robinson crusoe von daniel defoe, taylor 1719 (29 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Good. The Second Edition of the Norton Critical Edition of Robinson Crusoe is based on the Shakespeare Head Press reprint of the first edition copy in the British Museum, with the "errata" listed by Defoes publisher, William Taylor, incorporated into the text. Michael Shinagel has collated the reprint with all six authorized editions published by Taylor in 1719 to achieve a text that is faithful to Defoe's original edition. Annotations assist the reader with obscure words and idioms, biblical references, and nautical terms."Contexts" helps the reader understand the novels historical and religious significance. Included are four contemporary accounts of marooned men, Defoes autobiographical passages on the novels allegorical foundation, and aspects of the Puritan emblematic tradition essential for understanding the novels religious aspects."Eighteenth-and Nineteenth-Century Opinions" is a comprehensive study of early estimations by prominent literary and political figures, including Alexander Pope, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Edgar Allen Poe, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Charles Dickens, Karl Marx, and John Stuart Mill."Twentieth-Century Criticism" is a collection of fourteen essays (five of them new to the Second Edition) that presents a variety of perspectives on Robinson Crusoe by Virginia Woolf, Ian Watt, Eric Berne, Maximillian E. Novak, Frank Budgen, James Joyce, George A. Starr, J. Paul Hunter, James Sutherland, John J. Richetti, Leopold Damrosch, Jr., John Bender, Michael McKeon, and Carol Houlihan Flynn.A Chronology of Defoes life and work and an updated Selected Bibliography are also included.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe. Vollständige Ausgabe Erstdruck: London (William Taylor) 1719. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner. Hier nach der deutschen Ausgabe: Der vollständige Robinson Crusoe. Neu nach dem Englischen bearbeitet, 2 Bände, Constanz: W. Wallis, 1829. Vollständige Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2015. Textgrundlage sind die Ausgaben: [Defoe, Daniel]: Der vollständige Robinson Crusoe. Neu nach dem Englischen bearbeitet, 2 Bände, Constanz: W. Wallis, 1829. Die Paginierung obiger Ausgaben wird in dieser Neuausgabe als Marginalie zeilengenau mitgeführt. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Paul Gauguin, Berge auf Tahiti, 1893. Gesetzt aus Minion Pro, 11 pt. 348 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe. Vollständige Ausgabe Erstdruck: London (William Taylor) 1719. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner. Hier nach der deutschen Ausgabe: Der vollständige Robinson Crusoe. Neu nach dem Englischen bearbeitet, 2 Bände, Constanz: W. Wallis, 1829. Vollständige Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2015. Textgrundlage sind die Ausgaben: [Defoe, Daniel]: Der vollständige Robinson Crusoe. Neu nach dem Englischen bearbeitet, 2 Bände, Constanz: W. Wallis, 1829. Die Paginierung obiger Ausgaben wird in dieser Neuausgabe als Marginalie zeilengenau mitgeführt. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Paul Gauguin, Berge auf Tahiti, 1893. Gesetzt aus Minion Pro, 11 pt. 348 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe. Vollständige AusgabeLesefreundlicher Großdruck in 16-pt-Schrift Großformat, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2019 Durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken Erstdruck: London (William Taylor) 1719. . The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner. Hier nach der deutschen Ausgabe: Der vollständige Robinson Crusoe. Neu nach dem Englischen bearbeitet, 2 Bände, Constanz: W. Wallis, 1829. Textgrundlage sind die Ausgaben: [Defoe, Daniel]: Der vollständige Robinson Crusoe. Neu nach dem Englischen bearbeitet, 2 Bände, Constanz: W. Wallis, 1829. Dieses Buch folgt in Rechtschreibung und Zeichensetzung obiger Textgrundlage. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Paul Gauguin, Berge auf Tahiti, 1893. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 16 pt. Henricus Edition Deutsche Klassik UG (haftungsbeschränkt) 472 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Zitat: Ich armer unglückseliger Robinson Crusoe habe bei einem fürchterlichen Sturm Schiffbruch gelitten und bin auf diese traurige Insel gerathen, der ich den Namen »das Eiland der Verzweiflung« gegeben habe. Alle meine Schiffsgefährten sind ertrunken. (aus dem Anfang des Romans)Daniel Defoes berühmter Roman über den auf einer einsamen Insel gestrandeten Robinson erschien erstmals 1719. Diese Ausgabe ist eine vollständige, ungekürzte Neuausgabe des Klassikers in der vielgelesenen Übersetzung von Karl Altmüller.Daniel Defoe.Robinson Crusoe.