Fall Great Estates Curated Auction
Lot 158:
Daniel Defoe (England, 1660-1731). The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. With Memoir of the Author. Tenth edition, 1864. With illustrations. With John S. Shafer bookplate on front pastedown. Inscription on front endpaper dated 1869.
Front and back boards partially detached, front binding repaired, front endpaper and half title page detached from binding, binding loose, foxing, staining and discoloration to pages, wax residue to front and rear pastedowns, wear to edges and corners, fraying and tears to spine, losses to gilt on fore edge, page ix of contents repaired, page xv of memoir detached.
Provenance: private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
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