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London: Folio Society, 2011. Limited edition. Hardcover. Suart, Peter. #243 of 1000 signed and numbered copies. In four parts, viz. I. A voyage to Lilliput. II. A voyage to Brob-dingnag. III. A voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubrib and Japan. IV. A voyage to the country of the Houynhnms. By Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships. Printed by Martins of Berwick. Bound by The Fine Book Bindery in quarter vellum with hand-lettered spine by Stephen Raw blocked in gold. Brown-green paper boards blocked in gold and printed in red, cream and dark brown. Gilded top edge. Endleaves printed with repeat design in letterpress by The Logan Press. Brown clamshell box with red paper spine-label titled by Raw in gold. A limitation spread containing an etching printed by the Pauper's Press is included at the front. Suart has also supplied tail-pieces and 17 tipped-in coloured illustrations printed by Dot Gradations. Leaf following end of text reads in part…

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.