DEAN SWIFT AND HIS WRITINGS.
by (Swift, Jonathan). Moriarty, Gerald P
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893., 1893.. Very good. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on the front cover. The binding is lightly rubbed & the spine is slightly darkened. v, [iii] & 341 pages plus 2-page publisher's catalog. Illustrated in black & white with 9 plates with tissue guards, including a frontispiece, from portraits by Lely, Kneller & others. A previous owner's bookplate is mounted on the front pastedown & there are a few stains to the pastedown & endpaper. The bottom corner of page 225 is mis-cut. Very good. <p>First American edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36019
- Title
- DEAN SWIFT AND HIS WRITINGS.
- Author
- (Swift, Jonathan). Moriarty, Gerald P
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.
- Date Published
- 1893.
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; ENGLISH LITERATURE; ENGLISH AUTHOR; SATIRIST; JONATHAN SWIFT; DEAN SWIFT AND HIS WRITINGS; GERALD P. MORIARTY; PORTRAITS; PLATES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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