Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and Then a Captain of Several Ships
by Swift, Jonathan; W. C. Taylor (With copious notes, a life of the author, and an essay on satirical fiction by); Grandville (Illustrated by)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
London: Hayward and Moore, 1840. Reprint. Hardcover. g+. Quarto. 16, LX, 508pp. Contemporary 3/4 green morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. Illustrated haed-, tailpieces, and initials. First published in 1726, "Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World " is a novel by Anglo-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. This splendid edition is delightfully illustrated throughout with over 400 wood-engravings from designs by Grandville. Age wear on binding with heavy rubbing along edges with sporadic abrasion to leather. Binding in overall fair, interior in very good condition.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Title
- Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and Then a Captain of Several Ships
- Author
- Swift, Jonathan; W. C. Taylor (With copious notes, a life of the author, and an essay on satirical fiction by); Grandville (Illustrated by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Hayward and Moore
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1840
- Keywords
- Illustrated, Wood-engravings, 18th-century British literature
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
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