1854 · Hudson
by Daniel Defoe
Hudson: Sawyer Ingersoll and Company, 1854. Good binding. 8vo; quarter morocco over marbled boards; with 5 raised bands and horizontal tilting on the spine in gilt;(ii) xx, 21-612 pages; the edges are scuffed with some surface loss particularly to the spine; minor scratches to the boards; foxing throughout; complete with 12 striking engravings by W.T Norman. ~~~There is a previous owner’s name on the front end paper and a very sweet inscription on the first blank leaf “This is the first book I ever owned. Given to me by my father when I was two years old when my name was already always written below by mother.” - J.W. Duke from his father 1855. Good binding.
(Inventory #: 298853)