THE LIFE AND STRANGE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, Of York, Mariner; With an Introduction by Ford Madox Ford

LIMITED EDITION, one of 1500 hand-numbered copies SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, Edward A. Wilson. Beatufilly decorated throughout with the colour illustrations of Edward A. Wilson, including an illustrated titlepage, a fold-out view of Crusoe's island, many illustrations ranging in size from quarter page to nearly full page 4to, in the publisher's original flexible sea-green cloth, the spine with a red morocco label gilt ruled and lettered, in the original slipcace. xiv, [1], 383, [1] pp. A near fine copy, the text is pristine, clean and fresh as could be and pristine, the cloth is handsome and fresh as well, very light mellowing to the spine panel and with a very small chip to the bottom of the morocco label, the slipcase is somewhat worn and is lacking the back panel.

Edizione: a handsome grabhorn press limited edition with edward a. wilson's fine illustrations. defoe's masterpiece of realistic narrative fiction is one of the most influential and copied pieces of world literature. for this edition the limited editions club wished to "reclaim from children a classic of literature wich was written by its author for the amusement of adults." to that end they chose the text as first published by william taylor in 1719, adhiring to that editions spelling and grammar and with "the amusing blunders and errors which the author made in the original story included."<br> wilson's bright watercolour illustrations bring this well-loved adventure to life in a bold new way. though best know for his magazine work, wilson illustrated other classic larks, such as treasure island and the man without a country.