[Adaptations] Lot of nineteen English language Robinson Crusoe adaptations
Ca. 1860-1970, incl. 10 eds. of Swiss Family Robinson, all hardbound, var. 8vo (1x 4to) sizes, all in good/ acceptable condition. Comprises a.o.: (1) R.J. Snell. An Eskimo Robinson Crusoe. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1917, first ed., IX,(1),147,(2) p. W. col. frontisp. and 5 plates, orig. pict. cl. (one plate loose, owner's entry at upper pastedown). A copy of the 2nd ed. of 1931 is also present in the lot. (2) R.M. Ballantyne. The Dog Crusoe and His Master: A story of adventure in the Western Prairies. London, R. Culley, n.d. (ca. 1915), 192 p., w. col. frontisp. and 3 plates, orig. dec. cl. (3) Anon. Willis the Pilot, A Sequel to the Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures of an Immigrant Family Wrecked on an Unknown Coast of the Pacific Ocean. Interspersed with tales, incidents of travel, and illustrations of natural history. Ibid., C.H. Clarke, n.d. (1857), (8),342 p., w. wood-engr. frontisp. and plates, orig. gilt pict. and blindst. cl. (4) D. Cory. Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe. N.pl., Harper & Brothers, 1922, first ed., VI,(2)141,(1) p., w. ills., orig. pict cl.
(total 19)