Walter De La Mare — Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe

London, Faber and Faber, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating work of literary criticism on 'Desert Islands' in literary fiction. First trade edition. Issued the same time as a limited, signed edition. Held in the original dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with numerous, lovely designs by popular illustrator, Rex Whistler. Whistler dominated the art world at the start of the twentieth century. He created many designs for large establishments such as Wedgwood china, the Radio Times and Shell Petroleum. This work explores the use of desert islands in many works of fiction such as 'Robinson Crusoe', 'The Man in the Moon', 'Gulliver's Travels' and more. In original full cloth binding. Held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart with bumping to the head and tail of spine. Spine has faded. Dustwrapper has heavy loss to the extremities and is completely lacking spine. Tape repairs to the head of front wrap. Due to lack of spine the wrap is now in two halves. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Rex Whistler. Very Good Indeed/Poor.