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The Works of Jonathan Swift.
by Swift, Jonathan
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- first
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1864. Finely bound example of the Swift's complete works, with a memoir of the author by Thomas Roscoe. Royal octavo, two volumes, bound in full polished calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the panels, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Swift to volume one. In very good condition. Bookplates. Anglo-Irish satirist, author, and Anglican cleric Jonathan Swift is best remembered for his 1726 prose satire Gulliver's Travels and is listed in the Encyclopaedia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language. "Gulliver's Travels has given Swift an immortality beyond temporary fame." "Of all Swift's writings it best shows the merits of his mind and his gifts of expression". It is important to realize that it could be written only by one who had the highest ideals for human achievement and who despaired of the achieving" (Baugh et al., 865-66).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141076
- Title
- The Works of Jonathan Swift.
- Author
- Swift, Jonathan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- The Works of Jonathan Swift Fine Binding
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...