The Australian Crusoes; Or, The Adventures of an English Settler and His Family in the Wilds of Australia / Charles Rowcroft
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.113
Description
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' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Frontier and pioneer life, Personal narratives, Description and travel, 1880s, Cheap book production
Dimensions
Height
6-7/8 in
Width
5-7/8 in
Book Details
Author
Charles Rowcroft
Publisher
Lee & Shepard
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
circa 1880
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding
Binding 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.
