Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and Then a Captain of Several Ships

Published by Hayward and Moore, London, 1840

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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Quarto. 16, LX, 508pp. Contemporary 3/4 green morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. Illustrated haed-, tailpieces, and initials. First published in 1726, "Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World " is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. This splendid edition is delightfully illustrated throughout with over 400 wood-engravings from designs by Grandville. Age wear on binding with heavy rubbing along edges with sporadic abrasion to leather. Binding in overall fair, interior in very good condition.

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Title
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and Then a Captain of Several Ships
Author
Swift, Jonathan; W. C. Taylor (With copious notes, a life of the author, and an essay on satirical fiction by); Grandville (Illustrated by)
Publisher
Hayward and Moore, London
Publication year
1840
Condition
g+
Binding
Hardcover
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Reprint.
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ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language. In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography. Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums. We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms. We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide. Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America. We welcome your inquiries.

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