jonathan swift herbert davis editor (9 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Book and dust jacket are gently used with only minor wear. Tightly bound copy with clean interior having no markings, writing, underlining, or highlighting in margins or text block. Inv. # 6116.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. Volume VI only. Green cloth with gold-color lettering on spine, frontispiece, xxviii, 220 pp., 7 text illus., unclipped illustrated jacket. Minimal wear, unmarked tight binding, jacket is age-toned with sunned spine and a few short strips of cellophane tape re-enforcements on inside panels. Volume VI contains the political pamphlets Swift wrote from 1711 to 1713 to prepare for and justify the peace which was finally settled by the Treaty of Utrecht.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. B/W Frontis (illustratore). dj w/lite wear, unclipped price, in mylar; ownr's name; green c w//gilt spine titles; 292 clean, unmarked pages; mark on frontis and title page (1/2") where they apparently stuck together at some point.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Clean and solid. Jacket comes in a mylar wrapper. ; 8vo; 220 pages.

Blue Cloth Boards. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Thus. Oxford Standard Authors Edition, based on the three-volume edition first published in 1937 with a 2nd edition in 1958. 682pp with index, illustrated with black and white plate to frontis. Top edges tinted, gilt lettering to spine. Minor bumping to spine, faint marking to lower corners and former owner's name to endpaper, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped DJ has some edge and surface wear, otherwise very good in clear protective cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. B/W Frontis (illustratore). 3rd printing; dj w/lite wear, unclipped price, in mylar; ownr's name; green c w//gilt spine titles; 299 clean, unmarked pages; lite shelf rubbing at head/heel of spine,

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Volume VII only. Green cloth with gold-color lettering on spine, frontispiece, xxxvi, 252 pp., 3 text illus., unclipped illustrated jacket. Minimal shelf war, unmarked, tight binding. Jacket is age-toned with sunned spine, small top edge chip on front panel, and a few short strips of cellophane tape re-enforcements on inside panels.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). A smart copy of this illustrated collection of satirical letters from Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift. Illustrated with a frontispiece, five full-page images, and five plates. Collated complete. A collection of satirical letters on the failure of William Wood's halfpence production in Ireland, with historical, bibliographical, and textual commentary. Letters were written to the shopkeepers, the people of Ireland, the Lord Chancellor Midleton, the Houses and Parliament, and more. Written by Jonathan Swift, an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. He originally published all of his works under pseudonymsincluding Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, and M. B. Drapier. Edited by Herbert John Davis, an English literary scholar and university administrator. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light spotting to the endpapers. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condizione sovraccoperta: dj. Octavos, Fourteen Volumes. In Good condition, with Good minus dust jackets. Beige spines with dark brown lettering. Dust jackets show moderate age toning overall, with light plus wear and shipping to top edges, and light wear to bottom edges especially near corners and tails of spines. Some have minor wear to inside flaps. Some dust jackets have been price clipped. Volume numbers have been handwritten in faded black ink on dust jacket spines. Boards fully bound in publisher's teal cloth, and have light wear to corners and bottom edges, with light plus bumping to tails of spines. Text blocks show light shelf wear to bottom edges, and light to moderate age toning overall. Complete, with index volume (Vol. XIV). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. 1388976. Special Collections - Downstairs.