Swift Rev Jonathan (11 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Fine. or, The Fundament-all Cause of the Distempers incident to the Fair Sex. Enquired into: Proving à Posteriori most of the Dis-ordures in-tail'd upon 'em are owing to Flatulencies not seasonably vented. Wrote in Spanish, by Don Fart in hando Puff-in dorst Professor of Bumbast in the University of Craccow. And Translated into English at the Request and for the Use of the Lady Damp-Fart of Her-fart-shire. By Obadiah Fizle, Groom of the Stool to the Princess Arse-Mini in Sardinia. A satire written by the author of Gulliver's Travels in 1722. Reprint. Old Abbey Press, Exeter 1996. frontis xii + 14pp pamphlet, pict white covers, fine.

Leather. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Early American Edition. First Printing. This is one volume (Vol. 24) from an early American 24-volume printing of the Works of Jonathan Swift. FAIR. 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Leather. Condition: Poor. 271pp. Well used, worn, cover & end-pages tatty, (rear cover has lost half of it's leather) but still well bound together except one page which is loose. Some age/useage staining but all quite readable. Picture of this book available.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. N/A (illustrator). HB New Edition. Brown leather boards. Gilt lined bars + decoration spine. Gilt titles on black leather spine. 16 x 10.2cm. All 5 volumes covers need repair. Front and backwards detached. Volume 3 front board missing. Wear and scuffs on spine. All volumes opening paste down personal period label with family shield of George Blount. o/p ghosted by label. Opening and closing pages foxing. Internally clean, little wear, the odd age spot, but text clear, binding firm. Boards let them down hence fair condition.

Leather. Condition: Poor. Fifth Edition. 332pp. Front board detached with fep still attached. Rest of content still well bound together. Marbled end-papers, no foxing. Ideal for rebind. Armorial bookplate of Robert Rushbrooke. Picture of this book available.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Quarto. 10" x 8". Vellum back boards. 35pp This is copy #273 and is limited to 380 copies. Wood engravings by Joihn Nash. Corners bumped. Light stain at top edge of front cover.

, [8] 35 [5] pages, 12 black and white engraved cuts and one gilt cockerel cut, number 231 of 380 (350 for sale) copy limited edition First Edition , the book has bumping to spine, edges and corners, spine is marked, gutter cracked at the centre of the book, internally the pages are clean, text is clear and binding is still tight and secure, good condition , quarter vellum with green cloth, gilt lettering to spine , octavo, 26.5cm x 20cm Hardback ISBN:

Hardback. Condition: Very Good-. 1803 Revised Edition. Complete 24 volume set; Boards bound in marbled rich brown leather, all edges gilt though some vols. notably edge-worn, several areas of delaminated leather on vols.XIX and VI; Pages age-toned, foxing throughout textblocks, evidence of historic pest damage in some vols., all but vol XIV with previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, previous owner's signature on title pages of vols. I-III, V-VI and VIII, appears to be contemporary to publishing; Binding tight and all intact, though several vols. split at front/rear joints. ; 4 x 6.25"; ~7895 pages.

No. 5 of 30 special copies signed by the artist with a full vellum binding. 12 wood engravings by John Nash. Printed in two columns in green and black on Arnold handmade paper. Sm. 4to., original full vellum over boards with spine lettered in gilt and gilt decorated turn-ins and edges, blue silk bookmark. Very mild bowing to boards, generally an extremely good copy. Swift's hilarious satirical advice to English servants which was unfinished when he died "redundancies in the text must be taken merely as an indication of its unfinished state".

Condition: Very Good binding. The set in three volumes; tan half-calf over marbled boards, with marbled endpapers and edges; raised bands with decorations in gilt, with morocco labels. The portrait frontispiece in Volume I has a tide line not affecting the portrait. Overall, a handsome set. Very Good binding.

First Edition. 4to. Bound in parchment-backed boards, uncut and unopened. One of only 380 copies. A nice clean copy. This was also issued in a full vellum binding. Printed in two columns in black and green. This is an unfinished essay begun in 1731.