The English Hermit, 1822

Updated September 24, 2026

Lot number164
Estimate120.00 - 240.00 USD
AuctionFall Rare Books, Manuscripts, Historical Prints, & Ephemera
DateOctober 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM EDT
Auction houseQuinn's Auction Galleries
LocationFalls Church, Virginia

LONGUEVILLE, PETER. The English Hermit, or surprising Life and Adventures of Philip Quarll, who was Discovered by an English Merchant on an Uninhabited Island in the South-Sea, where he had Lived Upwards of Fifty Years Without any Human Assistance. London: A. K. Newman & Co., 1822. 32mo (87 x 134 mm). Engraved frontispiece and additional engraved vignette title. 234 pp. Contemporary brown straight-grained morocco ruled in gilt, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Later edition. Condition: Some rubbing to gilt of boards.

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