Lot 4068: [SUTCLIFFE, THOMAS.]

Crusoniana; or, Truth Versus Fiction, Elucidated in a History of the Islands of Juan Fernandez. By the Retired Governor of That Colony. Manchester: by the author, 1843. * BOUND WITH: a Circular relating to the publication of Crusoniana, 1843. (4) * AND: The Earthquake of Juan Fernandez... Manchester: The Advertiser, 1839. * AND: a pamphlet on an attempt to extort money from the inventor of a weaving machine. * AND: a pamphlet on the textile industry in Great Britain, 1843. * AND: a list of subscribers. (8), vi, (2), 207; [6], 32, [2], 15, [1]; 34, viii, (6) pp. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title and lithographic plates. Very good, rebacked in full mottled calf with gilt rules and spine decorations.

Largely the true history of Selkirk's shipwreck which inspired Defoe's Crusoe.