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London: Benj. Motte, 1726. First Edition, Mixed State. Hardcover. Octavos, Two Volumes. In Very Good condition, with Very Good slipcase. Bound in 20th-century full paneled imitation period calf with gilt tooling, morocco labels, and gilt titling to paneled spine. Housed in a custom quarter red morocco slipcase. Red cloth boards with matching chemise, spine paneled with gilt titling and tooling. Rear board of Volume 1 and front board of Volume 2 with matching wear showing some minor damage where the volumes stuck together. Small worming isolated to the surface layer of boards. Rear board of Volume 2 with similar wear. 'B.2' in ink to front pastedowns. Bookplate of Frederick S. Peck to front pastedowns. Volume 1: A-K8, L2, [pi]3, B-L8, M2, 2 maps; Volume 2: A3, A-K8, L5, M8-Aa8, 3 maps, 2 plates. Volume 1 is Teerink's State AA, also known as the second issue or second printing, with misspellings, including Part I, p. 35, line 5 has 'Subsidues'; Volume 2 is Teerink's State B,…

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known as Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), is a prose satire by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirizing both human nature and the 'travellers' tales' literary subgenre.

First editions can be identified by the correct publisher and the presence of certain textual errors that were corrected in later editions.