Books

Two volume hardback set, 1820, in the original maroon paper covered boards with black leather spines and gilt titles; stating Two Guineas at spine tail. In overall good used condition with some minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards rubbed and scuffed to edges. Bindings tight and appear little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - contemporary bookplate to front pastedown in each volume; toning to page-ends and some light scattered foxing here and there but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not old library books.

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.