition and has been well protected in the original publisher's box. A hint of rubbing to the lower corners. Light pushing at the spine ends. Top edge gilt. Free from inscriptions and erasures. NO fading of… Read more about this item
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Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
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Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel De Foe

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1890
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Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry & Co, 1890. This book measures approximately 7.5" x 5.25" with 472 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Moderate sunning to spine. Victorian binding. Moderate scuffing to both boards. Moderate staining to all ends of textblock. Front hinge is cracked. Minor foxing to… Read more about this item
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THE LIFE AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER:   With a Biographical Account of Defoe. Illustrated with Fifty  Characteristic Cuts, from Drawings by William Harvey, Esq. , and Engraved  by Adams
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THE LIFE AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER: With a Biographical Account of Defoe. Illustrated with Fifty Characteristic Cuts, from Drawings by William Harvey, Esq. , and Engraved by Adams

by Daniel Defoe

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c. 1847
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Harper & Brothers. Fair with no dust jacket. c. 1847. Hardcover. ****Spring Sale! The current price reflects a 20% discount off the regular price, while the item lasts. Sale ends April 2, 2024*****; Brown cloth cover has extensive wear with a chip in lower spine panel. Boards are warped. Spine is straight. Spine is loose with a… Read more about this item
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Robinson Crusoe

by DANIEL DEFOE

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Paperback
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The Life and Strange surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner
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The Life and Strange surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner

by Daniel Defoe

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1772
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London, 1772. Good. The Life and Strange surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner, by Daniel Defoe, 1772, London. A Rare and attractive early copy of one of the classics of English literature-Robinson Crusoe. Illustrated with colored engravings in the first volume and a folding map in the second volume, our two volumes set… Read more about this item
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