Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships; with a Preface by Henry Craik and One Hundred Illustrations by Charles E. Brock
by Gulliver, Lemuel (Jonathan Swift) (illust by Charles E. Brock)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Lincoln, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
1894 London: Macmillan & Co., 1894. First Edition thus. Duodecimo (7-3/8" tall). Bound in dark green cloth with illustrations and titles in gilt, all edges also gilt with black eps. The FC was bent and has verticle wrinkles, moderate spine lean. Moderate water staining on the lower edges of pages (does not intrude upon the text.) Quite scarce.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Moose
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016922
- Title
- Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships; with a Preface by Henry Craik and One Hundred Illustrations by Charles E. Brock
- Author
- Gulliver, Lemuel (Jonathan Swift) (illust by Charles E. Brock)
- Illustrator
- Brock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Odds and Ends;
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Lincoln, New Hampshire
About The Book Moose
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