McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe. [S.l. : s.n., 1840?]

Alternative Title:

Robinson Crusoe
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Creator:

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Publisher:

s.n., 1840?]

Notes:

First sentence: "I was born of a respectable family in the city of York, where my father, who was a native of Bremen, settled, after having gained a handsome estate by merchandise; my head was very early filled with rambling thoughts; but my father often persuaded me to settle in some business, and my mother used the tenderest entreaties, yet nothing could prevail upon me to lay aside my desire of going to sea, notwithstanding the extreme uneasiness which my father and mother always shewed at the thoughts of my leaving them."
Includes 3 woodcuts.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 3 coloured illustrations. Self-wrappers. Crusoe 250 - #251. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.C. Oct/70. $12.50.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 18 x 11 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Travel and Adventure

Call Number:

PN970 A1 D44 1840 Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke Collection

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.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7194

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_A1_D44_1840