Author: Defoe, Daniel & George Chalmers Esq.
Title: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Written By Himself + The Life of Daniel De Foe By George Chalmers Esq. (+ ephemera)
Description: Piccadilly, John Stockdale, 1804. First Thus. Hardcover. First printing of the Stockdale edition with the additional Life of Daniel Defoe by Chalmers. Vol. I xii, 1-405 pp. 9 plates including frontis and title vignette, Vol. II 1-446, 8 plates including frontis and title vignette, octavo (5 1/8 X 8 3/8 inches text block), apparently original three-quarters leather binding with brown buckram boards, gilt titles and rules, "feather-painted" design endpapers. Complete original texts with all plates, no owner's marks, no tears, very little foxing, but all four boards detached. Requires rebinding. Laid in: a collection of newspaper clippings related to the book, i.e. a contemporary biography of Alexander Selkirk (22 col. inches), two photos of Selkirk's memorial tablet and cave (Saturday Night, 1904, 27 col. inches), The Real Crusoe (no date, c. 1900, 7 col. inches), Rise in Value of Robinson Crusoe (NY Times, August 1902, 14 col. inches). Fair.

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