Defoe, Daniel

The History of the Great Plague in London, in the Year 1665

Daniel Defoe · 1754 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,264)

London, F. and J. Noble, 1754 . Leather. The scarce second edition of Daniel Defoe's fascinating fictionalised account of the bubonic plague's spread in mid-17th century London. One of his most celebrated works. The scarce second edition of this work, which was first...

The Shakespeare Head Edition of the Novels and Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe · 1927 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell; Shakespeare Head Press, 1927-8. Cloth. A limited edition collection of the works of Daniel Defoe, including his popular adventure novel about Robinson Crusoe, bound in a half calf signed binding by Bayntun. The Shakespeare Head edition.  A limited edi...

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe · 1954 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Collins, 1954. Cloth. A pleasing abridged edition of this classic adventure novel from Daniel Defoe, complete with the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. First thus of this abridged edition. With the publisher's very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. Often credite...

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe · 1815 · Rooke Books

£1,275.00 (€1,528.27 | $1,684.46 | ¥268,901)

London, J. Gold; Joseph Mawman, 1815. Leather. A scarce and sought after 'academic edition' of Robinson Crusoe, an extensively annotated edition with footnotes on a wide variety of subjects. A very unusual and scarce edition of the popular novel of Daniel Defoe. The ...

Five Collected Works from the Library of Classics

Brothers Grimm; Emily Bronte; Charles Dickens; Daniel Defoe; Charles Kingsley · 1910 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1910. Cloth. Five of the most important classic works printed by Collins Clear-Type Press, comprising work by Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Emily Bronte, Charles Kingsley and the Brothers Grimm. Comprising: 'Robinson Crusoe', ...

Jure Divino: A Satyr.

Daniel Defoe · 1706 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)

London, Not Stated, 1706 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Daniel Defoe's philosophical verse essay, exploring the history of the British monarchy and government. The first edition.Rebound in a hardback library binding, with renewed endpapers. Written by Englis...

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe · 0 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, c1894. Cloth. A scarce and unique edition of Daniel Defoe's popular novel, with six pop-up colour illustrations. A scarce work.A unique and abridged edition of this popular novel, an 'expanding' edition, with six movable colour photo...

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner

Daniel Defoe · 1864 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Knight and Son, 1864 . Cloth. A very scarce, vibrantly illustrated Victorian era edition of Daniel Dafoe's classic work, with plates from Joseph Martin Kronheim. A very scarce edition of this classic work of English literature, first published in 1719.Illustrated ...

The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, As Related by Himself

Daniel Defoe; Austin Dobson [Intro.] · 1883 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Elliot Stock, 1883. Leather. A scarce facsimile reprint of the first edition of Robinson Crusoe, originally published in 1719. A facsimile reprint of the first edition of Robinson Crusoe published in 1719, with an introduction from English poet and essayist Austin Dobs...

Religious Courtship: Being Historical Discourses on the Necessity of Marrying Religious Husbands and Wives Only

Daniel Defoe · 1807 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Bungay, C. Brightly, 1807 . Leather. An early 19th century 'New Edition' of Daniel Defoe's didactic guide to conduct, arguing that Christians should only marry within their own denominations. A new edition of this work, which was first published in 1722. Written...

Under the Greenwood Tree; Oliver Twist; Robinson Crusoe; Trilby; Kenilworth; Windsor Castle; the Pickwick Papers; the Old Curiosity Shop

Thomas Hardy; Charles Dickens; Daniel Defoe; George du Maurier; Walter Scott; William Harrison Ainsworth · 1910 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, Collins, c1910. Cloth. A charming collection of classics from Collins, including Dickens, Hardy, Ainsworth, Walter Scott, George du Maurier and Defoe. The Collins Clear Type Press Classics, a charming collection of eight volumes, believed to have been published in c.19...

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders

Daniel Defoe · 1929 · Rooke Books

£84.00 (€100.69 | $110.98 | ¥17,716)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1929. Cloth. A smart new edition of this illustrated copy of Defoe's picaresque novel following the fall and redemption of Moll Flanders, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen ...

A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain

Daniel Defoe; Pat Rogers · 1983 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, The Folio Society , 1983. Cloth. A beautiful Folio Society edition of Daniel Defoe's travel journal of Great Britain in three volume housed in the original slipcase. Folio society edition in three volumes, text edited by GDH Cole reprinted from the 1974 edition. F...

The Memoirs of Cap. George Carleton, an English Officer

George Carleton; [Daniel Defoe] · 1743 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.49 | ¥89,634)

London, Thomas Astley, 1743. Leather. A scarce reissue of the memoirs of Captain George Carleton, an intriguing work with a complicated authorship history. A scarce work.A reissue with a new title, printed from the unsold sheets of the first edition.ESTC citation number T70329...

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe · 1791 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London, Harrison and Co. 1791 . Leather. An early illustrated edition of Daniel Defoe's captivating and very popular adventure novel, this copy being illustrated with twelve striking plates. A very scarce, illustrated edition. Two volumes bound in one, with a continuous p...

A Tour Thro&Apos; the Whole Island of Great Britain

Daniel Defoe · 1927 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.25 | ¥82,252)

London, Peter Davies, 1927. Cloth. A very bright two volume set of Daniel Defoe's tour of Great Britain with the very scarce dustwrappers. This work is an account of Defoe's travels across the United Kingdom, published in three volumes between 1724 and 1727: this was...

The Life, Adventures, and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton

Daniel Defoe; George A. Aitken [ed.] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, J. M. Dent and Co, 1904. Cloth. A smart copy of Daniel Defoe's engrossing adventure novel, succeeding the hugely popular 'Robinson Crusoe&apos. Volume VI from 'Romances and Narratives by Daniel Defoe', edited by George A. Atkin (third edition). In t...

A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain

Daniel Defoe; Pat Rogers · 1983 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, The Folio Society, 1983 . Cloth. A fine reprint of Daniel Defoe's eighteenth century travel journal from a tour around Great Britain in the original slipcase. A fine reprint of A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain by Daniel Defoe in the original publis...

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe · 0 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd, c1930. Cloth. A very neat illustrated edition of this classic and exciting work by Daniel Defoe. Not dated. Illustrated throughout with 17 plates. Collated complete. The well-known tale of Robinson Crusoe, a castaway who spends 28 years on ...

The Letters of Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe; George Harris Healey (Ed.) · 1969 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1969. Cloth. An early edition of this collection of letters from Daniel Defoe, the English writer and spy. A scarce second edition. Reprinted from corrected sheets of the first edition. In the publisher's cloth binding with the original, clipp...