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Robinson Crusoe (Children's Illustrated Classics) Unknown - 1976

by Defoe, Daniel


About this book

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.

First Edition Identification

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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  • Title Robinson Crusoe (Children's Illustrated Classics)
  • Author Defoe, Daniel
  • Binding unknown
  • Edition REPRINT
  • Publisher Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, LONDON
  • Date 1976
  • ISBN 9780460050265
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Robinson Crusoe (Children's Illustrated Classics S.)

by Defoe, Daniel

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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780460050265 / 0460050265
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Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1954-12-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. NOT ex-library. Hardback/Hardcover, clean text, sound binding.
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ROBINSON CRUSOE

by DANIEL DEFOE

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
REPRINT
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780460050265 / 0460050265
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LONDON: J.M. DENT & SONS. Classic novel first published in 1719. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Moderate wear on DJ edges. Has been price clipped, but there is a publisher's price ticket on the front flap. Clear plastic protective cover over DJ. Red boards. Page edges are slightly foxed. Otherwise clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. 8 colour plates and black and white illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. Location: NBK1 . Fine. Hardcover. REPRINT. 1978.
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£20.00
£18.85 shipping to USA