File:Alexander Selkirk Title Page.jpg

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Title page of the book "The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, The Real Robinson Crusoe". The page to the left features an illustration of a man standing on a rugged coastline, gazing out to a ship in the distance.

The page to the right includes bibliographic information about this edition, which was published in Cincinnati by U. P. James at No. 161 Walnut Street in the year 1835. It makes use of various typefaces for the title and different elements of the text. The pages are noticeably quite aged, containing some foxing.
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Source Scanned image of original from wilsonalmanac.com[ dead link ]
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Frontispiece from the book "The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, The Real Robinson Crusoe", from 1835.

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