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Swift (Jonathan) - Gulliver's Travels,

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Swift (Jonathan) - Gulliver's Travels,
Swift (Jonathan) - Gulliver's Travels,
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2 vol., number 36 of 195 copies on hand-made paper from an edition limited to 205, title-vignettes, 12 engraved plates, 5 maps, 4 head- and 4 tail-pieces by Rex Whistler, the 12 plates hand-coloured under the artist's supervision, Lady Juliet Duff's copy with elaborate pen and ink cartouche by Whistler incorporating the name "Juliet" and signed "Rex Nov. 27. 1930" at foot, very slight offsetting, original half viridian niger with vellum boards, by Wood, t.e.g., others uncut, some faint scratches to boards, niger skilfully retouched, together in original board slip-case with divider and ribbons (rubbed and soiled), [Whistler & Fuller 426], large 4to, Cresset Press, 1930. Lady Juliet Duff (1881-1965), society hostess and patron of the arts; wife of Sir Robert Duff, of Vaynol, North Wales, near Plas Newydd.
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Swift (Jonathan) - Gulliver's Travels,

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