DESERT ISLANDS AND ROBINSON CRUSOE
Illustrated by Rex Whistler
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st. 1930
Good condition in a fair dustwrapper. De la Mare traces the development of desert island stories from ancient myths through Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and beyond. The work includes discussions of real castaways and shipwrecks alongside their fictional counterparts in books and folklore. Green cloth boards, gilt titles and decoration. B/w title-page illustration plus 4 other text illustrations.
Spine bumped, worn and browned. Some fading to top edge of front cover. Vertical mark to centre of rear cover. Tissue-guards are browned. Some slight foxing. Dustwrapper is chipped and torn with loss at edges and to spine/rear panel. Light foxing to verso of wrapper.
Stock no. 1323483
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