A Tale of a Tub. Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which is added, An Account of a Battle between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James's Library. With the Author's Apology and Explanatory Notes. [Together with] A Discourse concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit in a Letter to a Friend. A Fragment REMARKABLY CRISP, CLEAN COPY

SWIFT Jonathan

Published by Printed for C. Bathurst, in Fleet-Street,, 1751

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3 works in one vol. 12mo., with series title, separate titles for each work, engraved frontispiece and 7 engraved plates; attractively bound in modern calf, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in blind, hand-made endpapers, red sprinkled edges, a remarkably well-preserved, crisp, clean copy. Published as the first volume of Swift's Works, but complete in itself. NCBEL II, 1058; Teerink 82; Temple Scott 1058. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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• Title: A Tale of a Tub. Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which is added, An Account of a Battle between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James's Library. With the Author's Apology and Explanatory Notes. [Together with] A Discourse concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit in a Letter to a Friend. A Fragment REMARKABLY CRISP, CLEAN COPY
• Publisher: Printed for C. Bathurst, in Fleet-Street,
• Publication Date: 1751
• Binding: Hardcover
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