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Defoe, Daniel. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, as related by Himself. London: Humphrey Milford, 1931. Embellished with plates after designs by Noel Pocock. Bound by Birdsall in half blue Moroccan leather and blue cloth boards, gilt ruled, with gilt titles and raised bands to the spine. New archival slipcase with inlaid illustration on front. Finely bound example of Daniel Defoe s classic tale of adventure, The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, as related by Himself. This edition was published in 1931 by the London based Humphrey Milford. The book is bound by Birdsall in half blue Moroccan leather and blue cloth boards, with gilt ruling, gilt titles, and raised bands to the spine. The book is further embellished with tipped plates, in color, after designs by Noel Pocock. CONDITION: Very good condition. Octavo. Bound by Birdsall in half blue Moroccan leather and blue cloth boards, gilt ruled, with gilt titles and raised bands to the spine. Some sunning to spines. With tipped-in plates after designs by Noel Pocock. Past owner's bookplate. New archival cloth slipcase with inlaid illustration of Robinson Crusoe.

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, is one of the earliest and most influential novels in the history of English literature. It is a fictional autobiography of the title character, a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers before being rescued. The story is widely perceived as a comment on the British Imperialism of the age and the emerging ideology of the 'self-made man', and it reflects on the author's vast array of experiences.