Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe, 1895, Good + hardcover

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Defoe, Daniel, Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1895. Good + 16mo, 5" x 6 ½", 184 pp
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Good + sextodecimo, teal cloth over boards pictorial design with multicolored elements, silver lettering to front cover and spine. Foxing to text block and front/back endpaper, soiling to book cover, rubbing to spine, 184 pp.  70 black-and-white metal engraving illustrations. Published as a realistic fiction book and created the book genre of Robinsonade. Defoe’s tale of shipwreck with expressive and highly detailed illustrations. Overall, a charming sturdy copy of a children’s classic.