With introductory verses by Bernard Barton, and illustrated with numerous engravings from drawings by George Cruikshank expressly designed for this edition.
London, Printed at the Shakespeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major, Fleet Street, 1831
A charming second impression of the first edition featuring George Cruikshank's illustrations.
First edition thus, second impression with Cruikshank's illustrations and introductory verses by Barton; 2 vols, small 8vo (170 x 120 mm); [8], xvi, 434, [2]; [2],406 pp, with engraved steel frontispiece depicting Friday kneeling to Crusoe in vol. I (lacking in vol. II), 38 woodcut vignettes, vol. I: frontispiece foxed but only noticeable in the blank margins, resultant offsetting to title-page, thereafter, minor sporadic spotting, only more prevalent to pp 284-285, wormhole to bottom edge of pp 131-136, not affecting text, otherwise still bright, vol. II: sporadic minor spotting, otherwise also bright, in short, internally very good; modern quarter calf over marbled boards, tan lettering-pieces, very good.
First edition thus, second impression with Cruikshank's illustrations and introductory verses by Barton; 2 vols, small 8vo (170 x 120 mm); [8], xvi, 434, [2]; [2],406 pp, with engraved steel frontispiece depicting Friday kneeling to Crusoe in vol. I (lacking in vol. II), 38 woodcut vignettes, vol. I: frontispiece foxed but only noticeable in the blank margins, resultant offsetting to title-page, thereafter, minor sporadic spotting, only more prevalent to pp 284-285, wormhole to bottom edge of pp 131-136, not affecting text, otherwise still bright, vol. II: sporadic minor spotting, otherwise also bright, in short, internally very good; modern quarter calf over marbled boards, tan lettering-pieces, very good.
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