Moll Flanders. By Daniel Defoe. Limited Edition. Franklin Library. Franklin Center, 1978.

Daniel Defoe was a British author who published some of the most foundational novels of the early eighteenth century, including Robinson Crusoe, Roxana, and this volume: Moll Flanders. Among his works, Moll Flanders stands out for its urban and working class perspectives. Told from the first-person point-of-view of its titular character, a working class woman with strong wits, Moll Flanders epitomizes the picaresque genre. It was well-received in its day and remains one of the most important early novels in the English tradition.

This limited edition is in fine condition. In the original leather, finely gilt stamped. Raised bands. Gilt spine label. Text block fine. Gilt edges. Silk moire endpapers and bookmark sewn in.

A fine collector’s copy of Moll Flanders.