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Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Printed for John Stockdale January 1804 Binding: Hardcover
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$345.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two volumes (complete) in three quarter leather and brown cloth boards. The distinguishing feature of this edition is the printing of a smaller book on larger pages, thus creating wider margins. Vol. I has 405 pages and nine plates by Stothard. Book has cloth book tape repair to hinges. Top of spine (approximately 1/8 inch is missing). Very mild foxing. Vol. II has 446 pages and eight plates. Contains THE LIFE OF DANIEL DEFOE by George Chalmers. Hinges have been repaired with paper. This volume has been exposed to water long ago resulting in foxing and absoption patterns. None of this effects the readability of the text. Top edge darkening and previous owner signature to both volumes. Five raised bands on each volume. The volumes are altogether sturdy with good shelf appearance.
Seller: Coastal Books, Wilmington, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First printing of the Stockdale edition with the additional Life of Daniel Defoe by Chalmers. Vol. I xii, 1-405 pp., 9 plates including frontis and title vignette, Vol. II 1-446, 8 plates including frontis and title vignette, octavo (5 1/8 X 8 3/8 inches text block), apparently original three-quarters leather binding with brown buckram boards, gilt titles and rules, "feather-painted" design endpapers. Complete original texts with all plates, no owner's marks, no tears, very little foxing, but all four boards detached. Requires rebinding. Laid in: a collection of newspaper clippings related to the book, i.e. a contemporary biography of Alexander Selkirk (22 col. inches), two photos of Selkirk's memorial tablet and cave (Saturday Night, 1904, 27 col. inches), The Real Crusoe (no date, c. 1900, 7 col. inches), Rise in Value of Robinson Crusoe (NY Times, August 1902, 14 col. inches).
Seller: Inno Dubelaar Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$384.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover rebound professionally in newer dark blue half leather with light blue cloth over boards, newer marbled end papers and prelims, original marbled text block, spine and edges rubbed worn and faded, but otherwise in Very Good condition. 1804 edition, pp 405, 446, 18 illustrations including a frontispiece for each volume, a vignette on each title page and 14 plates including one that isn't included in the list of plates. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, SO FOR UK FIRST CLASS AND INTERNATIONAL, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE REQUIRED.
Seller: Deeside Books, Ballater, United Kingdom
Price: US$404.23 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Two Volumes Please see photos as part of condition report 1804 5th Edition or Later Reprint , THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE By Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (born Daniel Foe; c.?1660 – 24 April 1731) was an English writer, merchant, journalist, pamphleteer, social critic, and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts, was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted him. Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works[4]—books, pamphlets, and journals—on diverse topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology, and the supernatural. Illustrated By: CF Ray Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: John Stockdale, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 405 ISBN: The Second Edition to contain the celebrated Stothard illustrations and the life of Defoe by George Chalmers. Engraved portrait of Defoe by Medland, & 15 engraved plates by Medland after designs by Thomas Stothard (incl. 2 frontis.) SKU: BTETM0001847 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Seller: Books That Expand The Mind, Margate, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$588.00 + shipping
Description: Book has gift inscription. Bound by Bayntun, it appears they kept the original spine and used new boards. The spine has wear thus near very good. All plates are present.
Seller: Uncommon Books, Glastonbury, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$592.25 + shipping
Description: Quarto. Large paper edition in two volumes. Vol. I: viii. (Advertisement, Directions to the binder for placing the 17 Stothard engraved plates which include the frontispieces and title pages of both volumes. 405pp. Vol. 2: v, 446 pp. The timeless story of a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical desert island near the coasts of Venezuela and Trinidad, roughly resembling Tobago, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers before being rescued. Bound in 3/4 calf over original drab paper covered boards, raised bands with spines stamped in blind, new black spine labels gilt, a few cosmetics to spine and corners, only an occasional spot of foxing or off-setting but mostly clean, from the library of Ralph Embree Doane with his bookplate. A very good set.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto 8 1/2" X 11" TWO VOLUMES. Large paper copy, 11 1/4" (29cm) with wide margins; uncut, 405, 446pp. Illustrated with 17 plates including frontispieces and title pages; engraved by Medland. Bound in contemporary pale blue-gray boards backed in beige cloth; paper spine labels printed in black; light scattered foxing to first few leaves, light off-setting from some plates; inner hinges stressed, but strong. In all, a very good set, in superb condition, of the scarce large paper (1804) edition.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2-volume set, complete. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, 6 compartments. Complete with 15 engraved copper plates and a portrait by Sothard in the appended Chalmers' Life of Defoe. pp. vi, 493; iii, 483. Contains the Adventures and the Father Adventures. Notice by publisher: contains full text including beautiful religious and spiritual passages omitted by other publishers. From the DNB: "Defoe's first novel, Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719 when he was about fifty-nine, brings all his interests together. Crusoe is a disobedient son, arguing with his father, representing opinions of a new world—one where life in England is uncertain but global opportunity beckons, and children are increasingly torn between traditional obedience to family and individual self-satisfaction. Drawn to the sea regardless of parental and what appear to be providential warnings of catastrophe, he finds unbounded economic opportunity in Brazil. Defoe's fascination with travel narratives and with Great Britain as an international trading nation shapes the book and especially its sequel. Defoe also writes out of his engagement with religious controversies of the time, especially the Bangorian and Salters' Hall controversies. When Crusoe instructs Friday in the Christian faith, he is demonstrating the adequacy of scripture and revelation alone. Also inscribed are Defoe's theories of government and of colonization. Crusoe sets himself up as monarch, prince, generalissimo, and finally colonial governor, and perhaps ironically his abandonment of his island is emblematic of the neglect of which Great Britain was often guilty with its Caribbean colonies. In fact, this novel can be placed within Defoe's propaganda for the settlement of the New World and especially his writings about the doctrinal controversies splitting and embarrassing dissenters as well as Anglicans. Above all, however, it is the greatest mythic fantasy ever written of the solitary survivor who will never succumb. He will not starve, and he will not give in to his paralysing fear or extended isolation. Physically, mentally, and spiritually he survives and grows stronger. Defoe's work always displayed a keen understanding of the reading public, and Robinson Crusoe is no exception. The best-selling books of this time were sermons and travel literature, and Defoe probably conceived Robinson Crusoe along the lines of travel books. Peace and optimism about open seas inspired new books like Daniel Beeckman's Voyage to and from the Island of Borneo and new editions of a number of earlier works such as Woodes Rogers's Cruising Voyage Round the World (both 1718). Travel books often began with a restless son and gave prominence to religious elements. Defoe's special contributions to travel literature were the power of his protagonist's personality and the previously unmatched evocation of states of mind—the extended presentations of a person reasoning, choosing, struggling for, if not understanding, acceptance of his fate. An initial edition of 1000 was printed near the end of April 1719, followed by a second edition on 9 May, a third about 6 June, and a fourth shortly before the publication of the sequel, Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, in August 1719. By the end of the year, the two parts were published together with a map and six plates." Light wear top and bottom of spine. Very good.
