Life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
Bibliographic Citation:
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Banbury : Printed by J.G. Rusher, [ca. 1840?]
Alternative Title:
Robinson Crusoe
Publisher:
Printed by J.G. Rusher, [ca. 1840?]
Notes:
  • A retelling of: Robinson Crusoe / Daniel Defoe.
  • Caption title, p. [1]; imprint at foot of page.
  • Date from Osborne Coll., see citation below.
  • The six illustrations are included in Pearson, according to whom they were "designed by [George] Cruikshank, engraved by Dranston [sic; i.e. A.R. Branston]"; a seventh engraving of a two-masted ship, printed below the caption title, is not the same as the one reproduced in Pearson.
  • First sentence: "Robinson Crusoe was born of a respectable family in York, where his father, a native of Bremen, had settled; having by merchandise obtained a fortune."
  • Includes 7 woodcuts.
  • Citations/References: Osborne Coll., p. 245
  • Citations/References: Pearson, E. Banbury chap books, p. 40
  • Citations/References: BM v. 50, col. 61 (12805.a.5.(7.); 12805.aa. 1.10.))
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections Sheila R. Bourke Collection: bound with The history of Tom Thumb. Banbury [Oxfordshire] :Printed by J.G. Rusher,[1820?]. Bound together subsequent to publication with 5 other chapbooks, with binder's spine title: Banbury chapbooks. 7 hand-coloured woodcuts. Brown calf. Bound by Wood, London. Banbury Chapbooks - Pearson p.40. Osborne - p.245. St. Andrews N.B. Antique Show. July/83. $10.00 for the 6. Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections Sheila R. Bourke Collection: 7 black & white cuts. Self-wrappers, uncut, opened to form a 26 x 20 cm sheet. Osborne - p.245. Banbury Chapbooks - Pearson - p.40. Crusoe 250 - #241. Oxford Nursery rhyme Book - pp.82, 215. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.C. Aug/70. $12.50. Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections Children's Collection: 7 black & white cuts. Self-wrappers, uncut, opened to form a 26 x 20 cm sheet.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 10 x 7 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Travel and Adventure
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Sponsor:
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8315
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_R87_L5_1840