Gulliver's Travels, Rackham, First Edition (28 results)

Condition: Good. 1939. First edition thus. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour illustration plates by Arthur Rackham. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Some mild marks and staining to surfaces.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Arthur Rackham (Illustrator with 8 color plates) (illustrator). First Edition, First Pinting. Text/NEW & Bright. 1985 Special 1st Edition, Printing "A". Gilt embossed red boards/Fine. DJ/VG; strong w/edge wear. Gift inscription to fep verso. Gulliver's Travels (or, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World). First published 1726. 18th Century fiction by Anglo-Irish writer & clergyman Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) who, never left the British Isles, said the book is meant "to vex the world rather than divert it" and succeeds. Travels of surgeon & captain of ships, Lemuel Gulliver, an instant success; dramatist John Gay (1685-1732) of Beggar's Opera fame, said: "It is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery." 291 pgs in 4 parts: PART I, A Voyage to Lilliput [May 1699-April 1702]: Gulliver is imprisoned by petty, narrow minded, 6 inch tall Lilliputians; II, A Voyage to Brobdingnag [June 1702-June 1706]: Gulliver is in west coast North America where grass grows tall as trees! Found by a 72 foot tall farmer, he is exhibited as an oddity then sold to the queen. A box is made to carry him about. Gulliver's description of Europe's use of guns & cannons horrifies the king. Carried off by a giant eagle, the box falls to sea --- rescued & home; III, A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib & Japan [August 1706- April 1710]: Pirates cast Gulliver in Laputa, a kingdom devoted to music, mathematics & astronomy, where he witnesses social ill consequent from derelict governance --- time wise, same as when England's Royal Grand Academy focused on softening marble for pillow use, and solving suspected political consipracies from excrement left by likely suspects! Then before home, a magician arranges a meeting for him w/historical ghosts to discuss "ancients versus moderns" issues. Home, Gulliver, thinks of retirement, but boredom soon sets in; Part IV, A Voyage to the Land of the Houyhnhnms [Sept 1710-Dec 1715]. A mutiny (crew chooses piracy). Gulliver, cast off in a landing boat, meets the Houyhnhnms, a hospitable, rational, incorruptible race of horses, and, rulers of Yahoos, human in features & form --- some good, some evil, a few blessed w/a mite more sense of reason. Gulliver admires & embraces Houyhnhnms' way of life. But since he is human (or, Yahoo), carrying infectious, vacillating convictions, is provided a canoe and banished. A ship manned by Portuguese Yahoos gets him home. His 16 years & 7 months of travel leaves Gulliver unable live out life as just another "English Yahoo" --- he stays home, avoids wife & family, carries private speculations in the garden, and, visits daily w/horses in the stable. Illustrated w/8 color plates by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition second printing thus large octavo Hardback Light blue cloth gilt 12 full page colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations by Arthur Rackham xvi + 291 pp. Near Very Good condition (spine dulled) No inscriptions. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). 1st Edition. text & 12 colored Rackham plates all very clean, spine slightly sunned.

XIII S., 1 Bl., 291 S. Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen von Arthur Rackham im Text und auf 12 farbigen Tafeln. Gr.-8° (23,5 x 17 cm). Original-Leinwand. Erste Ausgabe in dieser Form: "Most of the designs appeared as line drawings in an edition issued in 1899, but they were subsequently worked over, revised, and coloured by the artist, some entirely new designs added" (Vorbemerkung). - Stellenweise etwas stockfleckig (Titelei), Vorsatz mit zwei zeitgenössischen Schenkungsvermerken. Einband gering berieben, Rücken verblaßt. Gewicht (Gramm): 800.

