Search Results: gulliver in brobdingnag by swift jonathan

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

Istanbul: Cumhuriyet Gazetesi, 1998 Book. Illus. by Trans: Irfan Sahinbas. As New. Soft cover. Reissue. Series : Dunya Klasikleri Dizisi : 27 . Dil ve Tarih-Cografya Fakultesi docentlerinden Irfan Sahinbas tarafinden inglizce'den cevrilmistir. Translated into Turkish by Irfan Sahinbas. 94p. [NO copies Worldcat].

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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1950. 160p, decorative cloth, no DW, huge volume-anticipate extra shipping, some wear st the spine and a ding at the top of the spine, else VG, no slpicase, #366/1500, signed by Rogers

New York * * * * * : Nafis & Cornish 278 Pearl~Street. . Hardcover. Fair. B00K: Fair/, $179.88 GULLIVER`s TRAVELS INTO the KINGDOMS of LILLIPUT and BROBDINGNAG; RECORDING HIS many STRANGE ADVENTURES in THESE REMOTE COUNTRIES. EMBELLISHED with NEAT ENGRAVINGS on WOOD. * SWIFT, Jonathan Nafis & Cornish 278 Pearl~Street. New York * * * * * UnStated Year Of Publication (1840). UnStated 1sT Edition Small H/c Sun Browning On A Blue Cloth Spine With Title In Polished Gold Letters, Hard Cover B00K: Fair/, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 128 Numbered Pages Printed On Tan Paper, Browning From Aging, Which Are Clean And Tight To The Spine In Good/ Condition. Spine Cover Is Almost Completely Detached From Book. Images Have Been Partially Colored By Someone, Probably A Child. Prior Owner`s Names In Front Of, `Willis H. Shapley`, `Ellen H Pickering`, And `Bolton Mays`. Being Held Together With A White Paper Band To Prevent Loss Or Damage To This Valuable Treasure From The Past. D/j: None. This… Read More

Limited Editions Club, 1950. First Thus. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The 'Brobdingnag' volume only, with publisher's slipcase (lacking the tiny 'Lilliput' volume). Copy #471 of 1500 numbered copies signed by designer Bruce Rogers. This work pairs a monstrous folio with a truly Lilliputian volume. A very good copy in the original bindings and a good example of the slipcase (some fading and light wear to spine of book; slipcase has wear and staining with heavy bumping to corners).

Boston: Printed and sold by S. Hall, 1794. Fair.. 119,[6]pp. Lacks pp.47-50. Illustrated. 16mo. Original birch boards covered in green patterned paper. Front cover broken and two pieces separated but present. Spine heavily worn with loss at top and bottom. Rear cover detached and broken in two pieces. Minor soiling and foxing to text. Two leaves excised; top corner of final leaf of ads torn away resulting in slight loss to several lines, leaf detached. A charming, if somewhat battered, copy of one of the first American editions of Swift's popular work, published here with numerous woodcut illustrations. The first American edition of this work seems to have been published in Philadelphia in 1787, with subsequent editions in New York and Philadelphia, as well as the present Boston edition. The first leaf features a full-page woodcut of Captain Gulliver, with several more woodcuts interspersed throughout the text depicting Gulliver's incredible adventures. Sadly, two leaves have been excised from the… Read More

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1950. Limited Edition, #257/1500. Hardcover. Folio, 160 pages, 32mo, 150 pages; 2 volumes; VG; quarter bindings in red buckram, boards in brown illustrated paper; spines red with gilt lettering; housed in G+ brown paper slipcase; mild shelf wear and scuffing; small closed tear to page 131 of Brobdingnag, with no text loss; initialed and numbered 257 in red pencil by Rogers at colophon of both vols.; pages clean; shelved above Case 3. 1358592. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +. Two volume set, elephant folio, 160pp, 12mo,151pp with red cloth spines, gilt text and map illustrated boards, gilt spine text, cover text in red/black. Signed by the designer Bruce Rogers, number 822 of 1500 printed. Folio vol. spine dusty otherwise binding and text clean and bright. 16mo in original glassine slt. chipped, clean and bright. Both vols in brown slipcase, slt. sunned, chipped, rubbed at edge, slt. marked.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1950. First edition thus. Fine copies in the original glassine (chipped and torn) and publisher's two-compartment slipcase, somewhat soiled.. Two volumes, folio and 32mo, original cloth-backed boards. One of 1500 numbered copies in the edition, initialed in each volume by the typographer Bruce Rogers, whose conception and design were implemented by Aldus Printers of New York. A charming work.

La Haye : Jean Swart, 1762. 1st edition in this form. Hardcover. Signature of U. Caroline (?) to the title. Finely bound all in near contemporary aniline calf over boards. Raised bands with contrasting leather labels and elaborate spine compartment tooling. Minor, generalized wear to the board extremities. Remains quite a well-preserved set; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 3 tom. ; 8�. Other names; Vairasse, Denis (approximately 1630-approximately 1696). Language; French.