GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Barnes & Noble Books: NY, 2004. 6 x 4", red cloth, 381pp, ink inscription else a nice copy in dustjacket. More
Barnes & Noble Books: NY, 2004. 6 x 4", red cloth, 381pp, ink inscription else a nice copy in dustjacket. More
N. Blandford by J. Peele: London, 1726. 7.25 x 4.5", vellum backed boards, 32pp, covers heavily worn and scuffed, vellum quite darkened, extremities badly bumped, outer hinges beginning to tear, hinges loose, eradicated ink name and date on front fly, bookplate removal marks inside front cover, toning with scattered soiling..... More
Raphael Tuck & Sons: London, nd (1880s?). Paperback. Linen book, black and white and color illus., 8.5 x 7", color pict wraps, unpaginated. Covers well worn, creased, soiled, missing a small piece, spine splitting, linen fraying, ink inscription inside front cover, contents stained/soiled. Color illus. bright. On the front cover..... More
C. Bathurst: London 1760. Maps, 7 x 4.25", old speckled calf, 292pp, hinges cracked, spine label mostly gone, sm chunks of leather out of back cover & spine. The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Vol. 2. More
J. Bell: London. 1787. Four volumes. Frontis portrait and extra engraved title page, 5 x 3, full gilt ruled tree calf, 209, 234, 221, 203 pp, spines heavily rubbed with some chipping, one spine label on volume 2 is very poor, tip of spine on vol. 2 torn, hinges ok..... More
Little, Brown: Boston. 1853. Portrait, 7 x 4.25, cloth w/ paper spine labels, 256, 358, 368 pp, spines frayed, 1 torn, sunned, labels dull, moderately rubbed, corners bumped, some text browning. More
14 (of 15) volumes. Printed for J. Williams: Dublin 1774. Engraved titles, 7 x 4", old calf, bookplates, ink names, worn, minor chipping, with some cracked hinges, foxing, staining, still a nice, mellow almost set. Pencil not in volume 1 states that this set was bought at auction in 1835..... More