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Title: The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner [with] The farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe; being the second and last part of his life... Author: [Defoe, Daniel] Place: London Publisher: Printed for W. Taylor Date: 1719 Description: 2 volumes. [4], 364, [4]; [8], 373, [11] pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece in Vol. I; folding copper-engraved map in Vol. II. (8vo) 19x12 cm. (7½x4¾), 1st in period paneled calf, 2nd in later half calf & cloth. "Third" Edition of Life, First Edition of Farther. Robinson Crusoe and its sequel, Defoe's seminal adventure of the desert island castaway. Much reprinted, much imitated, "Crusoe" is well-established as one of the great works of English literature. The first volume is the Third Edition; the second is the first edition, first issue, first variant (Hutchins B1) with verso of A4 blank and ''breaking'', ''Diff-/erence'', ''Punish-/ment and: He'' and ''wanting'' on recto and ''Farthfr'' on recto of B1. The folding double-hemisphere map of the world in Vol. II, featuring California as an island, is backed with linen. Lot Amendments Condition: First covers well worn, with covers detached, remains and traces of early cello tape repairs, light pencil scribbles to sky portion of frontispiece, bookplate & ink name of E.F. Robson, 1891, to front pastedown; 2nd spine ends chipped, front joint cracked, call numbers inked on spine, bookplate of Warrington Municipal Library; good to very good set, complete with all the advertisements, the frontispiece and the map, worthy of restoration to the bindings. Item number: 224125