The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Mariner, of Hull. With Biographical Memoir and Illustrative Notes. [Two volume set].
188221000 · London
by Defoe, Daniel.
London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1882. 2 volumes. One of an edition limited to 1,000 sets. Octavo, bound by Sickles in black paneled morocco with interior frame, corner devices, and the monogram of Charles Edward Ballard, hotelier and circus owner, at center, gilt-decorated spine, panel dentelles with corner devices decorated with small circular green inlays, silk doublures and endsheets, top edges gilt, uncut, [iv], xxxii, 392 pp. + xii, [iv], 384 pp. Engraved frontis portrait by Leopold Flameng and 8 plates from etchings by M. Mouilleron. Near-Fine; spines beginning to fade. (Inventory #: 71266bd)