Defoe, Daniel

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1979. Falke, Pierre. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine. Item #002052

Quarter bound in blue leather and cloth with gilt dentelle tooling on spine and boards. A.E.G. Marbled endpapers. 355 p.p. Twelve full colour woodcut plates, incl. frontis. The colour woodcuts of Pierre Falke originally appeared in "La Vie et Les Adventures Etranges et Suprenantes de Robinson Crusoe de York, Marin," published by Henri Jonquieres, Paris, 1926, in an edition limited to 151 copies. They are reproduced courtesy of the late publisher's daughter. Facsimilie of the title page from the first edition (1719) of The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.

Price: $60.00