Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, First Edition (435 results)

Exceedingly rare complete first edition set of all three books in Defoe's classic Robinson Crusoe series, including the scarce first and only printing of the third book in the series. Octavo, three volumes bound in full crushed red morocco by Francis Bedford with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. The set consists of: Vol. I. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, where-in all the Men perished by himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself. First edition, mixed state with the famed engraved frontispiece portrait of Robinson Crusoe by Clark and Pine, the title in second state with semi-colon after London, third state of the preface with the catchword "apply" correctly spelled, and first state of Z4r with "Pilot" misspelled "Pilate" and "Portugnese" for "Portuguese", four pages of advertisements at rear. Bibliographic note tipped in. Vol. II. ; Being the Second and Last Part of His Life, And the Strange Surprizing Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of the Globe. Written By Himself. First edition, second issue with the publisher's notice to the verso of the last leaf of the Preface and page 295 corectly numbered, folding map of the world and 11 pages of advertisements at rear. Volume III. : With His Vision of the Angelick World. Written By Himself. First edition, first issue with the catchword "The" on page 270, folding engraved plan of Crusoe's island by Clark and Pine, 2 pages of advertisements at rear. [Grolier English 41; Hutchins 52-71, 97-112, 122-8; Moore 412 & 417; PMM 180; Rothschild 775]. In fine condition. An exceedingly rare and handsomely bound complete set of this cornerstone in English literature. Often hailed as the first novel in the English language and purportedly based on the experiences on Alexander Selkirk, who spent four years on the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez from 1704, the adventures of Crusoe and his companion Friday have attained mythical status in the history of Western literature. The book's success was immediate, a second edition being called for only seventeen days after publication of the first on April 25, 1719, with a further two editions published before the end of year. The Farther Adventures appeared on August 20, and relates how Crusoe revisited the island with Friday. A final part, The Serious Reflections, followed in 1720. "The romance of Crusoes's adventures, the figure of civilized man fending for himself on a desert island, has made an imperishable impression on the mind of man. much of modern science fiction is basically Crusoe's island changed to a planet" (PMM).

Rare complete set of early editions of all three books in Defoe's classic Robinson Crusoe series. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is a stated second edition. Small octavo, three volumes bound in full period paneled calf with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, ornamental blind stamping to the front and rear panels, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Robinson Crusoe in Vol. I, folding engraved world map in Vol. II, folding engraved frontispiece of Crusoe's island in Vol. III, decorated headpieces, tailpieces, and initials throughout. In very good condition with some toning to the front and rear pastedown, some pages of each volume, rubbing to the front and rear panels of Vol. I and II, evidence of bookplate removal to the front pastedown of Vol. I and II, bookplate to the front pastedown of Vol. III, antiquarian ownership signatures to each volume. A rare complete set of this cornerstone in English literature. Often hailed as the first novel in the English language and purportedly based on the experiences on Alexander Selkirk, who spent four years on the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez from 1704, the adventures of Crusoe and his companion Friday have attained mythical status in the history of Western literature. The book's success was immediate, a second edition being called for only seventeen days after publication of the first on April 25, 1719, with a further two editions published before the end of year. The Farther Adventures appeared on August 20, and relates how Crusoe revisited the island with Friday. A final part, The Serious Reflections, followed in 1720. "The romance of Crusoes's adventures, the figure of civilized man fending for himself on a desert island, has made an imperishable impression on the mind of man. much of modern science fiction is basically Crusoe's island changed to a planet" (PMM).

