Show Rare Robinson Crusoe U Uncovered covered Book Brought to Light in H Ransacking Old New York Eagerly Sought by C for ears I NEW TORT TORI March An 23 old New Ne' York family which has lIved In the same louse house ever since the days of the revolution cleaned out Its attic not long ago and discovered ered cred among a pile of valuable revolutionary revolutionary rev rev- rev rev- and p papers pa- pa pers wh what t the family thought was just another old book booe It had wallpaper wall wall- paper wrapper wrapperS anda and a mouse had eaten off a lart of the head of Robinson Crusoe Cruso on the l inside cover and title page The Tho book however lisa just been revealed as a hitherto lost book for which collectors and bibliographers bibliographers' have eagerly searched for many years ears in the words of n II W. W G 1 Vail Vall of tho New NewYork York public Ii- Ii I brar It Is the only known com of the first American edition of Robinson Crusoe far rarer than the English edition and considered a great fInd It was as published In 1774 b by Hugh Game Tory printer and l book seller setler From an advertisement In another r book published by Game Gahie In 1776 bibliographers knew of the exist exist- once ence of the Robinson Crusoe But though they had bad been beell watching for forIt forit It or years a copy had never been seen WORTH According to Mr Vail Vall It does not apPEar In the two great c collections of Hu hugh h Gaine Caine Imprints In iii the New York public library an and the New York Historical nor Inthe in inthe the Library of Congress the AmerIcan Arner Amer- lean Ican Antiquarian society nor In Inthe inthe the collections ns' ns of childrens children's books owned hv by Dr A A. A S. S W W. R and Wilbur Macey facey Stone Slone I Mousehole and alt all the tho ancient B- B I volume is belle belIeved to le be worth 1 10 0 A first edition of Poes Poe's Tarn Tam erlane recently was sold fOl foi 10 though there are arc three e copies of this book In existence and a first edItion of his Rue Morgue stories went for The Robinson Crusoe Is now In Inthe inthe the possession of Miss 1 Azalea Clizbee bee of New York She refused to name the family whose attic had yielded so Important a find One reason why the book Is so rare in the opinion of Miss Is that Games Game's shop and everything In It probably was destroyed when the colonial troops captured New NewYork NewYork York and other copies cople in private hands at the Iho time were destroyed by childish rEaders I Except for the the mousehole this remaining copy COllY i Is In perfect condition Mr Vail described the Robinson Crusoe as a aery very ery great find FIRST FIRS AMERICAN EDITION It is the first American edition ot of the greatest of all boys boys' books and of course far rarer larer than thai the tle first English edition he le said It Itis is It a hitherto lost book foi whIch collectors and bibliographers have eagerly searched for fOI nian years ears It Is the most Important early arly childs child's book ever published In America except of course the New England Primer which Is a school book and not written for the childs child's amusement amuse amuse- m ment nt It Is a a. hitherto unknown Game print a hitherto unknown and avery n a very early American illustrated book and it is important for the Ule four fout pa pages es of ad at the end which gIve us notices of four other childrens children's books of which the first American editions ot of two were previously unknown and of which no American editions of the others were known no |