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Hardcover, 1979 reprint gift edition , published by Grosset & Dunlap , NY.
Matching green page block , glassine plastic cover over the boards, no dustjacket as issued. Illustrations throuhout by Lynd Ward.
The Swiss Family Robinson (Der Schweizerische Robinson) is a novel by Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family shipwrecked in the East Indies en route to Port Jackson, Australia. Wyss said that he was inspired by Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, but wanted to write a story from which his own children would learn, as the father in the story taught important lessons to his children. The Swiss Family Robinson was first published in 1812 and translated into English two years later. It has since become one of the most popular books of all time.
This edition is edited and slightly abridged by William Kingston.