Full Description: DEFOE, Daniel. The Life, and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. Who lived eight and twenty Years all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With an Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself. The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for W. Taylor, 1719. The rare fourth edition, second issue (Hutchins 4B). With a comma after 'Life'; The tail-pieces at the bottom of page 364 with a bowl of fruit, page "317" incorrectly numbered "217", the two ship vignettes slightly different and no "Part I" on leaf T. The fourth edition was published the same year as the first edition. Octavo (7 5/8 x 4 9/16 inches; 194 x 116 mm). [4], 364, [4, ads] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Robinson Crusoe by Clark & Pine. Folding map is present in the accompanying first edition of volume 2. Decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Volume I of this work was so popular that it went through four editions within the first four months of it being printed. [Together with:] [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. Written by Himself. To which is added a Map of the World, in which is Delineated the Voyages of Robinson Crusoe. London: Printed by W. Taylor, 1719. First edition, second issue (Hutchins "B3"), with the verso of leaf A4 printed with an advertisement for the 4th edition of Volume I. With "Breaking," "Dif-/ference," "Punish-/ment," and "wanting" on the recto; with "Farther" on the recto of leaf B1. Octavo. [8], 373, [11, ads] pp. Folding engraved map of the world on a stub, facing title-page. Decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Two volumes uniformly bound in full contemporary speckled, paneled calf, rebacked to style. Boards tooled in blind. Spines ruled in gilt. Both volumes with red morocco spine labels, lettered in gilt. Newer endpapers. Volume I with previous owner's old ink very light notes on blank recto of the frontispiece. A small library stamp to verso of title-page. Frontispiece of volume I with the bottom margin restored, not affecting image. Volume II with repair along inner margin of the title-page. With minor paper flaw to top margins of leaf K3, not affecting text and X5, just touching page number bracket. Title-page is lightly soiling. Some minor occasional finger soiling. Overall an excellent copy of this set. Beginning with Captain William Dampier's enormously popular A New Voyage Round the World (1697; seventh edition 1729), English travel literature enjoyed a second Renaissance. Circumnavigators and privateersDampier and Woodes Rogers being preeminentpublished accounts of their adventures. In at least three of the most popular instancesDampier (1697), Rogers (1712), and Edward Cooke, one of Roger's mates (1712)the frontispiece to their volume of voyages was a folding map, a planisphere by Herman Moll upon which a dotted line traced the route of the voyager. This then was the convention which lies immediately behind "A Map of the World on which is Delineated the Voyages of Robinson Cruso." Crusoe's folding planisphere has been attributed to Moll, but though it is similar to the map employed by Dampier and Cooke and is even closer to that employed by Rogers, it is not identical to either, and lacking an "H. Moll fecit," its origin remains indefinite. It first appeared in the first edition of The Farther Adventures; it was added to the fourth and later editions of The Strange Surprizing Adventures": (Newberry Library) "After twenty years of enormously prolific pamphleteering, political and sectarian, sometimes in verse, Defoe suddenly disclosed a genius for devising a tale of adventure. The special form of adventure that he chose, and even the name of his hero, have been adopted by countless imitators.This influence is not yet dissipated, for much of science fiction is basically Crusoe's island changed to a planet. At least equally relevant.is the figure of the lonely human being subduing the pitiless forces of nature; going back to nature, indeed, and portraying the 'noble savage' in a way that made the book required reading for Rousseau's Emile. Robinson Crusoe has long since been more widely read in the abridged versions for young people, in which his breast-beating and philosophizing are less prominent than the footprint in the sand, Man Friday, the threatening savages, and the endless ingenuity and contrivance that make the hero's life more tolerable. But the pious sections of the book are also relevant in the religious inferences drawn by Crusoe from his communings with nature" (Printing and the Mind of Man). Crusoe 250 27. Grolier, 100 English, 41. Hutchins, pp. 78-80, Hutchins, pp. 97-112. Hutchins, pp. 122-128. Printing and the Mind of Man 180. HBS 69079. $13,500.

Condition: Near fine. Rare early set of the realist novel that transformed English literature, with the first volume a second edition and the second volume a first edition. Based in part on the celebrated narrative of castaway Alexander Selkirk, Defoe's novel is an adventure set in the New World that describes Crusoe developing self-reliant virtues in order to survive. Crusoe has become a modern mythic figure in the West: he is a hero of economic individualism on a modern Odyssey, born during the rise of English capitalism. Both entertaining and morally uplifting, the book represented an ideal formula in the early years of realist fiction; ROBINSON CRUSOE soon became an international bestseller, with more translations than any work except the Bible, and established a path for future novelists in the growing market for realist literature that matured in 18th-century England. It is often described as one of the earliest novels in English. First published in April of 1719, CRUSOE proved so popular that Defoe quickly published a sequel, THE FARTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, in August of 1719 (here in the first edition, with the May 1719 second edition of the first part). In 1720, he added a series of essays, SERIOUS REFLECTIONS DURING THE LIFE AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, which is not typically printed with the main narrative of parts I and II today. This set has two copies of the famous frontispiece portrait of Robinson Crusoe, so iconic that, no matter the edition, "we always look for it and are disappointed when we do not find it" (A Edward Newton). Rare in any early edition, magnificently bound in the style of the period. Two octavo volumes, 7.25'' x 4.25''. Full speckled period-style calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-stamped spine, red and black goatskin spine labels. Red speckled edges. Volume I with engraved frontispiece by Clark & Pine (mounted on stub) and 2 pages of publisher's catalogue (of 4): [4], 364, [2] pages; volume II with additional frontispiece (same as volume I, not called for, trimmed and mounted in gutter), long ad on verso of A4 (from later edition), 1 page of publisher's catalogue (of 11), and engraved folding map bound at rear (mounted on stub): [8], 373, [1] pages. Envelope with 1908 purchase details of previous owner and complimentary documentation laid in.

