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A shipwrecked Englishman explores two worlds, one inhabited by six-inch-high people and the other by towering giants
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"It is universally read, from the
cabinet council to the nursery," remarked Alexander Pope when Gulliver's Travels was published in 1726. One of the unique books of world literature, Swift's masterful satire describes the astonishing voyages of one Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon, to surreal kingdoms inhabited by miniature people and giants, quack philosophers and scientists, horses endowed with reason and men who behave like beasts. Written with great wit and invention, Gulliver's Travels is a savage parody on man and his institutions that has captivated readers for nearly three centuries.
The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book trade, providing readers with afford-
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gurating a new program of selecting titles. The Modern Library continues to provide the world's best books, at the best prices. As bestselling author and critic Allan Bloom observed: "Gulliver's Travels is an amazing rhetorical achievement. Swift had not only the judgment with which to arrive at a reasoned view of the world but the fancy by means of which he could re-create that world in a form which teaches where argument fails and which satisfies all while misleading none."
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. David Smith (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition with new illustrations 1983, first printing, numbers line starts with 1. Signed and inscribed by Illustrator on ffep " To Phyllis- courageous lady. David Smith 1987 ". Published by William Morrow & Co. Hardcover with DJ. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, no edgewear, sharp corners, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ very good, small tears at edges, edgwear, one chip at the head of the spine, price not clipped. 4to, 94 pages, illustrated throughout by David Smith. Seller Inventory # 013210
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. David Small. (illustrator). 96 pp, small 4to (10 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated with wonderful b&w drawings. "Shipwrecked near the kingdom of Lilliput, Lemuel Gulliver awakens to find himself surrounded by hundreds of tiny people, none more than six inches tall. The Lilliputians take the 'man-mountain' prisoner, and Gulliver learns to live in their miniature world, where he can eat three loaves of bread in a mouthful and children can play hide and seek in his hair! Eventually Gulliver escapes from Lilliput and returns home. But soon he longs for further adventure and so sets sail once again. On this journey, Gulliver finds himself in Brobdingnag - a country of giants, where this time he is a pocket-sized oddity, small enough to use a handkerchief as a blanket. Jonathan Swift's classic story is a perennial favorite with children everywhere. This handsome edition, lavishly illustrated with David Small's lively, richly detailed drawings, makes the story accessible to the youngest fan of fantasy and adventure." Minor wrinkling at bottom of front hinge. Dust jacket has very light edge wear/wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, two very small closed tears with creases, light rubbing and a few light scratches on rear panel, two tiny dints on rear hinge. Seller Inventory # 18313
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