[Defoe (Daniel)], The Life And Strange Surprizing (sic) Adve...

Estimate

£700 - £1,000

[Defoe (Daniel)], The Life And Strange Surprizing (sic) Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner [...], third edition, London: Printed for W. Taylor at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row, 1719, one of the two third edition variants, in this case with 'Society' catchword on page 3 and the lion tailpiece, lacking frontispiece, [iv], 364, [4]pp (publisher's advert); i.e. pi², B-Z⁸, ²A⁸, B1r lower-margin with discreet repair, otherwise a respectable copy, without any other major defects, but a trifle toned in places, an occasional crease, fold, or chip, bound in 20th c dark brown calf by J. Henderson, stamped, six-compartment spine of raised bands, gilt lettered in the second, third and sixth compartments, title-page with contemporaneous ?ownership inscription, 8vo