Full Descripton: DEFOE, Daniel. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. Who lived eight and twenty Years all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With an Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself. The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for W. Taylor, 1719. The rare fourth edition, first issue (Hutchins 4A). With no comma after 'Life'; The tail-pieces at the bottom of page 364 with two birds flanking a flaming bowl, above a cupid's head and bow and arrows, and page "317" correctly numbered. The fourth edition was published the same year as the first edition. Octavo (7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 185 x 118 mm). [4], 364, [4, ads] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Robinson Crusoe by Clark & Pine. Folding map is present in the accompanying first edition of volume 2. Decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Volume I of this work was so popular that it went through four editions within the first four months of it being printed. [Together with:] [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. Written by Himself. To which is added a Map of the World, in which is Delineated the Voyages of Robinson Crusoe. London: Printed by W. Taylor, 1719. First edition, first issue, second variant (Hutchins "B2"), with the verso of leaf A4 blank and with "Breaking," "Dif-/ference," "Punish-/ment," and "wanting" on the recto; with "Farther" on the recto of leaf B1; with p. 295 numbered 215; and the text showing uniform printing. The typesetting is not corrected on pp. 2, 103, 139, or 231. Octavo. [8], 373, [11, ads] pp. Folding engraved map of the world facing title-page. Decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Two volumes uniformly bound in full contemporary speckled calf. Spines ruled in gilt. Both volumes with red morocco spine labels, lettered in gilt. Spines repaired at hinges. Both volumes with previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Volume I with previous owner's old ink notes on front and back endpapers and on blank recto of the frontispiece. Old ink signature to top margin of title-page, Volume II with some minor repairs to top edge of folding map, supplying a few letters in facsimile. Title-page is a bit frayed along fore-edge. Previous owner's old ink signature dated 1776 to top of title-page and first page of preface. A tiny hole to blank margin of leaf Z4. Free endpapers renewed. Overall an excellent copy of this set. Beginning with Captain William Dampier's enormously popular A New Voyage Round the World (1697; seventh edition 1729), English travel literature enjoyed a second Renaissance. Circumnavigators and privateersDampier and Woodes Rogers being preeminentpublished accounts of their adventures. In at least three of the most popular instancesDampier (1697), Rogers (1712), and Edward Cooke, one of Roger's mates (1712)the frontispiece to their volume of voyages was a folding map, a planisphere by Herman Moll upon which a dotted line traced the route of the voyager. This then was the convention which lies immediately behind "A Map of the World on which is Delineated the Voyages of Robinson Cruso." Crusoe's folding planisphere has been attributed to Moll, but though it is similar to the map employed by Dampier and Cooke and is even closer to that employed by Rogers, it is not identical to either, and lacking an "H. Moll fecit," its origin remains indefinite. It first appeared in the first edition of The Farther Adventures; it was added to the fourth and later editions of The Strange Surprizing Adventures": (Newberry Library) "After twenty years of enormously prolific pamphleteering, political and sectarian, sometimes in verse, Defoe suddenly disclosed a genius for devising a tale of adventure. The special form of adventure that he chose, and even the name of his hero, have been adopted by countless imitators.This influence is not yet dissipated, for much of science fiction is basically Crusoe's island changed to a planet. At least equally relevant.is the figure of the lonely human being subduing the pitiless forces of nature; going back to nature, indeed, and portraying the 'noble savage' in a way that made the book required reading for Rousseau's Emile. Robinson Crusoe has long since been more widely read in the abridged versions for young people, in which his breast-beating and philosophizing are less prominent than the footprint in the sand, Man Friday, the threatening savages, and the endless ingenuity and contrivance that make the hero's life more tolerable. But the pious sections of the book are also relevant in the religious inferences drawn by Crusoe from his communings with nature" (Printing and the Mind of Man). Crusoe 250 27. Grolier, 100 English, 41. Hutchins, pp. 78-80, Hutchins, pp. 97-112. Hutchins, pp. 122-128. Printing and the Mind of Man 180. HBS 68990. $10,000.

Third Edition. Third edition stated on the title page. Measures approximately 7.25" x 4.75", with 364 numbered pages. Original full calf binding, with newly rebacked spine and titling. Book is in very good condition. Moderate surface wear and chipping to the original leather boards. Textblock evenly and moderately foxed and stained. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Previous owner's writing on bottom of the title page in ink. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (N12-21).