Übersetzt von Karl Altmüller.Originaltitel: The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe: of York, mariner: who lived twenty eight years all alone in an un-inhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river of Oroono-que; . Written by himself., William Taylor, London 1719.Durchgesehener Neusatz, diese Ausgabe folgt:Defoe, Daniel: Leben und Abenteuer des Robinson Crusoe. Aus dem Englischen übertragen von Karl Altmüller,Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Hildburghausen 1869.Neuausgabe, LIWI Verlag, Göttingen 2020.LIWI Literatur- und Wissenschaftsverlag 224 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Zitat: Ich armer unglückseliger Robinson Crusoe habe bei einem fürchterlichen Sturm Schiffbruch gelitten und bin auf diese traurige Insel gerathen, der ich den Namen »das Eiland der Verzweiflung« gegeben habe. Alle meine Schiffsgefährten sind ertrunken. (aus dem Anfang des 'Robinson Crusoe')Daniel Defoes berühmte Romane 'Robinson Crusoe', 'Moll Flanders' und 'Die Pest zu London' erschienen erstmals zwischen 1719 und 1722.Diese Ausgabe ist eine vollständige, ungekürzte Neuausgabe der Klassiker in den vielgelesenen Übersetzungen von Karl Altmüller, Joseph Grabisch und Heinrich Steinitzer.Daniel Defoe.Robinson Crusoe / Moll Flanders / Die Pest zu London.Robinson Crusoe: Übersetzt von Karl Altmüller.Originaltitel: The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe: of York, mariner: who lived twenty eight years all alone in an un-inhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river of Oroono-que; . Written by himself., William Taylor, London 1719.Durchgesehener Neusatz, diese Ausgabe folgt:Defoe, Daniel: Leben und Abenteuer des Robinson Crusoe. Aus dem Englischen übertragen von Karl Altmüller,Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Hildburghausen 1869.Moll Flanders: Übersetzt von Joseph Grabisch.Originaltitel: The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders, Who was born in Newgate,and during a Life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother) Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and died a Penitent, Written from her own memorandums.William Rufus Chetwood, London 1722.Durchgesehener Neusatz, diese Ausgabe folgt:Defoe, Daniel: Die glücklichen und unglücklichen Begebenheiten der vielberufenen Moll Flanders.In: Die Romane des Daniel Defoe in deutschen Übertragungen, Teil: [1]. G. Müller Verlag, München 1919.Die Pest zu London: Übersetzt von Heinrich Steinitzer. Mit einem Nachwort des Übersetzers.Originaltitel: Daniel Defoe: A Journal of the Plague Year, E. Nutt, London 1722.Durchgesehener Neusatz, diese Ausgabe folgt dem Erstdruck der Übersetzung von Heinrich Steinitzer: Daniel Defoe: Die Pest zu London. G. Müller Verlag, München 1925 [Ausg. 1924]Neuausgabe, LIWI Verlag, Göttingen 2020.LIWI Literatur- und Wissenschaftsverlag 492 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe. Vollständige AusgabeLesefreundlicher Großdruck in 16-pt-SchriftGroßformat, 210 x 297 mmBerliner Ausgabe, 2019Durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor BorkenErstdruck: London (William Taylor) 1719. .The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner. Hier nach der deutschen Ausgabe: Der vollständige Robinson Crusoe. Neu nach dem Englischen bearbeitet, 2 Bände, Constanz: W. Wallis, 1829.Textgrundlage sind die Ausgaben:[Defoe, Daniel]: Der vollständige Robinson Crusoe. Neu nach dem Englischen bearbeitet, 2 Bände, Constanz: W. Wallis, 1829.Dieses Buch folgt in Rechtschreibung und Zeichensetzung obiger Textgrundlage.Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Paul Gauguin, Berge auf Tahiti, 1893.Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 16 pt.Henricus Edition Deutsche Klassik UG (haftungsbeschränkt) 472 pp. Deutsch.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Bound in worn paneled calf with front corners rounded, some calf missing from each panel. This being the first edition, second issue of the second book of the Crusoe saga from Defoe. This copy having the announcement for the printing of the 4th edition of the first book by Taylor and the threat of prosecution for pirated editions on the last page of the preface (A4), page 220 is numbered 120. This copy lacks original end paper at front with 1 leaf at rear, as well as the map. 373 pages of text with (xi) ads at rear. Pages show some old damp at fore edge and mild to moderate browning, but remain flexible, title page with old staining. There is a pencil notation on the fly signed "H.elt." stating this copy once belonged to Dr. W. Laidlaw Purves. Purves, in addition to being a golf aficionado, wrote a book questioning the authorship of Robinson Crusoe. The work was very popular, it was hastily printed to increasing demand creating textural difference ripe for conspiracy. Scarce.