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DEFOE, Daniel (1659?-1731). The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner. [Vol.II:] The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the second and last part of his life. London: W. Taylor, 1719.
Part I and II only (of 3), 2 volumes, 8° (189 x 118mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by Clark & Pine in vol.I, folding world map in vol.II. 4 pages of advertisements at end of vol.I, 11 pages in vol.II. (Map laid down with slight loss to old folds and border along inner gutter, evenly browned throughout, a few short and neatly closed marginal tears.) 20th-century mottled calf by Riviere & Son, double ruled gilt border on sides, flat spines with morocco lettering-pieces, decorated gilt in compartments, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (new endpapers).
Second edition of the first volume, "second issue" of the first edition of volume II according to Hutchins (pp.109-112). Robinson Crusoe had a factual basis in so far as Alexander Selkirk was known to have been put on the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez in 1704 at his own request, to be rescued in 1709 by Woodes Rogers. However, Defoe, writing the story at nearly sixty, gave his hero a spirit of enterprise and a meditative frame of mind utterly lacking in Selkirk himself. The book's success was immediate, a second edition being called for only seventeen days after publication of the first on 25 April 1719. The Farther Adventures appeared on 20 August, and relates how Crusoe revisited the island with Friday. ESTC T72265 (vol.I) & N47837 (vol.II); Moore 412 & 417; PMM 180.
Part I and II only (of 3), 2 volumes, 8° (189 x 118mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by Clark & Pine in vol.I, folding world map in vol.II. 4 pages of advertisements at end of vol.I, 11 pages in vol.II. (Map laid down with slight loss to old folds and border along inner gutter, evenly browned throughout, a few short and neatly closed marginal tears.) 20th-century mottled calf by Riviere & Son, double ruled gilt border on sides, flat spines with morocco lettering-pieces, decorated gilt in compartments, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (new endpapers).
Second edition of the first volume, "second issue" of the first edition of volume II according to Hutchins (pp.109-112). Robinson Crusoe had a factual basis in so far as Alexander Selkirk was known to have been put on the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez in 1704 at his own request, to be rescued in 1709 by Woodes Rogers. However, Defoe, writing the story at nearly sixty, gave his hero a spirit of enterprise and a meditative frame of mind utterly lacking in Selkirk himself. The book's success was immediate, a second edition being called for only seventeen days after publication of the first on 25 April 1719. The Farther Adventures appeared on 20 August, and relates how Crusoe revisited the island with Friday. ESTC T72265 (vol.I) & N47837 (vol.II); Moore 412 & 417; PMM 180.
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