Name/Title
The Australian Crusoes; Or, The Adventures of an English Settler and His Family in the Wilds of Australia / Charles RowcroftEntry/Object ID
2015.7.113Description
512 pages. Illustrations. Includes engraved frontis and plates.
From the sixth London edition.
Inferior paper and printing.
Taking its name from Daniel Defoe's famous novel Robinson Crusoe, the perilous journey of an English settler in the wilderness of Australia, and detailing the actual progress, day by day, from the beginning, of the establishment of a colonist's farm.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Frontier and pioneer life, Personal narratives, Description and travel, 1880s, Cheap book productionDimensions
Height
6-7/8 inWidth
5-7/8 inBook Details
Author
Charles RowcroftPublisher
Lee & ShepardPlace Published
City
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
circa 1880Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's BindingBinding Notes
Bound in mustard cloth with black stamping to cover of an Australian scene of a lurking animal watching a resting group of cattle. Spine black stamped in a leaf and acorn design with wide gilt title band. Plain endpapers.
