The Select Works of Jonathan Swift. (Including: The Tale of a Tub; Battle of the Books; Gulliver's Travels; Directions to Servants; Polite Conversation; Art of Punning; Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose, &c.).

SWIFT, Jonathan

Published by London: Hector M'Lean., 1823

Condition: Used - Fine Hardcover

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5 volume set, 5 1/2 inches tall. A delightful full Regency straight grain morocco with wide gilt raised bands and exuberant floral gilt tooling to the panels. A blind and gilt tooled lozenge is framed within a wide blind roll and twin gilt fillets. All edges gilt. There is a neat ink former owner's name, 'Sarah Darell Vawdrey' on the first blanks. Embellished with a portrait and engraved full page illustrations throughout. A charming selection of the works of this great Anglo-Irish writer in a fine binding.

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Title: The Select Works of Jonathan Swift. (Including: The Tale of a Tub; Battle of the Books; Gulliver's Travels; Directions to Servants; Polite Conversation; Art of Punning; Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose, &c.).
Publisher: London: Hector M'Lean.
Publication Date: 1823
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine

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Nick McConnell has been dealing in fine books, in particular those in their original leather bindings for over thirty five years. His stock, containing no 'recently' rebound volumes, is second to none in terms of quality and quantity. McConnell Fine Books operate from The Golden Hind Bookshop which has been selling fine old books since 1972. This picturesque seventeenth century building is on the seafront at Deal, famous for its literary associations and seafaring history. We are open by appointment. McConnell Fine Books exhibit at the top London and Paris antiquarian book shows.

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