3 volumes. In-12°. 2 f. n.ch, XII, 629 p., 1 f. bl.; 1 f. n.ch., VIII, 588 p., 1 f. bl.; 1 f. n.ch., XXXIV p., 1 f. n.ch. table, 632 p., 1 f. bl. Avec 3 frontispice, 3 vignettes de titre, 3 mappemonde et 18 gravures par Bernard Picard. Reliure demi cuir d'époque lis, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tomaison en maroquin vert. Brunet II, 566. - Cohen 404. - Gumuchian 4793. - Retirage de la première édition de 1720 identique pour le premier volume. Volume 2 et 3 en édition originale. Selon notice de la BNF, imprimé d'après le matériel typographique à Rouen par Jean-Baptiste II Machuel. Le premier volume publié 1720, ici en retirage identique de 1722. Chaque volume avec le "Mappe-Monde ou Carte Générale de la Terre, Sur laquelle est rouve le Voyage de Robinson Crusoe". Les illustrations, dont seul le frontispice du premier volume est signé, sont de Picard. C'est la première édition illustrée du Ronindon. L'édition anglaise de 1719 n'a que le frontispice pour le premier volume et la Carte. Chaque volume avec une préface du traducteur introduisant le lecteur français à la réflexion sur les valeurs du roman, à la philosophie et à la morale de son auteur. - Quelques rousseurs, papier légèrement bruni, dos un peu frotté. Chaque titre avec mention de propirietaire "Schöning. Sprache: französisch.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Defoe, Daniel. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived eight & twenty years all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by himself. Vol I. [With:] The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; being The Second and Last Part of his Life, And of the Strange Surprizing Account of his Travels Round three parts of the Globe. Written by Himself. Vol II. [With:] George Chalmer's "Life of Daniel Defoe". London: John Stockdale, 1790. First (Thus) Edition. Two Volumes, Octavo. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces, vignette title pages, and full-page illustrations by Thomas Stothard, engraved by Meland. Rebound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, blind embossing to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, and a new archival slipcase. Presented is the first (thus) edition of John Stockdale's 1790 edition of Daniel Defoe's classic tale of adventure, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. This two volume edition is beautifully illustrated with engraved frontispieces, vignette title pages, and twelve full-page illustrations by Thomas Stothard and engraved by Meland. It is presented here rebound in full brown and tan calf, with intricate blind embossing to the front and back panels, raised bands, gilt tooling and gilt titles to the spine. Defoe's first long work of fiction, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe introduced two of the most-enduring characters in English literature, Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Defoe based part of Robinson Crusoe on the real-life experiences of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who lived on a remote island from 1704 to 1709, yet Defoe extended well beyond Selkirk's story, weaving in tales of piracy, slavery, religion, adventure, and exploration. In his writing, Defoe blended the traditions of travel literature and adventure stories with fables, allegory, and even memoir, creating a writing style all his own. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was originally published in London on April 25, 1719 in an edition of only 1,000 copies. Robinson Crusoe was a popular success in Britain, and it went through four editions in the months after its first publication. Translations were quickly published on the European continent, and Defoe wrote a sequel, The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, that was also published that same year, in August of 1719. John Stockdale's later 1790 two-volume edition of Crusoe "was an important contribution to the life of Defoe's book. The handsome set restored the Crusoe text, which, by 1790, had been much abused. George Chalmer's "Life of Defoe" was the first significant biography of Defoe. Thomas Stothard['s] extensive and beautiful illustrations made Stockdale's the first edition so finely decorated" (Lovett 89). CONDITION: Very good condition. Two Volumes, Octavo. Beautifully rebound in full brown and tan calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, blind embossing to the front and rear panels, and a new archival slipcase. New marbled endpapers. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces, vignette title pages, and twelve full-page illustrations by Thomas Stothard, engraved by Meland. Paper is healthy, with only light toning and occasional spotting or stains, as to be expected with age. Book Dimensions: Vol I: 9 1/2"H x 6 1/4"W x 1 5/8"D. Vol II: 9 5/8"H x 6 3/8"W x 1 3/8"D. Slipcase Dimensions: 10"H x 6 1/2"W x 3 1/2"D.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "The Life And Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe. Lond., W. Taylor, 1719. 2 vols (Vol I: second edition; Vol II: first edition) (4), 364, (4); (8), 373, (11) pp. W. engr. front., 2 identical ti-vign., engr. fold. worldmap. 19th c. gilt lettered hcf. w. raised bands. In mod. custom made clamshell box. (Without later publ. 3rd vol., corners bumped, part of leaf B1 (vol. 1) lacking, sm. tear/remnant of tape on v°, owner's entries on free endpaper and on v° front., vol. 1 sl. browned/foxed; vol. 2 occas. foxed, worldmap laid down, large tear in leaf L2). One of the most famous of all English books, and a seminal work in the imaginery voyage tradition. - Hutchins p. 72ff and 97ff; PMM 180; Hill 355, 460; Owens 201 & 204; Lovett 2. - Volume 1 in the rare second edition, but a variant not entirely conform Hutchins' point of distinction: the catchwords on pages 244 and 260 (reading "tha" and "befor" in Hutchins' description) are in our copy corrected to "that" and "before". All the other points are matching with Hutchins. Volume 2 in the rare first edition, but like volume 1 a variant: our copy combining points of Hutchins' variants B1 and B2, with the v° of A4 blank and the word "Farthfr" on leaf B1 still uncorrected, but with the preface-leaf (A4 recto showing all points of variant B200). Rare set of Defoe's most famous novel and one of the groundbreaking novels of the 18th century.

