1930 Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed

The limited first edition, of six hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered five hundred and seventy eight.

Signed by the author to the limitation page.

This work, by Walter de la Mare, explores the use of desert islands in many works of fiction such as 'Robinson Crusoe', 'The Man in the Moon', 'Gulliver's Travels' and more.

Illustrated throughout with numerous, lovely designs by popular illustrator, Rex Whistler, including with an engraved title page. Whistler dominated the art world at the start of the twentieth century. He created many designs for large establishments such as Wedgwood china, the Radio Times and Shell Petroleum.