Research Catalog

Title

The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner / written by himself ; with an introductory memoir of Daniel De Foe [sic], a memoir of Alexander Selkirk, an account of Peter Serrano, and other interesting additions ; illustrated with upwards of seventy engravings by Keeley Halswelle ; a portrait of De Foe, a map of Robinson Crusoe's island, De Foe's tomb, facsimiles of original title- pages, etc., etc.

Author

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Publication

London (Paternoster Row) ; Edinburgh ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons, 1875.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891.
• Halswelle, Keeley, 1832-1891.
• Stanton, Clark, 1832-1894.
• Corner, J. M.
• Jackson, John, 1801-1848.
• Morison
• Rogers, Woodes, -1732.
• Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
• Thomas Nelson & Sons. pbl

Description

vi, 654 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map, port.; 20 cm.

Uniform Title

Robinson Crusoe

Alternative Title

• Robinson Crusoe
• Household Robinson Crusoe.
• Life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe.

Subjects

• Shipwrecks > Juvenile fiction
• Serrano, Pedro, a Spanish sailor
• Castaways > Juvenile fiction
• Survival at sea > Juvenile fiction
• Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721
• Imaginary voyages > 1875

Genre/Form

Imaginary voyages – 1875.

Note

• Added col. t.p.: Robinson Crusoe; spine title: Robinson Crusoe; half-title: Life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe; caption title, p. [361]: Further adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
• At head of title: The household Robinson Crusoe, carefully reprinted from the original edition.
• "It has been carefully printed from the first edition," without reproducing the original orthography or punctuation"--Pref. signed W.H.D.A. [i.e. William Henry Davenport Adams]. Adams also wrote the memoir of Defoe.
• Engravers include J.M. Corner, Jackson, and Morison. Headpieces are by Clark Stanton (cf. pref., p. vi).
• Probably an earlier issue of Lovett, R.W. Robinson Crusoe, 586.
• In the appendix, the narrative of Selkirk on the island is Woodes Rogers'; the map is that found in part III, 'Serious reflections,' of Robinson Crusoe, pub. in 1720. Also included are Cowper's verses and an analytical index to the biography and text.
• Parts I and II of Robinson Crusoe. Part II originally published under title: Farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
• Green blind stamped decorative binding with cover col. vignette inset of Crusoe discovering a footprint in the sand. University of Florida library's copy lacks the front. cited in the NUC description above.

Indexed In (note)

• NUC pre-1956

Call Number

NCVD (1875) (Defoe, D. Life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe)

OCLC

28307257

Author

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Title

The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner / written by himself ; with an introductory memoir of Daniel De Foe [sic], a memoir of Alexander Selkirk, an account of Peter Serrano, and other interesting additions ; illustrated with upwards of seventy engravings by Keeley Halswelle ; a portrait of De Foe, a map of Robinson Crusoe's island, De Foe's tomb, facsimiles of original title- pages, etc., etc.

Imprint

London (Paternoster Row) ; Edinburgh ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons, 1875.

Indexed In:

NUC pre-1956, 0118427 (v. 136, p. 602)

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Great Britain Scotland Edinburgh.

United States New York (State) New York.

Added Author

Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891.

Halswelle, Keeley, 1832-1891. Illustrator

Stanton, Clark, 1832-1894. Illustrator

Corner, J. M. Engraver

Jackson, John, 1801-1848. Engraver

Morison. Engraver

Rogers, Woodes, -1732.

Cowper, William, 1731-1800.

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe.

Thomas Nelson & Sons. Publisher

Added Title

Household Robinson Crusoe.

Life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe.

Research Call Number

NCVD (1875) (Defoe, D. Life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe)