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Daniel Defoe, 1719
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Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe, 1719
DEFOE, Daniel (c.1660-1731).?The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. London: W. Taylor, 1719. [With:] DEFOE, Daniel. The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. London: W. Taylor, 1719.
First editions of both parts, the Berland copy. Robinson Crusoe, the archetypal castaway narrative, is widely considered to be the first English novel. 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 25 April 1719, with a further two editions published before the end of year.?The Farther Adventures?appeared on 20 August, 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 Exhibition Catalogue, 1963, no. 325). The first volume has the title in second state with semi-colon after London, third state of the preface with the catchword "apply" correctly spelt, and first state of Z4r with "Pilot" mis-spelt "Pilate" and "Portugnese" for "Portuguese." The second volume is Hutchins's first issue, second variant (B2) with A4v of the preface blank, "FARTHFR" for "FARTHER" on B1r, and page 295 misnumbered 215.?Grolier?English?41; Hutchins pp. 52-71 and 98-112; Moore 412 and 417; PMM 180; Rothschild 775.
Two volumes, octavo?(193 x 120 mm and 195 x 118 mm respectively). Adventures: Engraved frontispiece portrait by Clarke and Pine, 4-page publisher's advertisements at end. (Tear at inner margin of K8, margins of some leaves lightly dampstained.) Contemporary calf (rebacked and restored at extremities). Farther Adventures: Folding engraved world map (a few letters abraded, some repairs on verso, toned), 11-page publisher's advertisements at end. Contemporary calf (rebacked in uniform style with the previous volume, with a few small repairs to extremities, browning to endpapers, f.f.e. starting to detach). Housed together in a quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: John Peyto Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke – Robert John Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke (their bookplates in the second volume only) – Frank J. Hogan (bookplate in the second volume, his sale, Parke-Bernet, 24 April 1945, lot 202) – David and Lulu Borowitz (book label on chemise, purchased through Seven Gables Bookshop in Part I of their sale, Sotheby-Parke-Bernet, 9 November 1977, lot 75) – Abel E. Berland (bookplate, his sale, Christie’s New York, 8 October 2001, lot 34).
Daniel Defoe, 1719
DEFOE, Daniel (c.1660-1731).?The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. London: W. Taylor, 1719. [With:] DEFOE, Daniel. The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. London: W. Taylor, 1719.
First editions of both parts, the Berland copy. Robinson Crusoe, the archetypal castaway narrative, is widely considered to be the first English novel. 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 25 April 1719, with a further two editions published before the end of year.?The Farther Adventures?appeared on 20 August, 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 Exhibition Catalogue, 1963, no. 325). The first volume has the title in second state with semi-colon after London, third state of the preface with the catchword "apply" correctly spelt, and first state of Z4r with "Pilot" mis-spelt "Pilate" and "Portugnese" for "Portuguese." The second volume is Hutchins's first issue, second variant (B2) with A4v of the preface blank, "FARTHFR" for "FARTHER" on B1r, and page 295 misnumbered 215.?Grolier?English?41; Hutchins pp. 52-71 and 98-112; Moore 412 and 417; PMM 180; Rothschild 775.
Two volumes, octavo?(193 x 120 mm and 195 x 118 mm respectively). Adventures: Engraved frontispiece portrait by Clarke and Pine, 4-page publisher's advertisements at end. (Tear at inner margin of K8, margins of some leaves lightly dampstained.) Contemporary calf (rebacked and restored at extremities). Farther Adventures: Folding engraved world map (a few letters abraded, some repairs on verso, toned), 11-page publisher's advertisements at end. Contemporary calf (rebacked in uniform style with the previous volume, with a few small repairs to extremities, browning to endpapers, f.f.e. starting to detach). Housed together in a quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: John Peyto Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke – Robert John Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke (their bookplates in the second volume only) – Frank J. Hogan (bookplate in the second volume, his sale, Parke-Bernet, 24 April 1945, lot 202) – David and Lulu Borowitz (book label on chemise, purchased through Seven Gables Bookshop in Part I of their sale, Sotheby-Parke-Bernet, 9 November 1977, lot 75) – Abel E. Berland (bookplate, his sale, Christie’s New York, 8 October 2001, lot 34).
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