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1219.10 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two volumes complete - Volume One - viii, 405pp, [1] and Volume Two - v, [1], 456pp. Rebound in modern half morocco and marbled paper over boards, raised bands, spine in six panels, morocco title label to second panel, author label to fourth, volume number in gilt to third, all panels framed with gilt double fillet, all edges marbled. Externally very good indeed. Internally lightly browned throughout, some light offsetting from engravings with occasional light foxing. Engraved frontispiece and title page to each volume, and thirteen plates called for (plus an extra plate not called for) between the two volumes. Large paper copy, with a Life of Defoe by Chalmers. Stothard, Thomas (1755-1834), painter and book illustrator, "many of his illustrations were for reissues, as in his celebrated illustrations for John Stockdale's edition of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe in 1790 (a sketch for Robinson Crusoe Building his Canoe is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) and it is clear that Stothard's images were an important factor in their popularity" (ODNB) Size: 4to
Seller: Temple Rare Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$1221.00 + shipping
Description: 2 Volumes. large 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., v-viii, 405; v, 446. 2 engraved titles, engraved portrait of Defoe by Medland, & 15 engraved plates by Medland after designs by Thomas Stothard (incl. 2 frontis.). contemporary diced calf, rebacked (wear to covers & corners, some browning & foxing, plates offset, repair to inner margin of 1 leaf). Large-Paper copy of the Second Edition to contain the celebrated Stothard illustrations and the life of Defoe by George Chalmers (first: 1790). cfRay, The Illustrator and the Book in England From 1790 to 1914, 18.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
[Daniel Defoe]. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. John Stockdale, London, 1804.
Price: US$1539.92 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A very smart large paper edition of Daniel Defoe's important travelogue novel, a nice copy illustrated throughout by Thomas Stothard. The second Stockdale edition, a smart large paper issue.Smartly rebound in a modern quarter morocco binding.Complete in two volumes.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and eight plates. Seven of the plates are called for, this volume including one additional plate fading page 176.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and six plates.Collated, complete.Including a 'Life of Daniel Defoe' to the rear of Volume II, by George Chalmers.'Robinson Crusoe' is a popular travelogue-style novel, seeing Crusoe's struggles as he spends twenty-eight years on a remote tropical desert island.The novel is thought to be based off the experiences of the Scottish castaway Alexander Selkirk.Written by the noted eighteenth century author Daniel Defoe, one of the first novelists of the English language.Illustrated by Medland after Thomas Stothard. In a quarter morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, fine, with light fading to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean, with the occasional scattered spot. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$2475.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. Rare Large Paper Copy of this Very Early Set with Stothards engravings. The engraved title-pages are dated 1804, but the engraved illustrations are dated 1790. Very probably then, this is an early setting with a newly dated title-page. With 19 engraved illustrations including a finely engraved vignette title-page to each volume, an engraved portrait of Defoe by Medland and 16 other beautifully engraved full page plates by Stothard. Two plates included here as additions are not called for in the collation and appear to have been printed first by Stockdale in 1791. One of the two is a full page plate of Robinson Crusoe in his famous handmade attire, the other of the dedication monument erected by the Duke and Duchess of Queensbury. Large 8vo, in handsome bindings of three-quarter antique rose calf over marbled paper covered boards, the spines adorned with central gilt tooling within compartments separated by triple gilt ruled bands, two compartments with contrasting black and olive morocco lettering pieces gilt. [xvi], 405; v, 456 pp. A handsome set, very well preserved and in very pleasing condition with no repair or sophistication whatsoever. A HANDSOME SET IN VERY PLEASING CONDITION. "Defoe.disclosed a genius for devising a tale of adventure.(the influence of which has) not yet dissipated, for much of science fiction is basically Crusoes 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 noble savage in a way that made the book required reading for Rousseaus Emile. ROBINSON CRUSOE has long since been more widely read.in versions.for young people.(there is) the footprint in the sand, Man Friday, the threatening savages, and the endless ingenuity and contrivance that make the heros island life tolerable." PMM "It breathes throughout a spirit of piety and benevolence; it sets in a very striking light the importance of the mechanic arts.it fixes in the mind a lively idea of the horrors of solitude, and, consequently, of the sweets of social life, and of the blessings we derive from conversation and mutual aid; and it shows how by labouring with one s own hands, one may secure independence." Beattie Stothards engravings are probably the most famous ever included in any edition of ROBINSON CRUSOE.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.