Condition: Very good plus. First edition thus. First printing of the first French edition of ROBINSONCRUSOE, one of the first ever translations of the book that has more translations than any work except the Bible. ROBINSONCRUSOE's reputation as one of the most famous books in the world began immediately after publication with the printing of French, German, and Dutch translations in 1720. This edition is prized not only as the earliest French translation, but also for its illustrations: it is the first edition to be illustrated with more than a frontispiece and maps. It contains 6 fine copperplate engravings, as well as a wonderful frontispiece portrait ofCrusoeby the renowned engraver Bernard Picart, and the highly sought folding map by Hermann Moll (which didn't appear until the fourth edition in English). This is volume one (as in English, the book was not published all at once). Two more volumes of the later parts of ROBINSON CRUSOE followed the next year; this volume is complete in itself. A beautiful example of a rare and important book. 12mo. 6'' x 3.75''. Full contemporary speckled calf, gilt borders, raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece by Bernard Picart, 6 full-page copperplate engravings, and one engraved folding map by Hermann Moll (see Cohen).With the incorrect catchword on page xii reading "les" instead of "la".[2], xii, 629 pages. Early engraved bookplate on front pastedown, and another bookplate on rear pastedown. Ink ownership inscriptions from 1770 and 1816 on front free endpaper. Subtle repairs to spine, lacking label, with a bit of edgewear to contemporary binding.

Amsterdam, Honoré et Chatelain, 1721-1720-1721. Bound in three later, uniform blue half morocco bindings with gilt spines. Light brownspotting throughout, but a nice copy, complete with all three frontispieces, three maps and 18 plates. First edition - reissue of the first volume and first issue of volumes two and three - of the first French translation of one of the most important literary works ever written. "Robinson Crusoe" marks the beginning of realistic fiction as a literary genre and is widely recognized as the first English novel. Originally published in English in 1719, the work was seen through no less than four editions before the end of its first year and went on to become one of the most widely published books in history, spawning so many imitations, not only in literature but also in film, television and radio, that its name is used to define an entire genre - the Robinsonade. By the end of the 19th century, no book in the history of Western literature had more editions, spin-offs and translations than "Robinson Crusoe", with more than 700 alternative versions of it, the French translation being among the very first. It's influence in literature is almost unparalleled.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK printing of this illustrated edition published by Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, London in 1929. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. The limited issue of only 35 copies which have been signed by Kauffer to the limitation page, this one unnumbered. Printed on T. H. Saunders mould-made paper, and bound in quarter morocco. There was also a trade edition of 500 copies unsigned on normal rag paper and bound in cloth. Original blue quarter morocco, titles to spine silver, blue buckram boards with Kauffer's design in silver to the front board, edges untrimmed. The morocco spine is slightly sunned and rubbed. Internally, apart from some offsetting to the endpapers, the book is clean and the binding remains tight. Frontispiece and 7 hand coloured pochoir illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, using the pochoir process. This deluxe signed issue is extremely rare, with only two copies recorded at auction in the past 50 years. Kauffer was born in the U.S.A. but settled in England in 1914. He was a member of both Wyndham Lewis's 'Group X' and the' Cumberland Market Group'. Kauffer's real genius was in advertising art; he produced seminal posters for the London Transport Board and for the Great Western Railway, as well as book jackets and illustrations. A very attractive production. The Times described McKnight Kauffer's illustrations as 'these very fresh and brilliant plates' while T.S. Eliot, an early collaborator, wrote 'I like the illustrations immensely, and some them have a quality which reminds me of Chirico'. (Tucker 26). More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Illustrator(s).

