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Author:

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Title:

The life & strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, mariner / by Daniel Defoe ; with an introduction by J. Cuthbert Hadden ; and illustrations by Edward A. Wilson.

Publisher:

Heritage Press,

Copyright Date:

©1930

Description:

x, 299 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers.
Shipwreck survival--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Castaways--Fiction.
Mutiny--Fiction.
Cannibalism--Fiction.
Discontent--Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers.
Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character)
Cannibalism.
Castaways.
Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character)
Discontent.
Mutiny.
Shipwreck survival.
Voyages and travels.
Adventure stories.
Adventure stories.
Sea fiction
Action and adventure fiction
Fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Sea fiction.

Other Authors:

Hadden, J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert), 1861-1914, author of introduction.
Wilson, Edward A. (Edward Arthur), 1886-1970, illustrator.
Heritage Press (New York, N.Y.), publisher.
Limited Editions Club, publisher.
George Macy Companies, Inc., publisher.

Other Titles:

Robinson Crusoe
Life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, mariner.

Notes:

"The special contents of this edition are copyright, 1930, by The Limited Editions Club for The George Macy Companies, Inc."--Title page verso Front cover has the figure of Crusoe in bas relief discovering Friday's footprint. Illustrated front cover. Illustrated spine. Illustrated lining papers. Color illustrated title page. Color map on endpapers. Cloth boards with blue stamped lettering and Crusoe image on spine. Pages edged in blue. Encased in blue slipcase.

Summary:

The diary of an Englishman shipwrecked for almost thirty years on a small isolated island where, using wit and industry, he manages to build life anew.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)20513832

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)