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Walter de la Mare - Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe, Faber and Faber, 1930, First Edition
Walter de la Mare - Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe, Faber and Faber, 1930, First Edition
Walter de la Mare - Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe, Faber and Faber, 1930, First Edition
Walter de la Mare - Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe, Faber and Faber, 1930, First Edition
Walter de la Mare - Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe, Faber and Faber, 1930, First Edition
Walter de la Mare - Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe, Faber and Faber, 1930, First Edition

Walter de la Mare - Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe, Faber and Faber, 1930, First Edition

Walter de la Mare - Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe, Faber and Faber, 1930, First Edition

Walter de la Mare traces the development of island narratives from ancient myths to works like Gulliver's Travels and The Man in the Moon.  A significant portion is dedicated to a critique of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, examining its themes of isolation, self-reliance, and the real-life inspirations behind it, such as Alexander Selkirk.  With decorations by Rex Whistler.

Ex Ampleforth College Library hardcover in fair condition.  No dust jacket.  Library plates to endpaper.  Taped endpapers.  Foxing to page edges and to some leaves through book. Library stamps to beginning of book.  Staple holes in top corner to one leaf.  Good reading copy.  

Weight   755g.    Pages   286.