First Croatian edition. First Croatian edition. In contemporary half cloth. Panels covered with marbled paper. With 55 text illustrations. 244 p. Page 220, 235 and 243 misnumbered. Scarce, first Croatian edition of Defoe's 1719 novel, Robinson Crusoe. Based on the German translation by Otto Leonhard Heubner, published in Leipzig in 1857. Extremely scarce, we could trace only one copy in institutional holding worldwide, in the library of the Museumsgesellschaft Zürich. . Cover worn, bumped at corners. First flyleaf not present. With ownership inscriptions by different hands in pencil and ink. Inked out collection number on the front panel and the title page in crayon. A few pages fingermarked. Overall in good condition. In contemporary half cloth. Panels covered with marbled paper. With 55 text illustrations.

London, John Stockdale, 1790. Large 8vo. (6) + (8) + (8) + 1-389pp.; V + 1-456pp. + 14 pp. advertisments. 2 engraved title-vignettes, frontispiece in both volumes and 14 engraved plates after Stothard by Medland. Most tissue guards present. 14 pp. publisher?s catalogue. Finely bound in brown morocco (Bayntun, Bath). Spine gilt in compartments. A few spots to margins, one minor hole, affecting one letter. First Stothard edition with the first appearance of George Chalmer?s biography of The Life of daniel De Foe (1790). .

First collected edition, which "did much to stabilize the canon of Defoe's novels for the 19th-century" (Kerr, p. 102). Although Walter Scott's name does not appear anywhere in the volumes, he was brought in as editor by his long-term collaborators Ballantyne. Both Roxana and Moll Flanders were omitted from the edition, likely on the grounds of morality. Kristian Celia Jane Kerr, Novel Classism: British Fiction and the Traditions of Antiquity, University of Chicago doctoral dissertation, 2016. 12 vols, octavo (156 x 99 mm). Woodcut plates and woodcut vignettes to part title pages of Robinson Crusoe. Contemporary calf, flat spines tooled in gilt with red labels and black morocco onlay bands, triple gilt fillet and blind roll to boards, Shell pattern marbled paper endpapers and edges, green bookmarkers. Near-contemporary armorial bookplates to front pastedowns of Alexander James Dennistoun-Brown (d. 1890) of Balloch Castle, Dunbartonshire. Contemporary bookbinder's ticket of popular Glaswegian firm Carss to verso of vol. I front free endpaper. Bindings lightly rubbed, superficial split to foot of vol. IV joint, internally fresh. A well-preserved set.

Full Calf Leather. Condition: Very Good. Thomas Stothard (illustrator). First Edition Thus. 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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

2 vol. in-8 de (6)-II-XVI-422 pp. ; (6)-474-(2)-XXVIII pp., demi-maroquin vert foncé à petits coins, dos orné en long d'un décor romantique, couvertures remontées conservées, entièrement non rogné (Yseux Sr de Thierry-Simier). Édition originale en premier tirage de la traduction de Pétrus Borel.Titre-frontispice gravé sur bois par Adolphe Best d'après N. Thomas ; Portrait hors-texte de Daniel De Föe gravé par Chevauchet d'après Eugène Devéria. 250 vignettes dans le texte gravées sur bois, par A. Best, Porret, Lacoste jeune, Belhatte, Chevauchet, Guillaumot, Provost d'après N. Thomas, Célestin Nanteuil, G. Jadin, Boulanger, Lorentz, Forest, A. Dévéria, Loubon, C. Marville.Chacune des vignettes de tête de page est dans un encadrement différent pour chaque volume ; l'encadrement du tome I est gravé par Lacoste jeune d'après N. Thomas, celui du tome II, par Chevauchet d'après Félix Martin. Faux-titre en anglais.Bel exemplaire ; quelques rousseurs.Vicaire, III, 749 ; Carteret, III, 240 : « Édition fort rare, considérée comme un des beaux spécimens de la rénovation de la gravure sur bois ».