First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original two-tone cerise and light brown Sundour cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel, illustrated end papers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 210 printed pages of text with 8 full-page colour plates and monochrome illustrations throughout. Just a hint of foxing to the closed text block edges and in Very Good clean and bright condition, spine not faded, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First. Boards in red cloth, gold leaf embossment of cover w/ Rackham design. Very good w/ fading to spine, owner inscription inside, browning to endpapers, occasional brown age spots to page edges. 128p., 8 color, full-page illlustrations by Arthur Rackham. Undated, but early twentieth century. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First edition. 1st thus 1937. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth, dark titles to spine and front cover. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 291 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine faded and scuffed, lightly frayed to top. Light rubbing to edges or boards. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned. A few minor foxspots present. All plates present. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. 8vo. 1909. Very Good. First Edition thus. Original navy blue cloth with elaborate gilt illustrations and titles on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. 12 full-page color illustrations including frontis by Arthur Rackham. Very minor edge and corner wear. Some offsetting to endpapers. Previous owner's name and address on front pastedown. 291pp.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First edition. 1st thus 1937. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth, dark titles to spine and front cover. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 291 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Spine slightly darkened. Foxing to contents. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Leather-bound; hardcover; royal octavo (23.5 x 15.5 x 4 cm.); pp. xv, 291. English text. Stunning binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in); bound in full red crushed morocco gilt; spine with five raised bands and twin morocco lettering-pieces, wide gilt turn-ins; silk moiré liners and endleaves; all page edges gilt; half-title, original pictorial endpapers and cloth covers bound in; 12 colour plates with tissue guards; numerous line drawings in the text. Printed at the Temple Press. Condition: FINE. An immaculate copy. Bookplate to front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. The book is bound in the publisher's vellum and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning, and the boards are crisp with light wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). 1st Edition. Number 362 of 750 copies printed of this large paper edition, signed on the limitation page by the illustrator. 4to, 295 x 215 mm, 11½ x 8½ inches, white buckram, gilt lettered and decorated on upper cover and spine, gilt illustrated marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others uncut, red silk ties, 291 pages. 13 splendid mounted colour plates with printed captions, 34 black and white illustrations including two full-page. All complete including the single tissue guard to the frontispiece. Spine slightly darkened, silk ties a bit faded, neat owner's name in the "This book belongs to" box on the endpaper, foxing to tissue guard to frontispiece. There are also occasional small fox marks to the deckle edges of a few of the pages, not on the pages themselves (see images) - otherwise the pages are very clean and fresh. There is an extra coloured plate in this edition not in the trade edition, it is the last plate in the book page 256, 'The Yahoos' as stated on the publisher's tipped-in printed Notice which is still present.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. A sharp copy of this limited edition of 750 copies SIGNED by Arthur Rackham. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with light wear to the spine and edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy SIGNED by Rackham in collector's condition. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition with These Illustrations. Large octavo, original pictorial navy blue cloth titled and with a design in gilt by Rackham on spine & front panel, illustrated endpapers, top edges gilt. 291 pp. Colour frontispiece and 11 additional full-page colour plates, plus numerous black & white drawings within the text, binding and endpaper artwork, all by Rackham. Light wear to edges of the cloth, some stains to page edges; a Very Good bright copy of a very attractive book. This is the First Edition to be illustrated by the Great Edwardian Illustrator Arthur Rackham. Jonathan Swift's GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, originally titled TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD: In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, was first published in 1726; it is a prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman which satirises human nature and the literary subgenre of imaginary "travellers' tales" . It is also Swift's best-known full-length work, one of the most famous classics of English literature, and popularised the fictional island of Lilliput.

First trade edition illustrated with colour plates by Arthur Rackham. Royal 8vo. Red moiré silk cloth with elaborate gilt embossed decoration to both upper cover and spine. Top edge gilt. A good copy, with fading to the spine and top section of the upper board. Previous owner's neat inscription on the verso of the free front end paper. Pictorial endpapers with line drawings, one man distinctly reminiscent of the artist himself. Twelve colour plates with captions printed below. Numerous line drawings in the text. Riall p.91.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book is in very good condition. There are no bookplates, signatures, or markings of any kind.There is eom light rubbing to the outside boards. The gilt lettering and decoration on the front cover is bright. There is some yellowing to the endpapers, but the rest of the book is free of foxing. This book contains all 12 of Rackham's original prints. A rare copy of Swift's classic tale.

gilt decorated cloth. Condition: Very good. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). First trade edition. Octavo (6.25" x 9"), olive green moire patterned cloth witih gilt-stamped pictorial cover. Elaborately decorated spine. Top edge gilt. 291pp. English sheets. Frontispiece and 11 full page color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Very good. There is some wear at the top and bottom and back edge of the spine. The back cover is lightly faded along the spine and top edge. Endpapers are browned unevenly, and the owner has filed in the ownership portion of the paste-down endpapers. The first signature sits slightly higher than the rest of the text block, but is souundly attached. The mull is somewhat exposed at pgs. 16 and 134. Overall a nice copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). First edition. Arthur Rackham's beautifully illustrated edition of Jonathan Swift's classic novel. The first edition thus of this work. Being the first trade edition of Rackham's illustrated edition of Swift's novel, in a blue variant of the publisher's cloth.A lovely edition of Jonathan Swift's satirical and fantastical 1726 novel.Illustrated with twelve colour plates - alongside further monochrome illustrations - by Golden Age of Book Illustration figure Arthur Rackham. Collated, complete.Rebacked, with original boards restored and a small portion of the original back strip laid down. Retaining the original endpapers. Rebacked, with the publisher's original cloth boards restored, and a small portion of the back strip laid down. Discolouration to back strip and board perimeters. Retaining the original endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, xv, 291 pages. In Good condition. Fully bound in publisher's light green cloth with gilt inlay. Spine is green with gilt lettering. Boards have mild bumping to fore corners, shelving and rubbing wear along extremities. Spine shaken, binding fragile. Textblock has mild age-toning throughout, gilt top faded. Textblock broken between pages 192 and 193. Shelved in Case 13. 1398903. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

J. M. Dent & Co. 1909. First edition thus - Trade Edition. Original green water-silk gilt boards. Top edge of pages gilt. Large 8vo hardback. xv, 291pp. Coloured frontis. with tissue guard. 11 coloured plates and illustrations to text and endpapers. Endpapers browned, backs of plates foxed, small closed tear to outer margin of pages 93/94, not affecting text. This book belongs to. neatly filled in and faded. Small brown mark to upper board otherwise a clean and sound copy of a lovely volume.