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. A rare set of the two most famous of Defoe novels. First edition, 7th printing of Vol 1. (1726) and first edition, fourth printing of Vol 2. (1722) Vol 1. - The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe in very good condition, complete with several illustrations.  A lovely and very early copy of one of the most celebrated novels of all time. Originally published 25th April 1719, Defoe received a mere £10 from the publishers. The second edition was published the following month, the third another month later. This seventh edition was published 1726. Full leather binding. Raised bands on the spine with bright gilt. Little wear to the boards. Clean contents. Bindings are tight. Octavo. 294pp. plus 2pp ads. 17cm x 10cm x 2cm. Vol 2. - The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; being the Second and Last Part of his Life in good condition. Printed 1722 for W.Taylor at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row, 'The Fourth Edition, Adorned with Cuts'. Full leather binding, raised bands, with remnants of gilt edging and the number '2' on spine. Very clean contents, light ageing and foxing. Six woodcut illustrations as called for. Wear to boards and spine with professional repairs to spine edge to front board and internal reinforcement to gutter with lignin-free tissue. Octavo. 264pp. 17cm x 10cm x 2.6cm.

Hamburg, Wierings Erben, 1721 (Part 1) Leipzig, Weidmann, 1721 (part 2) Leyden, Peter Robinson, 1721 (part III & IV). 8vo. Four parts uniformly bound in two contemporary full calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label to upper part of spines. Wear to extremities. Leather on spine cracked and scratches and soiling to bords. Front board on vol. 3/4 bended with outer margin partly broken off. Annotation in contemporary hand to front free end-paper in both volumes. Title-page and first leaves in vol. 1 soiled and with reapir. Folded plate closely trimmed with loss to lower margin, several tears, with some loss. Internally generally a good copy. [Vol. 1 & 2:] (14), 463, (1), (14), 448 pp. + frontispiece, 1 folded plate, 1 map and 5 plates (wanting 1)." [Vol. 3 & 4:] (6), 624 pp. + frontispiece and 2 plates. The very rare second edition of the first German translation of Dafoe?s Robinson Crusoe and the equally rare first German translation of Tyssot?s ?La Vie, Les avantures, & le Voyage de Groenland? From a first glimpse the two works seemingly are unrelated whereas in reality they are a fine testament to the Robinson Crusoe-craze that swept through especially Germany in the first half of the 18th century, being one of the earliest, the first or second, example of the literary genre of Robinsonade - a genre that features stories with plots similar to that of Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe". These stories typically revolve around a character who is stranded in a remote or isolated location, often an uninhabited island, and must rely on their own ingenuity and resourcefulness to survive. Both works are rare in themselves. We have not been able to trace a single similar set at auction. ?Tyssot?s second novel (?La Vie, Les avantures?? here offered) enjoyed a great success in its day. There was only one French edition and whatever attention it attracted probably resulted from the sudden and widespread demand for desert island literature occasioned by the enormous popularity of Defoe?s Robinson Crusoe which was first published in 1719 and immediately translated into French and Dutch and, in the following year, into German. Tyssot?s novel was published in 1720 and was translated into German in 1721. According to Briiggeman, the title of the German edition was originally intended to be Reise um den Nordpol? but this was hastily changed to Des Robinson Crusoe Dritter und Vierter Theil? Perhaps this catch-penny title caused some demand for the novel in Germany although copies are now hard to find.?(Rosenberg, The Voyage De Groenland). ?The popularity of Robinson Crusoe in Germany is evidenced not only by the amazing number of editions of the work itself, some of which found in the collection have previously been commented upon but by the large number of imitations which almost immediately made their appearance. If, in attempting to define the term "Robinsonade," one emphasizes particularly solitary isolation from man's companionship with its "charm that has bewitched the world," as Charles Lamb describes the universal romantic appeal of the central theme of Robinson Crusoe then this genre is not large. Include, however, more than one person, and the growing colony of Crusoe easily becomes a Utopia. Transfer the realistic oceans, ships, islands, and cannibals of Defoe to the realm of the unreal, the simple scenery of Robinson Crusoe becoming the romance of the old wonder-filled travel and adventure stories (?).? (Some Imitations of Robinson Crusoe - Called Robinsonades, The Yale University Library Gazette, Vol. 11, No. 2, October 1936) ?The first German edition of Defoe?s anti-novel novel appeared in 1720 in Hamburg, published by T. von Wiering?s heirs. The translation was probably done by Ludwig Friedrich Vischer" ?Vischer? signed the translator?s preface and dated it March 26, 1720?only eleven months after the book had first been published by W. Taylor in London. The year 1720 also saw translations of Crusoe.