GULLIVER'S TRAVELS into Several Remote Nations of the World.

SWIFT, Jonathan. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

Verlag: Temple Press London, 1937

Beschreibung

23x16.5cm. ppXV(1)291(1) with 12 colour plates including frontispiece, and in-text decorations. Original red cloth, backstrip titled and modestly decorated in gilt, front cover titled in black. Backstrip sunned, though gilt reasonably clear. Covers slightly damp-affected towards lower outer corners; resulting in a little fading over these areas, as well as spread of pigment in form of single small meniscus-shaped stains of minimal effect at lower edges of front endpapers and of diminished size & depth of tone at lower edges of half-title and blank side of frontispiece. Rear cover with U-shaped surface tear - sides of length 1.5cm just under 1cm apart - within which cloth loose, a little frayed at edges and a little crumpled, and extending from which a pronounced indentation above of length 1.5cm and width up to 0.5cm and lightish scratchmark below of length 3cm. Pronounced scratchmark of length 4cm elsewheres on rear cover, as well as two light scratchmarks. No dust jacket. Half-title, title-page and final leaf faintly & sparsely spotted towards outer edges. Top edge of text-block age-toned & dust-marked, other edges a little toned and lightly & sparsely spotted. Binding holding firmly; contents generally clean, tight and very good. Reasonably GOOD copy.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 27613

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: GULLIVER'S TRAVELS into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Verlag: Temple Press London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1937
• Einband: Hardcover