The History of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe
Subtitle: To which are added, Sketches of natural history
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 34907
Publisher: Printed and sold by Samuel Wood, at the Juvenile Book-Store, no. 357, Pearl-Street.
Published: 1815
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Adventure stories; Seafaring life; Juvenile literature; Natural history; Turtles; Cormorants
Notes: "The ingenious fiction called Robinson Crusoe, ... was founded upon the adventures of Alexander Selkirk, who was left upon a desert island in the Pacific Ocean in the year 1704, where he remained about four years and a half."--Advertisement, p. [2].

Wood engravings signed: A [i.e., Alexander Anderson].

"Soliloquy, written by Cowper, personating Selkirk."--p. 22-24.

"Sketches of natural history."--p. [25]-48.

"A general assortment of Johnson & Warner's elegant juvenile books, for sale by Samuel Wood, agent for them in New-York, on the same terms to the trade given by J. & W."--advertisement, back cover.

Shaw & Shoemaker 34907

Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 527.2

Brigham, C.S. Robinson Crusoe, 86

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.