GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
by Jonathan Swift
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9780004246468
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1974. First Edition Thus; Limited Edition. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good+, bound in full leather with gilt accents, gilt page edges and a hubbed spine. Smyth sewn, interior vaunts moire end papers and silk ribbon page marker. Text is clean and unmarked, illustrated. Laid-in "Notes from the Editors." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Synopsis
Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships, is a novel by 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. The book became tremendously popular as soon as it was published.
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- Evolving Lens Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12245
- Title
- GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
- Author
- Jonathan Swift
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus; Limited Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0004246462
- ISBN 13
- 9780004246468
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1974
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