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Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, London, 1900
Seller: Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA, Lansdowne, PA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Paperback. Condition: Fair. [12] p.: 4 full-page chromolithographed illustrations; 22 cm. Blue wrapper with chromolithographed illustration on front wrapper. Wrapper included in page count. Imprint on back wrapper. No date of publication. Cover title. This version of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is by Helen Marion Burnside; signed on last page of text, which begins and ends on inside of wrappers. On front wrapper: Designed at the Studios in England. Part of the publisher's Father Tuck's "Play & Pleasure" series. "No. 1732" on wrapper. In Fair Condition: restitched along spine in old repair; lower left corner of front wrapper lacking; wrapper is soiled and creased; 5-cm. tear from fore-edge of front wrapper without loss; several 1-cm. tears from edges of leaves without loss; 2 chromolithographed illustrations are scraped; small chip out of fore-edge of back wrapper; 3-cm. tear from fore-edge of back wrapper without loss.
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, 1900
Seller: Bluebird Books, Brecon, POWYS, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Robinson Crusoe. By Daniel Defoe. Abridged by Helen Marion Burnside. One of Friar Tuck's Nursery Series. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. Undated but possibly 1900 since the publisher describes itself as being 'Publisher to The Queen'. Size: 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Page number: 14. Hardcover. 'Untearable' linen boards decorated with an image of Crusoe and his dog. The pages within are decorated with black and white or sepia images and 4 full page colour chromolithographs. Condition: Very Good. The boards are worn, tanned and marked. The binding remains tight. The pages are clean despite the book being well used. The colour images are bright.