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Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Moseley, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: S. O. Beeton, 1864. Hardcover. Near Fine. J. G. Thomson. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY REBOUND IN FULL DICED CALF WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, 364 PAGES, BOOK SIZE OCTAVO, 157 YEARS OLD. A STUNNING EXAMPLE IN REMARKABLE CONDITION..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reagan's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 358
- Title
- Gulliver's Travels
- Author
- Jonathan Swift
- Illustrator
- J. G. Thomson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- S. O. Beeton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- Illustrated, Fine Leather Binding, Rare, Great Condition, Wood Engravings
Terms of Sale
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All books are carefully bubble wrapped and packed in a box with adequate packing peanuts to prevent any damage in shipment.
All books are shipped with delivery confirmation and tracking. Books are automatically insured.
100% satisfaction guaranteed. Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Reagan's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2018
Moseley, Virginia
About Reagan's Rare Books
Reagan's Rare Books specializes in fine bindings and leather bound books dating primarily from the 18th century to early 20th century in a wide range of subject matter such as History, Americana, and Literature.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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