Search Results: Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of the World… by Jonathan Swift

Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press. Spine faded, else hardcover in fine condition. Slipcase lightly scuffed, faded, fraying at corners, lightly soiled title plate on side of slipcase. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1111.

Macmillan and Co.. Very Good. 1922. Leather. 381 pages, top edge gilt, three-quarter green calf, spine has faded, but leather is in good condition though it has a few small scuffs, profuse b/w sketched throughout by Charles E. Brock.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1942 Book. Illus. by Stephen Baghot de la Bere. Good. Blue Decorated Boards. Reissue. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Reissued edition of the children's classic, 'Gulliver's Travels' 303pp with four colour illustrations by Stephen Baghot de la Bere. Red and blue drawing to top board and blue lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, boards a little bowed and edges dust-marked, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ worn and soiled with splits to flyleaves and 3" loss to spine..

London: John Nimmo. Good; Front board missing.. 1886. Leather. 429 pages .

Macmillan, 1894. ~TITLE CONTINUES: and One Hundred Illustrations by Charles E. Brock. ~Prize binding in red morocco, raised bands, gilt device to front board. Marbled endpapers uncracked at gutters. Prize bookplate to inside front board. Gilt dentelles to turn-ins. All edges gilt. Gilt decoration to spine. Rubbing to bands and corners. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. Hardcover. Very Good. xxx, 381pp., 100 illus., frontis with guard. Binding sound, text unmarked.

London: John C Nimmo, 1886. Hardcover. Fair. 429p quarto, illustrated with 180 colured illustrations and 60 black and white illus. The last 100 pages water stained at the top edge and bottom edge visible along the bottom edge. Bound in 3/4 burgundy morocco and cloth boards. A long ago rebind , spine rebacked and chipped at the base.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: John C. Nimmo, 1886. Reprint Illustrated edition (1886.) Hardcover without dust jacket. 4to with 429 pages. Rebound in 1/4 leather over boards with marbled end papers and front free end papers. Original "Rockwell Kent" designed book plate for John Whiting Friel on front paste down. Bound in at rear are front panel, spine and rear panel of the original binding of the book. The book is illustrated with 180 Colored and 60 black & white drawings by V. A. Poirson. Previous owner's name and date on front free end paper. The book is in good condition with wear to edges of leather. Interior is clean and tight. Pictures available upon request. Black spine/gold text. #033018. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No DJ as Issued. Illus. by V. A. Poirson. 4to. Literature Fantasy .

London: John C. Nimmo Ltd, 1886. Signed binding, Andw Grieve Edinburgh. Book measures 26x18.cm. xvi,429pp, coloured text illustrations throughout.Bound in full plum crushed morocco, raised bands, gilt stamp within compartments, gilt stamp corners pieces, top gilt edge, inner dentells, marble endpapers. Leather lightly rubbed, some light scratch marks, slightly bumped, lightly wear. Generally a nice binding. Internally, bookplate of Spencer Brunton, light tanning to title. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy, in an attractive binding. . Leather. Very Good. Large 8vo.

London: J.C. Nimmo and Bain, 1882. One of 450 copies. With 5 etchings and portrait by Ad. Lalauze. xliv, 363 (+4 ads) pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Three-quarter red morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g. Fine. Bookplate of Harold R. Medina. One of 450 copies. With 5 etchings and portrait by Ad. Lalauze. xliv, 363 (+4 ads) pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo.

London: Macmillan Company, 1894. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. very good . Charles E. Brock. 381p + 2p publisher's ads. Octavo. A handsome copy in green cloth with decorated gilt cover. All edges gilt. Containing 100 illustrations by Charles E. Brock. This edition is part of Macmillan's Cranford Series (1876-1907). A very good copy, inner hinge just beginning to crack but holding. Boards are rubbed, with touch of wear at corners.

London: Hayward & Moore, 1840. With Copious Notes; A Life of the Author, and An Essay on Satirical Fiction By W. C. Taylor, LL,D, Illustrated with more than 400 wood-engravings after Grandville. Beautifully bound in contemporary full gilt-stamped dark burgundy morocco, aeg. Very minor rubbing and the first two leaves lightly soiled.. Full Burgundy Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Benjamin Motte, 1731. Early. Hardcover. Very good.. Two volumes, Very good in early leather , a very early printing, five years after the true first printing by the same publisher. Almost identical to the first printing, with a few minor changes. Housed in a handsome slipcase.

Two volumes. Second state of portrait as usual. Two volumes. Second state of portrait as almost always. Contemporary calf rebacked at an early date, endpapers replaced. Some browning and rubbing. A very good set.
FIRST EDITION. This is a handsome set of Teerink's A edition, the true first edition.
As Sir William Temple's secretary at Moor Park, the young Swift had access to many travel accounts in Temple's library. A frequent reader of such books during his formative years, Swift began working in 1714 on his own fictional account of the travels of Martin Scriblerus.
The success of Robinson Crusoe (1719) helped spur on the writing of the book, a satire not only of travel narratives but of many aspects of eighteenth-century life including politics, science, commerce, and society. By the 1720s that work had become Gulliver's Travels. In March 1726 Swift came to England for the first time since 1714, bringing the manuscript of Gulliver's Travels. "To preserve his anonymity, Swift dealt with Motte by post… Read More