Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World of Lemuel Gulliver
by Swift, Jonathan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/VG - Slipcase
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press Book. Illus. by W. A. Dwiggins. Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover - Deluxe Reprint. Large 8vo. No Dust Jacket, As Issued. In Original Slipcase. 285 (1) pp. Illustrations and Decorations by W. A. Dwiggins: n.d. [1950]. Pristine Slipcase. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue quarter-cloth with light-blue paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spine, and powder-blue top text block edge. Off-white paper-covered slipcase with maroon-bordered paper title plate and maroon lettering..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004908
- Title
- Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World of Lemuel Gulliver
- Author
- Swift, Jonathan
- Illustrator
- W. A. Dwiggins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG - Slipcase
- Edition
- Hardcover - Deluxe Reprint
- Publisher
- The Peter Pauper Press
- Place of Publication
- Mount Vernon, NY
- Keywords
- LITERATURE ANGLO-IRIISH AUTHORS SWIFT JONATHAN (1667-1745) SATIRE
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....