DEFOE, Daniel (ca 1660-1731). The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner . London: W. Taylor 1719. 8 o (193 x 120 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by Clarke and Pine, 4-page publisher's advertisements at end. (Tear at inner margin of K8, margins of some leaves lightly dampstained.) Contemporary calf (rebacked in calf gilt and restored at extremities). [ With :] DEFOE, Daniel. The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe . London: W. Taylor 1719. 8 o (195 x 118 mm). Folding engraved world map (tipped to B1, a few letters abrased, some repairs on verso and separation at folds), 11-page publisher's advertisements at end. Contemporary calf (rebacked in uniform style with the previous volume, with a few small repairs to extremities); together in quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance : John Peyto Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke -- Robert John Verney Lord Willoughby de Broke (their bookplates in the second volume only) -- Frank J. Hogan (bookplate in the second volume), sold in his sale, Parke-Bernet, 24 April 1945, lot 202 -- David and Lulu Borowitz (book label on case), purchased through Seven Gables Bookshop in Part I of their Sale, Sotheby-Parke-Bernet, 9 November 1977, lot 75. FIRST EDITIONS OF BOTH PARTS. The first volume having title in second state with semi-colon after London, third state of the preface with the catchword "apply" correctly spelt, and first state of Z4r with "Pilot" mis-spelt "Pilate" and "Portugnese" for "Portuguese." The second volume is Hutchins's first issue, second variant (B2) with A4v of the preface blank, "FARTHFR" for "FARTHER" on B1r, and page 295 misnumbered 215. Robinson Crusoe had a factual basis in so far as Alexander Selkirk was known to have been put on the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez in 1704 at his own request, to be rescued in 1709 by Woodes Rogers. However, Defoe, writing the story at nearly sixty, gave his hero a spirit of enterprise and a meditative frame of mind utterly lacking in Selkirk himself. The book's success was immediate, a second edition being called for only seventeen days after publication of the first on 25 April 1719. The Farther Adventures appeared on 20 August, and relates how Crusoe revisited the island with Friday. A final part, The Serious Reflections , followed in 1720. "The romance of Crusoes's adventures, the figure of civilized man fending for himself on a desert island, has made an imperishable impression on the mind of man ... much of modern science fiction is basically Crusoe's island changed to a planet" (PMM Exhibition Catalogue, 1963, no. 325). Grolier English 41; Hutchins pp. 52-71 and 98-112; Moore 412 and 417; PMM 180; Rothschild 775.
DEFOE, Daniel (ca 1660-1731). The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner . London: W. Taylor 1719. 8 o (193 x 120 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by Clarke and Pine, 4-page publisher's advertisements at end. (Tear at inner margin of K8, margins of some leaves lightly dampstained.) Contemporary calf (rebacked in calf gilt and restored at extremities). [ With :] DEFOE, Daniel. The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe . London: W. Taylor 1719. 8 o (195 x 118 mm). Folding engraved world map (tipped to B1, a few letters abrased, some repairs on verso and separation at folds), 11-page publisher's advertisements at end. Contemporary calf (rebacked in uniform style with the previous volume, with a few small repairs to extremities); together in quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance : John Peyto Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke -- Robert John Verney Lord Willoughby de Broke (their bookplates in the second volume only) -- Frank J. Hogan (bookplate in the second volume), sold in his sale, Parke-Bernet, 24 April 1945, lot 202 -- David and Lulu Borowitz (book label on case), purchased through Seven Gables Bookshop in Part I of their Sale, Sotheby-Parke-Bernet, 9 November 1977, lot 75. FIRST EDITIONS OF BOTH PARTS. The first volume having title in second state with semi-colon after London, third state of the preface with the catchword "apply" correctly spelt, and first state of Z4r with "Pilot" mis-spelt "Pilate" and "Portugnese" for "Portuguese." The second volume is Hutchins's first issue, second variant (B2) with A4v of the preface blank, "FARTHFR" for "FARTHER" on B1r, and page 295 misnumbered 215. Robinson Crusoe had a factual basis in so far as Alexander Selkirk was known to have been put on the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez in 1704 at his own request, to be rescued in 1709 by Woodes Rogers. However, Defoe, writing the story at nearly sixty, gave his hero a spirit of enterprise and a meditative frame of mind utterly lacking in Selkirk himself. The book's success was immediate, a second edition being called for only seventeen days after publication of the first on 25 April 1719. The Farther Adventures appeared on 20 August, and relates how Crusoe revisited the island with Friday. A final part, The Serious Reflections , followed in 1720. "The romance of Crusoes's adventures, the figure of civilized man fending for himself on a desert island, has made an imperishable impression on the mind of man ... much of modern science fiction is basically Crusoe's island changed to a planet" (PMM Exhibition Catalogue, 1963, no. 325). Grolier English 41; Hutchins pp. 52-71 and 98-112; Moore 412 and 417; PMM 180; Rothschild 775.
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