A Tale of a Tub
by Swift, Jonathan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Century City, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Nutt, 1704. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Ist edition Ist printing with the uncorrected text and the blank space on page 320 where the word "uterinus" was later inserted (a 2nd and 3rd edition were published the same year). His first major book, a classic satire on religious controversy, as exemplified in the quarrels between Saint Peter, Martin Luther, and Jack Calvin. 19th century full, straight grain morocco. A near fine copy, clean, sound and complete with the Treatises leaf at the front and the final blank, and though it is not a scarce book, it is quite so in this splendid condition. Ref: Teerink-Scouten
217. Rothschild 1992.
217. Rothschild 1992.
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- Bookseller
- Biblioctopus (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 987
- Title
- A Tale of a Tub
- Author
- Swift, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Nutt
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1704
- Keywords
- SF2024
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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...
- 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...
- Fine
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