Description:
Quality:Good quality sewn binding.
Good quality medium thick paper.
Good quality hard covers.
Description of contents:
- The Book, written in Spanish, is one of the most widely read novels in universal history and the forerunner of the modern realist novel, it is one of the most powerful myths created by modern man.
- The author Daniel Defoe, English writer, journalist and pamphleteer. He was one of the first cultivators of the novel. Pioneer of the business press.
- The book is profusely illustrated, both with drawings and with photographs and illustrations.
- Numerous illustrations outside the text, and drawings inserted in the text.
Parts of Contents:
- Single volume. Spanish copy, with complete text.
- Title page. Title page. Legal page. Title page. Contents. Defoe illustration. Introduction. Chapter I. Provenance of Illustrations. Volume Index. Title page.
Description of the book:
- Sewn binding of very good execution, with guillotined cuts, from the Second Half of the 20th Century.
- Text and Illustrations in single-colour black printing, very good ink, well centred and with good margins.
- Book printed on medium thick, good quality, white paper.
- Hard covers, lined with brown laminated cardboard. Scuffing to edges and corners.
- Front cover with printing and illustrious characters in gilt, and plain back cover.
- Stamped on front cover: Carroggio Classics Collection.
- Stamped on spine: Daniel Defoe. Carroggio Classics. Cultural Library. Carroggio.
Conservation and Damage:
- General Condition: Very Good.
- Sewn binding in very good condition.
- Cuts very well preserved and with minimal soiling.
- The pages are in good condition, with no tears or stains.
- The book has not suffered external aggressions such as humidity, insect attacks, rodents, etc.
- The covers and the cuts are well preserved and with little soiling.
- The book shows wear and tear typical of it's age.
Comments:
- Both the measurements and the weight are approximate.
- Very interesting as a collector's item and as a decorative element.
- The tones of the colours in the photos are not the same as the tones of the real colours.
- The Book for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of the book.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.
2946 - Carroggio Classics Collection. Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.