Rare Robinson Crusoe?

jamesbil

Any Ideas how I could find out the value of such a book?
Ive tried googling and come up with nothing the same.

Publisher is John Dicks London
Illustrations by Stothard
Single volume with other stories in the back.
Tiny print, like really small.

Del.Monte

jamesbil wrote: »

Any Ideas how I could find out the value of such a book?
Ive tried googling and come up with nothing the same.

Publisher is John Dicks London
Illustrations by Stothard
Single volume with other stories in the back.
Tiny print, like really small.

Try searching here: http://www.abebooks.co.uk

If there's a publication date on the book you can search by that.

Menas

Robinson Crusoe was a big seller over the past 200 years. Your book would need to be a first edition from 1719 to attract serious money from collectors. There were 4 editions in the first year of publication alone.

The full title of the first edition was: 'The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un‐inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pirates'.

If you have that then likely you need to call your insurance company and get the book secured in a vault!!! First editions of this book can fetch over €100,000

What date is on the book?
As the text is very small I am guessing it is a cheaper later print. But you never know!

jamesbil

Thats the title alright.
I know its not too early as the book also has "Dead men tell no tales but live men do", By George Augustus Sala.
There is no date in the book but this would put it mid to late 1800's.
I just thought it might be rare as I have never found any the same or any reference to this issue.

I also have a 2 book Penguin Crusoe which in its dust covers is worth about €150, unfortunately I only have 1 torn cover.