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Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift
Satire
Adventure fiction
Hardcover
USD$750

Description

Rebound in a brown calf spine with black title plates and gilt title. Tan cloth boards. Presented in a turquoise cloth fitted box. Dimensions are for the box. F.B.A. provides an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available. A unique original copy which is the forerunner of most of today's editions of Gulliver's travels. 'Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver' Four parts bound as a single volume complete with maps. Published by C Bathurst in 1760 as Volume II of Swift's Works is an unlicensed privately London printed copy based upon Swift's revised and approved 1735 Edition by the Irish publisher, George Faulkner. Several thousand copies by C Bathurst are known to have been subscribed for by notable London residents. This copy is meticulously rebound & reset by Mr. Brian Cole in a brown calf spine with black title plates using a gilt title with tan…

About Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels, a classic tale by Jonathan Swift, encompasses the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver to various strange lands. Through satirical and adventurous narratives, Swift critiques contemporary society and human nature.