A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books and Other Satires; (Everyman's Library #347)

Published by Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., London / New York, 1911

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A 1911 reprint of the 1909 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition (1909) offering satirical essays on a variety of subjects by Ireland's Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), probably best known for his "Gulliver's Travels." Besides the title essays, this collection includes his "The History of Martin," "A Project for the Universal Benefit of Mankind," "The Bickerstaff Papers" and several others. Includes an introduction by Lewis Melville. Everyman's Library catalog no. 347, in their Essays and Belles Lettres series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In compact 'flatback' binding style 1, full orange cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, brown topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A generally well-preserved copy: tightly-bound and clean interior but with conspicuous dampstains to textblock top- and fore-edges and pencil-ticked titles to t.o.c.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xx, 325 pages.…

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Title
A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books and Other Satires; (Everyman's Library #347)
Author
SWIFT, Jonathan
Publisher
Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., London / New York
Publication year
1911
Condition
Very Good-
Dust jacket
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Binding
Hardcover
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