Selkirk's Island: The True and Strange Adventures of the Real Robinson Crusoe

Souhami, Diana

ISBN 10: 0151005265 / ISBN 13: 9780151005260

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002

About this Item

"NY: Harcourt, Inc, 2002. Hard Cover w/DJ. First American Edition (stated with a Letter Line A-K Indicating a First Printing). 8vo, 246 pp. Beige cloth and blue board spine covers with gold titles are clean and straight, rear cover top edge lightly wrinkled. Text is very clean and bright, no names or remainder markings, not Ex-Library. Unclipped DJ ($24.00) is clean with sharp edges and corners. A nice copy. Book and DJ condition: Near Fine in mylar jacket. Books are carefully packaged and shipped in a box. "Acclaimed literary biographer profiles the island and the individual whose story inspired Daniel Defoe s novel".".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Selkirk's Island: The True and Strange Adventures of the Real Robinson Crusoe
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151005265
• ISBN 13: 9780151005260
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Edition
  • Non Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

The acclaimed author of The Trials of Radclyffe Hall offers a fascinating account of the life and experiences of Alexander Selkirk, whose adventures and solitary struggle for survival after being marooned on a desert island inspired Daniel Defoe's classic novel Robinson Crusoe. 25,000 first printing.

About the Author

Diana Souhami is the author of many acclaimed books including The Trials of Radclyffe Hall (short-listed for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography and winner of the Lambda Literary Award), Gertrude and Alice, Gluck 1895-1978: Her Biography, Greta and Cecil, and the bestselling Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. She lives in London.