The life and strange and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner, who lived eight and twenty years all alone in an un-inhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque; having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all the men perished but himself. With an account how he was at last as strangely delivered by pirates. Written by himself.

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Title The life and strange and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner, who lived eight and twenty years all alone in an un-inhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque; having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all the men perished but himself. With an account how he was at last as strangely delivered by pirates. Written by himself.
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Pagination 112, 111-297
Date of Publication 1743
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Imprint printed for M. Cooper in Pater-Noster-Row,
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Location of Printing London GB
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Notes Date of publication tentative; ESTC dates between 1743 and 1771.
ETSC Notes: An abridgment with some rewriting.
According to Plomer, Mary Cooper was active from 1743 until her death in 1761. However, 'M. Cooper in Pater-Noster-Row' imprints appear up to 1771. Cf. ESTC T129188, T90754.
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Defoe, Daniel. The life and strange and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner, who lived eight and twenty years all alone in an un-inhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque; having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all the men perished but himself. With an account how he was at last as strangely delivered by pirates. Written by himself.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 24761, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/24761. Accessed 2025-08-22. 

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