The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.

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Brisbane: Jackson & O'Sullivan ... 1948. Folio. Orig. qtr morocco. Gilt. Spine gilt. In slightly chipped illustrated dustjacket. (130pp.). With tipped-in col. frontisp. 9 full-page col. plates text-illusts and illust. endpapers by William Bustard. Printed in double-column. Edition limited to 200 copies only this being No. 124 fully signed by the Publisher. Fine with orig. ribbon marker in its as issued slipcase. Scarce Australian edition. NOTE: It is generally believed that the idea of "Robinson Crusoe" first presented itself to Defoe on hearing of the adventures of Alexander Selkirk who for more that four years lived alone on an uninhabited island in the Pacific.