Research Catalog

Title

The life and adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe : a narrative founded on facts.

Author

Howell, John, 1788-1863.

Publication

New-York : Mahlon Day, 374 Pearl-Street, 1837.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
• Day, Mahlon, 1790-1854.
• Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870.
• E. C. D.
• Children's Room Collection.

Description

64, 79, [1] p. : ill.; 11 cm.

Alternative Title

• Selkirk and Starboard
• History of the wanderings of Tom Starboard.
• Adventures of Alexander Selkirk.

Subjects

• Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721
• Juvenile literature > New York (State) > New York > 1837
• Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721 > Juvenile literature
• Shipwreck survival > Juvenile literature
• Shipwrecks > Juvenile fiction
• South America > Juvenile fiction
• Robinsonades
• Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 > Robinson Crusoe
• Action and adventure fiction

Genre/Form

• Action and adventure fiction.
• Robinsonades.
• Juvenile literature – New York (State) – New York – 1837.

Note

• First title is a much abridged adaptation of The life and adventures of Alexander Selkirk ... By John Howell. Edinburgh, 1829.
• Caption title, p. [5]: Adventures of Alexander Selkirk.
• No collective t.p. Titles transcribed from individual title pages.
• "Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez."--p. 60-64. [signed] [By William] Cowper.
• Engravings hand-colored.

With (note)

• With: History of the wanderings of Tom Starboard. New-York: Mahlon Day, 374 Pearl-Street. 1837.--79, [1] p., with separate title page. Last page blank. Wood-engravings, p. [12], signed: ECD sc.; p. 68, signed: A [i.e., Alexander Anderson].

Indexed In (note)

• Checklist Amer. imprints

Source (note)

• Worthington Chauncey Ford and Paul Leicester Ford ;

Provenance (note)

• With bookplate, The Gordon Lester Ford Collection The New York Public Library. Inscribed, in graphite on upper free end leaf, "Mary Dwight."

Binding (note)

• Bound in textured brown cloth with title in gilt letters on upper board.

Call Number

*KH 1837 Howell 11-298

LCCN

2010479034

OCLC

689551943

Author

Howell, John, 1788-1863.

Title

The life and adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe : a narrative founded on facts.

Imprint

New-York : Mahlon Day, 374 Pearl-Street, 1837.

Indexed In:

Checklist Amer. imprints, 44835

With:

With: History of the wanderings of Tom Starboard. New-York: Mahlon Day, 374 Pearl-Street. 1837.--79, [1] p., with separate title page. Last page blank. Wood-engravings, p. [12], signed: ECD sc.; p. 68, signed: A [i.e., Alexander Anderson].

Indexed In:

Checklist Amer. imprints, 44776 and 44835

Provenance

With bookplate, The Gordon Lester Ford Collection The New York Public Library. Inscribed, in graphite on upper free end leaf, "Mary Dwight." NN

Binding

Bound in textured brown cloth with title in gilt letters on upper board. NN

Source

Gift ; Worthington Chauncey Ford and Paul Leicester Ford ; undated. NN

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Added Author

Cowper, William, 1731-1800. Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk.

Day, Mahlon, 1790-1854. Publisher

Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870. Engraver

E. C. D. Engraver

Children's Room Collection.

Cover Title

Selkirk and Starboard

Added Title

History of the wanderings of Tom Starboard.

Adventures of Alexander Selkirk.

Research Call Number

*KH 1837 Howell 11-298