Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hurst & Co. Good copy. In mustard colored cloth covers with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Gilt is moderately rubbed. Square, intact binding. No writing anywhere. Brightly colored lithographs. Bumping of ends of spine and corners Moderate shelf wear. Tape repaired tears on front pastedown. Pictures upon request. Thank you for your patronage.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships, is a novel by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. The book became tremendously popular as soon as it was published.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker House Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002673
- Title
- Gulliver's Travels
- Author
- Jonathan Swift
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION, FANTASY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
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About the Seller
Quaker House Books
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Catawissa, Pennsylvania
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