Finely bound early example of Stothardâs illustrated edition of Defoeâs classic adventure tale. Quarto, two volumes bound in full speckled calf by Wallis with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with seventeen plates drawn by Stothard and engraved by Medland, with an additional twenty proof plates. In very good condition, rebacked. "The Life of Daniel De Foe" bound in at the rear of volume two. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. "Robinson Crusoe is the most popular, delightful, and extraordinary of all Defoe's Works, and has lost none of its original attraction. Dr. Johnson observed, `nobody ever laid it down without wishing it were longer'" (Lowndes, 613-14). Stothard was the first English artist to realize the visual potential of Robinson Crusoe." As opposed to previous illustrators of the text, âStothard depicts Crusoe not as a sinful or isolated figure, but as a social man who leaves his family with regret and who rejoices in his companionship with Friday and, later, with the Spanish lieutenant. Rather than fear, he emphasizes contentment, harmony and the nobility of man⦠His designs set an idealistic and romantic standard that subsequent artists aspired to equalâ (Picturing the First Castaway, Rutgers University).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION THUS; in two volumes; leather-bound; hardcovers; octavos; English text; bound in early 20th-century full calf gilt by Sotheran; all edges gilt; two engraved title pages, one engraved author portrait, and 14 full-page engraved plates (including two frontispieces), designed by Thomas Stothard and engraved by Meland; publisher's catalogue to rear of volume 2; title-page to vol. 2: The farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe; being the second and last part of his life, . ; pp. [367]-456 of vol. 2 contain a life of Defoe and a list of his writings by George Chalmers. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collates complete, bindings tight and secure with the joints and hinges intact, a few marks to boards, lightly rubbed to extremities, light sporadic spotting. A handsome set. Notes: The first Stockdale edition of Daniel Defoe's classic adventure tale of Robinson Crusoe, famously illustrated by Thomas Stothard, in two finely bound volumes. First published in 1719 and still beloved today, "Robinson Crusoe" is a tale of endurance and ingenuity in which a marooned seaman rises to the challenges of 28 years on a desert island, his solitude relieved only by the eventual appearance of the loyal native Friday. Publisher John Stockdale (ca. 1749-1814) was a former valet who rose to printing prominence with premises in Piccadilly. He was prosecuted in a famous trial of 1789 for libel after publishing Logan's "Review of the Charges against Warren Hastings," but acquitted in an important decision for freedom of the press, which led to the passage of the Libel Act of 1792 (this acquittal did not, however, prevent Stockdale from being fined £200 for libel in 1809.). The lively engravings are the work of one of the most prolific and popular illustrators of the 18th and 19th centuries. DNB says that Stothard (1755-1834) "illustrated almost the whole range of English literature with a taste that seldom failed and a sympathy that was often remarkable," attaining "a place which is second to none for invention and grace. " Houfe says that "Stothard was by far the most successful and distinguished illustrator of his day," estimating that "his total contributions" were in excess of 5,000, "most of them figure subjects which the artist took from nature." He was a close friend of Blake, and his work often resembles that of his more famous colleague. [Lowndes I, 613; Brunet II, 566; ESTC T72291].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. [8], 157 pages, frontispiece and 3 other plates (all present, the last plate accidentally bound in twice). Leather spine and corners, blue cloth boards. Ex-General Assembly Library New Zealand with gilt stamp on spine and front board. A nice and tasteful binding. Rare New Zealand Maori language edition. The first novel translated into Maori, also the first book in Maori with specially prepared illustrations.

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good ++. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. La Vie et les Avantures Surprenantes de Robinson Crusoe, first edition in French, coming soon after the wildly popular first edition in English published the year before. This is one volume containing parts 3 and 4. Good only condition.

HardBack. Condition: Good. No jacket. First Edition. Who lived eight twenty years all alone in an uninhabited Island on the Coast of America near the Mouth of the Great River Oroonoque, Having been cast on the Shore by Shipwereck, wherein all Men perished but himself. With an account of how he was at last as strangely delivered by Pyrates. Written by himself. 1st Edition, Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1790. 2 Volume Complete Set in Tree Calf Leather. Royal 8vo. xii 389pp. ii 455pp. xiv. 17 wonderful and iconic illustrations by Stothard, of which 16 copperengraved by Medland after Stothard, including 2 tissueguarded frontispieces, 2 vignette title page illustrations and 14 full page plate illustrations, all present and correct as called for and in excellent order. Very good condition internally, clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscriptions or ownership marks of any kind, unusually and remarkably free from foxing or browning save to tissueguards, not intruding or detracting in the least, tender to upper hinges holding firm, printed on thick creamy paper with wide margins. Bound in good attractive gilt lettered, dentelled, ruled and decorated full tree calf, bumped to lower leading corner Vol I and rubbed to rest with light loss, some rubbing to boards with small splash to upper Vol II, closed split 2 to 3 hinges. Good shelf presence featuring 7 gilt ruled flat bands, 5 gilt dentelled compartments with gilt ship and anchor vignette decoration and 1 remaining black title label to spines gently chipped to head with very slight loss. 2 Volume set of First Stockdale Edition, with Stothards definitive Crusoe illustrations.2 Volume set of First Stockdale Edition, with Stothards definitive Crusoe illustrations. The story of Robinson Crusoe has been thought to be based upon Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on an uninhabited Pacific Island, now part of Chile and renamed Robinson Crusoe Island. Upon first publication, Crusoe himself was credited as author, leading readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue. Instantly and wildly popular, the work is often credited as marking the beginning of realistic fiction as a genre, and generally seen as a contender for the first English Novel. It has gone on to become one of the most widely published books in history. 2 Volume set of First Stockdale Edition, with Stothards definitive Crusoe illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. THOMAS STOTHARD (illustrator). 1st Edition. Complete suite of 22 proofs before titles, including 2 vignettes for the 1820 edition of Defoe's Life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Engraved by Charles Heath the elder (1785 - 1848) on India paper (mounted) after the original drawings by Thomas Stothard (1755 - 1834). Loose within folder consisting of drab boards, paper label and blue leather spine. 2 small holes to fore edge suggestive of ribbon ties. 'Drawn by T. Stothard R.A. Published Feby 1st. 1820. by Cadell & Davies Strand London. Engraved by E. Heath.' Sizes: Folder 31 x 46.5cm, prints 44 x 30cm, images 9.5 x12.5cm. Condition: Spine gone, boards discoloured and worn. Prints foxed, particularly the margins, less so within plate mark and only a few images being lightly affected. Creasing and wear to periphery of prints including a few small nicks & tears with larger creases, tears & watermarks to a few. Few small pieces missing from corners and fore-edges here & there. A very rare collection.

