Gulliver's Travels: a Visit to Lilliput, a Voyage to brobdingnag
by Swift, Jonathan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Poor
- Seller
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Jim Thorpe , Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships, is a novel by 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. The book became tremendously popular as soon as it was published.
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- Bookseller
- The Vintage Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011387
- Title
- Gulliver's Travels: a Visit to Lilliput, a Voyage to brobdingnag
- Author
- Swift, Jonathan
- Illustrator
- Maria L Kirk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- NOISBN, ANTIQUARIAN, FICTION, ADVENTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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