Miscellanies, in Prose and Verse.Which with the other four already printed, the Drapier's Letters, Gulliver's Travels, and three Tatlers, compleat this Author's Works. The Fifth and Sixth Volumes: Volume 5 (only): Poems on Several Occasions

SWIFT, Jonathan (ANON)

Published by T. Woodward, London, 1738

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~TITLE CONTINUES: ~Original full speckled calf, double gilt frames to boards. Raised bands, gilt decor and volume number, and red gilt label to spine. Wear to boards and board edges, corners bumped. Spine worn, with small loss to top of spine. Starting to crack over outer hinges, especially near top of spine. Endpapers cracked over inner hinges. Front hinge slightly slack, hinges otherwise holding. All edges red, speckled, top edges darkened. Mild offset browning to endpapers. Owner's signature to inside front board: 'William Dyde - 1759' (possibly the printer and antiquarian, author of the History and Antiquities of Tewkesbury, 1790). 2pp. bookseller's advertisement at front of volume, and 5pp. catalogue at rear. 12mo (10 x 17cm). Decorative head- and tail-pieces and fleurons. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1500 copies printed (ESTC). Published anonymously, this volume includes several of Jonathan Swift's most well-known poems as well as works by other authors from Swift's milieu. Teerink-Scouten, 30 (2), ESTC T39459. Size: (viii), 239, (5)pp. Seller Inventory # MM3062

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Title: Miscellanies, in Prose and Verse.Which with ...

Publisher: T. Woodward, London

Publication Date: 1738

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Good+

Book Type: Text unmarked