8°, Fronti., 303 S. [Falschpaginierung muss wohl 311 heissen], Interimseinband dd. Zeit, Brosch. , Umschlag etwas fleckig, kleiner Stempel a Titelbl. Namensausschnitt a. Titlebl., etwas stock- u. fingerfleckig. Traduzione dal francese. Erste ital. Ausgabe.Die engl. Erstausgabe erschien 1719. 1720 erschien in Amsterdam die erste französische Ausgabe, gedruckt in drei Bänden und begleitet von den prächtigen Tafeln des großen Kupferstechers Bernard Picart (1663-1733). Etwa zehn Jahre später gelangte der Roman auch nach Italien; 1730/1731 wurde die erste italienische Übersetzung von dem venezianischen Verleger Domenico Occhi veröffentlicht. 1100 gr. Schlagworte: Alte Drucke - nach 1550, Literatur Ital.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first issue with p.295 and p.212 correctly numbered, advertisements at end with 11 pages as called for, and ad for 4th edition of Adventures. Finely bound in 1/2 calf over marbled boards, a few bumps. A facsimile of the folding map has been bound in.

4° (32x26), 3 Bl., 239 S., 3 Bl., mit typographischen Titel, radierten iilustierten und signierten Titel und weiteren 20 signierten Radierungen, sowie jeweils einer radierten Anfangs- und Schlußvignette, brauner Oldr (Franzband) auf 5 Bünden, Deckelfiletten, kleine Eckfleurons, reiche RückenPrägung, KopfgoldSchnitt, braune Büttenvorsätze, gering berieben, Büttenrand gebräunt, insgesamt etwas angestaubt, sauberes gepflegtes Exemplar, [= Drucke des Bücherwinkels; 1], [Rodenberg 350].- mit 21 handsignierten Radierungen Druckvermerk: Der 'Robinson Crusoe' erschien als erstes Werk der 'Drucke des Bücherwinkels' im Herbst 1922 in einer Auflage von einhundert in der Presse numerierten Exemplaren mit zwanzig signierten Originalradierungen von F. Heubner, München. Exemplar Nr. 75, gedruckt für Erwin Berger Verlag, Berlin (GA 100).- Sprache: Deutsch. * * * * --- due to EPR-Restrictions NO SHIPPING to Bulgaria, Danmark, Greece, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia and Spain --- * * * *.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Erste Ausgabe. 442 S., 1 Blatt; 443 S., 2 Blatt. Orig.-Halbpergamentbände. Sarkowski 363. Eins von 600 im Impressum numerierten Exemplaren, die die Offizin W. Drugulin in Leipzig nach dem Vorbild des Originals druckte. Der Nachdruck erschien ohne Nennung des Insel-Verlags. Ein schönes, gut erhaltenes Exemplar mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren.

Condition: Good. DISBOUND TEXT (No covers). 210 x 130 mm. The seven plates delineated by Stothard are all dated 1781 and are variously sculpted by Heath, Collyer, Walker and Grignion. They are arranged out of order throughout the text. Text commences with a title page and a preface and also has a preface to second volume (but not a second title page). Pagination [1]-151 [2] 155-291. Lost leaf might have been the second title page but no sign of it's removal. The whole printed in two columns. Generally fairly clean tight text but some spotting only occasionally quite heavy. Pages 43-6 trimmed in margins (with no text loss). Repair to margin of plate V. Suitable to rebind.