Author: Daniel Defoe; H. Halliday Sparling [ed.]
Title: The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton
Description: London, Walter Scott, 1887. Cloth. A very scarce 'Camelot Series' edition of Daniel Defoe's novel, with notes by British journalist H. Halliday Sparling. This edition published for the 'Camelot Series', edited by Welsh-English writer and founding editor of the Everyman's Library series, Ernest Rhys. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This novel from Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720, chronicles the life of an Englishman, Singleton, who is kidnapped and raised by Gypsies, eventually making his way to sea. Edited with an introduction and notes by Henry Halliday Sparling, a British journalist and socialist activist who assisted William Morris with editing 'Commonweal' from 1885-1890. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Wear and sunning to the spine label. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with offsetting to the endpapers and scattered spots. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton Daniel Defoe Henry Halliday Sparling Camelot Series Daniel Defoe None


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