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 4th Edition. Two volumes. Volume one is the fourth edition, 1719, same year as the first edition, and the first edition with a map. Here with a partial map. Volume two is the second edition, also 1719, same as the first edition. Both in original boards, good condition, with portions of the original labels on the spine. Very rare thus. Housed in a custom-made cloth slipcase.

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).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Small 8vo. Two volumes in uniform contemporary calf, raised spine bands, red leather spine labels with gilt title. Speckled edges. [iv], [1 folding map], 364, [4 pp. ads]; [viii], 348, [4 pp. ads]. Book 1 has famous engraved frontispiece portrait of Crusoe by Clark & Pine; book 2 lacks frontis (appears to have been present but removed per remaining stub) and map. Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, and t.p. vignettes. Covers rubbed, wear to leather. Cracking to joints, chipping to spine ends (worse to book 2), wear to corners. Cracking to hinges. A few instances of browning, rust staining, ink smudging, pencil notation, but text blocks are otherwise remarkably clean. Some small spots of worming to publisher's list at rear of book 1. Some printing errors to and per catchwords in book 1 (pp. 23, 65, 82, 113, 178). One inch tear to outer margin and ink smudge to New Holland (Australia) to map. Publisher's adverts at rear of both volumes are incomplete per catchwords and bibliographies (4 of 11 pages only). Book 2 appears to be the second issue (two editions were printed with the same title page, but the third issue has only 318 pp.). Defoe's classic novel, written in the style of an epistolary autobiographical travelogue, chronicles the life and trials of a castaway on a tropical desert island. It is one of the most widely published books in history, with more translations than any other work except the Bible and a significant impact on literature. Its popularity enabled it to go through four editions in its first year of publication (1719), with the order for the second edition of the first book coming just seventeen days after the first printing of 25th April. The fourth edition of book 1 is the first to feature the map. The first edition of the second book came 20th August 1719, and the second issue of book 2 features advert to verso of A4 indicating the fourth edition of book 1 was "Just publish'd," so these copies were likely purchased at or around the same time. A very good rare early set of one of the most significant novels of early English literature. Hutchins 52-71, 97-112, 122-8; Moore 412 & 417; PMM 180; Rothschild 775. Provenance: Engraved armorial bookplates of Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 1st Baronet [1722-1773]. Proctor was a Member of Parliament for Middelsex from 1747-1768, and was the opponent of the radical John Wilkes in 1768, with Wilkes' defeat of the incumbent leading to the Middlesex election dispute of 1769. Also from the library of Dr. Theodore Heinrich [1910-1981], associate curator at the Metropolitan Museum, New York; director of the Royal Ontario Museum; professor of Fine Arts, York University. Heinrich served in the US Army during World War II, and remained in Germany after the war in connection with the recovery and restitution of looted works of art. In 1966, he began a full professorship at York University, which he held up to the time of his death. [University of Regina Library] [WITH] 6 pamphlets bound together in quarter hunter green leather, red title labels, gilt, raised bands, and marbled boards. Interior repairs include restored edges. Inside pretty clean, but with light stains, ink on different title pages, foxing, and occasional marginalia (mostly on the fifth pamphlet). Contains: (1) A Word Against a New Election. That the People of England May See the Happy Difference between English Liberty and French Slavery; 1710, 23p. (2.) A Speech Without Doors. 1710, 20p. (3) Eleven Opinions About Mr. H------y; With Observations. 1711, 82p. plus 5p. advertisements. (4) Reasons Against the Secession of the House of Hanover with an Enquiry How Far the Abdication of King James, . 1713, 45p. (5) Memoirs of the Conduct of Her Late Majesty and Her Last Ministry. 1715, 80p. (6) An Argument Proving that the Design of Employing and Enobling Foreigners, is a Treasonable Conspiracy Against the Constitution. 1717, 102p.

