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The Writings of Jonathan Swift: Authoritative Texts, Backgrounds,  Criticism (A Norton Critical Edition)

The Writings of Jonathan Swift: Authoritative Texts, Backgrounds, Criticism (A Norton Critical Edition)

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The Writings of Jonathan Swift: Authoritative Texts, Backgrounds, Criticism (A Norton Critical Edition)

by SWIFT, Jonathan; GREENBERG, Robert A.; PIPER, William Bowman (editors)

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9780393094152
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New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Softcover. 0393094154 . Stated first edition. This work contains the complete and definitive texts of virtually all of Jonathan Swift's major works. Includes his Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of the Tub, The Battel of the Books and A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operations of the Spirit, among many others, as well as a generous selection of his poetry and other writings. Edited by Robert A. Greenberg and William B. Piper. With plentiful notes throughout providing explanations for archaic references. Also with over 100 pages offering literary criticism of Swift's work by notable authors and critics. With facsimiles of the original title page and frontis image from a 1735 edition of Gulliver's Travels. --- A softcover in stiff brown wraps. With an inked notation to facsimile title page,, else a clean, bright, unmarked copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; x, xiv, 721 pages .

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Bluebird Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Writings of Jonathan Swift: Authoritative Texts, Backgrounds, Criticism (A Norton Critical Edition)
Author
SWIFT, Jonathan; GREENBERG, Robert A.; PIPER, William Bowman (editors)
Format/Binding
Softcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0393094154
ISBN 13
9780393094152
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1973
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0393094154
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