This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...the beginning of the year 1693, when my nephew, whom, as I have observed before, I had brought up to the sea, and had made him commander of a ship, was come home from a short voyage to Bilboa, being the first he had made. He came to me, and told me that some merchants of his acquaintance had been proposing to him to go ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...the beginning of the year 1693, when my nephew, whom, as I have observed before, I had brought up to the sea, and had made him commander of a ship, was come home from a short voyage to Bilboa, being the first he had made. He came to me, and told me that some merchants of his acquaintance had been proposing to him to go a voyage for them to the East Indies, and to China, as private traders. " And now, uncle," says he, " if you will go to sea with me, I will engage to land you upon your old habitation in the island; for we are to touch at the Brazils." Nothing can be a greater demonstration of a future state, and of the existence of an invisible world, than the concurrence of second causes with the ideas of things which we form in our minds, perfectly reserved, and not communicated to any in the world. My nephew knew nothing how far my distemper of wandering was returned upon me, and I knew nothing of what he had in his thoughts to say, when that very morning before he came to me, I had, in a great deal of confusion of thought, and revolving every part of my circumstances in my mind, come to this resolution, that I would go to Lisbon, and consult with my old sea-captain; and if it was rational and practicable, I would go and see thQ island again, and what was become of my people there. I had pleased myself with the thoughts of peopling the place, and carrying inhabitants from hence, getting a patent for the possession, and I know not what; when, in the middle of all this, in comes my nephew, as I have said, with his project of carrying me thither in his way to the East Indies. I paused awhile at his words, and looking steadily at him, " What devil," said I, "sent you on this unlucky errand?" My nephew stared as if he ha...
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Very good + Small quarto, 352pp., illustrated by Noel Pocock. A very good or better copy, crisp, bright, and clean, in the publisher's yellow boards with front board illustration. Fore-edge gently foxed, else quite a fresh example.
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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. (Robinson Crusoe, shipwreck survival, castaways) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.
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Paget, Walter. Fair. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Grey cloth binding. The pages are in good condition with no marking and a very few light scattered soil spots. The hinges are cracked. The cover has some light soiling and light corner tip wear. The spine has some darkening and the print there has lost its shine. With One Hundred and Twenty Original Illustrations. 445 pages. No print date stated, but appears to be late 1800s.
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Paget, Walter [illustrator] Good in No Dust Cover jacket. Good Hardcover with 120 Illustrations by Walter Paget worn cover, spine rebacked, pages fragile, corners worn. No date circa 1935.
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Fair. 24 tipped-in color plates by Noel Pocock. Cover shows minor wear, tear, rubbing, and tanning. Loose/torn rear hinge, cover partially detached. Pages tanned and clean. Over 500, 000 Internet Orders FIlled.
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Fair. Decorative cloth cover shows minor wear and tear, rubbing and soiling. Lacking title page. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned. Illustrated with 6 color plays and 80 black and white drawings by J. Finnemore, G.H. Tompson, and Archibald Webb. Over 500, 000 Internet Orders FIlled.
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Good. Illustrated cover shows minor to moderate wear, tear, edgewear, rubbing, and loss. Prelims are shaken, minor tidemarks on the edges, pages are tanned Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
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Illustrated by PAGET, WALTER 120 ILUST. Very Good. 7x10" VERY GOOD Condition. inner eps reset at gutter. Pencil names at blank pages end of book, Many friends of Margaret Bellas June 1922" Quite sturdy book, clean except for many names on abundant white endpapers.; Beautiful glossy covers have colorful bright ilust by HT, showing R. Crusoe with felt hat & unbrella, full red beard, blue eyes. all on orange paper. Gold spine ilust shows RC as well on red cloth spine strip. Back cover shows green parret on tree branch, extension of cover art style. EPs show white parrots on tan leaves.; Cartoonsolor frontis ilust; 416ps pages; Island Life. Cover shows 6x6" ilust Crusoe. Many ilust in text, which is quite readable and must certainly contain the entire text, this being over 400 pages, and text covers a great many adventures. One of the nicest volumes of this story that I have ever seen...
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Fair. Poor cover at best, beveled cover edges, rubbing through on all corners, edges are also rubbed, spine has been glued, spine ends are tattered, embossed gilt illustration is good, soiled inside covers, upwards of 100 steel engravings and borders, text is unmarked, binding is holding. Brick and mortar bookshop since 1975!
