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6:00 AM PT - Nov 19th, 2009
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[SWIFT, Jonathan (1667 - 1745)]. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver. London: Printed for B. Motte, 1726.2 volumes. 8vo (190 x 120 mm). Engraved portrait of Gulliver, divisional titles, 5 maps, 1 plan, woodcut headpieces and initials. Contemporary paneled calf, rebacked at an early date, spines numbered in gilt with early manuscript lettering labels, housed in a custom case. Condition: lightly spotted throughout, some repairs to worming of final leaves of vol.1, minor chips to margin of frontispiece. Provenance: Henry Lambert, Esq. (bookplates). first edition of gulliver's travels. Teerink's "B" edition with portrait in 2nd state as commonly seen. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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