1812 The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe : Daniel Defoe : Bayntun Bindery

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York Mariner
With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe. Written by Himself. In Two Volumes

By Daniel Defoe

London: printed at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham, for J. Carpenter, Old Bond Street; J. Booker, New Bond Street; Sharpe and Hailes, Museum, Piccadilly; and Gale, Curtis, and Jenner, Paternoster Row, 1812.

Full morocco by The Bayntun Bindery, Bath, England. Gilt titling and scroll in rules to six compartments on spines; gilt design in rules to covers. Inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. 6 3/4" x 4". Complete in two volumes. pp. xvi, 392; 360; vignette title pages, and 23 woodcut vignettes throughout the text.

CONDITION
A very good and handsome set. The leather bindings are in good condition with fractional rubbing to the spine ends and corners but generally very good. Inner and outer hinges secure with no cracking. Endpapers very good. All contents present to both volumes and the pages are in lovely clean condition throughout. Overall very good. An attractive set.

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