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 âLife'; 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 privateersâ"Dampier and Woodes Rogers being preeminentâ"published accounts of their adventures. In at least three of the most popular instancesâ"Dampier (1697), Rogers (1712), and Edward Cooke, one of Roger's mates (1712)â"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 ânoble 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.

Zustand: 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, 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. John Leech (illustrator). 1st Edition. Set of three Daniel Defoe Editions of Robinson Crusoe:  Exceptionally rare set comprising all three books in the Robinson Crusoe series. A very good set in very good condition. All volumes are rebacked in calf with Vol 1 and 2 having raised bands on the spine. The contents are in very good condition with a scattering of brownings and light markings. Covers are lightly rubbed and corners/edges a little worn. Bindings are tight. All octavo 20cm x 13cm x 3cm. Volume 1, The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York Mariner and Volume 2, The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Being the Second and last part of his life. Together with the rarest of the three - Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe with his vision of the Angelick World. Volume 1: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Second Edition. 1719. Bookplate on front free page. Engraved front piece portrait by Clarke and Pine. Variant in p 343 Line 2 reading "Pilot" and Line 21 "Portugesfe" printed for W. Taylor at the ship in Pater-Nofter-Row. Volume 2: The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe being the second and last part of his life. First edition 1719. Map is missing. Volume 3: Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe: First edition. 1720. This volume was not as popular as the first two books so was never reprinted, making this the first and only printing. Few exists outside museums. This volume has excellent provenance as it was owned by Walter Wilson who was an evangelist of Daniel Defoe. Walter Wilson (1781¿1847) was an English biographer of nonconformist clergy and their churches. Wilson was an illegitimate son of the founder the Times newspaper. He became a book seller and set up a shop in Mewsgate, Charing Cross where he collected Daniel Defoe editions. Wilson went onto write a three volume "The Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel Defoe" in 1830 which was well received. When his father died, Wilson was left a shareholding in the Times newspaper. Bookplate with Walter Wilson printed on the paste down. Inscription to the front free end paper, dated March 11th 1832, as a gift from Walter Wilson to his friend James Plumptre. Light pencil markings on p112. Frontispiece of the map of the island with some episodes depicted, signed: "Clark & Pine Sc. 1719" is missing.

Full Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. 3rd Edition. Three (3) volumes in polished brown 19th century calf with gilt tooling, rulings and titles, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, raised bands and compartments to spines with solid yellow dye to all edges of page blocks. Housed in bespoke slipcase. All by Francis Bedford for bookseller Basil Pickering. Volume 1 is 3rd edition (same year as 1st) and volumes 2 and 3 are first editions. Volume 1 lacks half title and 2 pages ads at rear. Bookplate of Hugh Perkins with Mosley family crest and their motto.Famous frontis engraving present. Volume 2 (1719) with engraved frontis and fold out map of the world.11 pages of ads at rear present. Volume 3 (1720) with four fold engraving (often missing) and 2 pp ads at rear. Incredibly fine set almost totally unmarked and thus an amazing survivor. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

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).