Hard Cover. Condition: very good+. First Trade Edition. Octavo. 291pp Green decorated cloth. Pictorial end-papers. (Tanning to front and rear free endpapers. 12 color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. First Edition with the Arthur Rackham illustrations. Binding tight. Light rubbing at top of spine. Gift inscription from former owner. A very nice copy in a mylar protective wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition thus. Cloth-bound. Hardcover. Royal octavo (23.5cm x 16cm x 3.5cm). Pp. xv, 291. English text. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth with elaborate gilt embossed decoration to both upper cover and spine. Top edge gilt, other edges dyed blue. Pictorial endpapers with line drawings, one man distinctly reminiscent of the artist himself. 12 colour plates with captions printed below. Numerous line drawings in the text. Printed at the Temple Press. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight, secure and square. Covers very well-preserved. Interior with light browning to endpapers, else very clean. School prize plate to front pastedown and gilt armorial crest to rear board. A handsome copy. Notes: First edition illustrated with colour plates by Arthur Rackham.

First edition thus: the drawings had originally appeared in the 1899 edition - from the publishers' Note: ''Most of the designs appeared as line drawings in an edition issued by the present publishers in 1899, but they have been worked over, revised, and coloured by the artist, while some entirely new designs have been added.'' Royal octavo. pp xvi, 291. Decorated olive green cloth gilt. Twelve colour plates as well as drawings in the text and pictorial endpapers by Arthur Rackham. Top edge gilt.Contemporary (1909) gift inscription on front pastedown. Free endpapers tanned. Faint mark to rear cover. Very good indeed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (illustrator). Twelve color plates (all in excellent condition). First edition thus. Near fine in a very good (chipped at the crown of the spine and along the spine edge of the front panel, age toning along the spine) dust jacket with the original $2.00 price on the front flap. ; 291 pages.

FIRST EDITION 1909, large paper edition de luxe limited to 750 copies SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, this being No. 216. 4to, 295 x 215 mm, 11½ x 8½ inches, white buckram, gilt lettered and decorated on upper cover and spine, gilt illustrated marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others uncut, red silk ties, 291 pages. 13 splendid mounted colour plates, frontispiece with tissue guard, 2 full page black and white illustrations, 4 chapter headings and 27 tailpieces, a couple repeated. Spine not darkened, silk ties a bit faded, small neat old bookplate on front pastedown (see image), tissue guard to frontispiece slightly foxed. Contents very nice. A near Fine excellent copy. There is an extra coloured plate in this edition not in the trade edition, it is the last plate in the book page 256, 'The Yahoos' as stated on the publisher's tipped-in printed Notice which is still present. Riall mistakenly states that the extra plate is 'The Lilliputian tailors.' on page 65 and that the plates have tissue guards but there is a tissue guard only to the frontispiece in the Limited Edition. He also mentions 7 chapter headings and tailpieces, but there are 31 in total (Riall page 91). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. A heavy book which may require extra postage.

First edition, first printing with Arthur Rackham illustrations. Publisher's original red cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. Top edge brown. Illustrated with 12 full page colour plates, 2 full page black and white illustrations and 7 chapter headings and tail-piecesby Arthur Rackham. A lovely near fine copy, the binding clean and square, the gilt remaining exceptionally bright. The contents, with some offsetting to the illustrated endpapers and mild toning to the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a little chipped at the tips of the darkened spine not affecting the text. The front panel with the publisher's "cancelled" stamp over the price to the front panel, the original 7/6 net price remains to the spine. A very attractive example, scarce in the original dustwrapper. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). 1st American Trade Edition Thus. (Rackham, Arthur) illustrator. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift; with coloured illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: J M Dent & Co.; New York: E P Dutton & Co, 1909. FIRST AMERICAN TRADE EDITION THUS [E P DUTTON stamped to base of spine]. 8vo - 9-3/16" x 6-1/4". Dark blue cloth covered boards with lettering and elaborate decoration stamped in gold to front cover and spine with minor dulling to the gold around the edges of the front cover with no other rubbing or wear at all for what is a beautiful copy of the book. Original publisher's gray paper priced ($2.00) dust jacket with lettering and decoration printed in black to front panel and lettering printed in black to spine with very minor wear at the flap fold corners and one upper spine panel corner, minor darkening to the spine panel and a few small dark spots to back panel for what is a beautiful example of the rare original dust jacket. Top edge tinted blue. Pictorial endpapers by Rackham printed in brown with discoloration and offsetting. 291 pp. Jonathan Swift's timeless tale of an Englishman's voyages that carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, a land of people six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land of giants; Glubbdubdrib, an island of sorcerers; and a land where horses are masters of human-like creatures. Illustrated by Rackham with 12 full color plates, two full page illustrations in black and white, and seven chapter headings and tail-pieces. The condition of both the book and the dust jacket is NEAR FINE. SCARCE in such nice condition; especially so in the original dust jacket that is in such nice condition.