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Title: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. Who Lived Eight & Twenty Years All Alone in an Uninhabited 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 [of] How He Was At Last As Strangely Deliver’d By Pyrates. Written by Himself. [Continued in Volume Two as:] The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the Second and Last Part of His Life, and of the Strange Surprizing Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe. Written by Himself. [Including] The Life of Daniel Defoe , by George Chalmers Author: (Defoe, Daniel) Place: London Publisher: John Stockdale Date: 1790 Description: 2 volumes. xii, 389; vi, 456, +[14] ad pp. Engraved title page in each volume and 15 engraved plates. (8vo) 23.5x14 cm (9¼x5½") finely bound by Bayntun in full blue crushed morocco, covers bordered in gilt, spines gilt, raised bands, gilt ruled dentelles, all edges gilt. Later edition but the first with illustrations after Stothard. This landmark work of English literature remains one of the most popular novels ever written. The story tells the tale of a sailor, shipwrecked alone on an island in the middle of the ocean, who manages to survive by recreating his English life: he builds a home, learns how to cook, and gathers the necessities of life, including raising goats and growing crops. He comes to appreciate his sovereignty over the entire island. After fifteen years of absolute mastery over the island, a mysterious footprint appears on the sand, and Robinson meets with another human on the island. Robinson adopts the native, christened Friday, as his companion and servant. The story is apparently based on the adventures of a seaman, Alexander Selkirk, who had been marooned on one of the Juan Fernández Islands off the coast of Chile in 1705. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear at joints; near fine. Item number: 233412