SWIFT, JONATHAN. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver. London: Printed for Benjamin Motte 1726. 2 vols, 8vo, 195 x 120 mm. (7 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with original backstrips laid down, corners strengthened, upper joint of vol. 1 cracked, portrait slightly creased, a few slight stains, six lines added in ink on 2H1 in vol. II, new calf box case. FIRST EDITION, Teerink's "A" edition with the frontispiece portrait in vol. I in second state (with legend around oval frame), G6 and 2E8 in vol. II are cancels (a later transcription of the uncancelled text of G6 is pasted to the stub); engraved portrait, 5 engraved maps and one engraved diagram. Grolier English 42; PMM 185; Rothschild 2104-6; Teerink 289. (2)
SWIFT, JONATHAN. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver. London: Printed for Benjamin Motte 1726. 2 vols, 8vo, 195 x 120 mm. (7 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with original backstrips laid down, corners strengthened, upper joint of vol. 1 cracked, portrait slightly creased, a few slight stains, six lines added in ink on 2H1 in vol. II, new calf box case. FIRST EDITION, Teerink's "A" edition with the frontispiece portrait in vol. I in second state (with legend around oval frame), G6 and 2E8 in vol. II are cancels (a later transcription of the uncancelled text of G6 is pasted to the stub); engraved portrait, 5 engraved maps and one engraved diagram. Grolier English 42; PMM 185; Rothschild 2104-6; Teerink 289. (2)
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