Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World.
by RACKHAM, Arthur. (Illustrated by...) Jonathan SWIFT
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
J. M. Dent. London. 1909. Reprint but first edition thus. xv, 291pp. Coloured frontis. with tissue guard. 11 coloured plates and illustrations to text. Very attractively bound in half black morocco gilt, raised bands, gilt decorations to compartment of spines. Prize plate to front paste-down. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Occasional light foxing o/w a very clean and sound copy. Near fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66232
- Title
- Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Author
- RACKHAM, Arthur. (Illustrated by...) Jonathan SWIFT
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- J. M. Dent. London. 1909
- Keywords
- FICTION Illustrated Rackham
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Addyman Books
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...