B23957

Shelfmark

Lp.3.12

Author

Swift, Jonathan

Uniform title

[Gulliver's travels]

Title

The travels of Lemuel Gulliver /, by Jonathan Swift; with an introduction by Shane Leslie; and illustrations by Alexander King.

Publication, distribution, etc.

[New York] :, The Limited Editions Club,, 1929.

Physical description

[2], x, 294, [2]p :, col. ill. ;, 28cm.

Note

Place of publication from Oxford University library catalogue.

Note

Paper has vertical chain lines ; watermarked.

Note

Publisher's tan pigskin quarter-binding with fawn cloth boards ; lettering blind stamped on spine ; housed in original brown card slipcase with black lettering ; maps on endpapers.

Note

Note: "This edition is intended to contain the full text ... as Jonathan Swift originally wrote it ... The Dean himself corrected most of these upon the pages of a copy owned by his friend Charles Ford. All of these corrections are here made" - p. 1.

Note

ECL copy: No. 1278 of 1500 copies and signed by illustrator.

Note

Ms. previous library shelfmark in pencil.

Provenance

Booklabel and stamp of Eton College Library.

Provenance

Armorial bookplate of Pascoe Glyn.

Subject

Voyages, Imaginary.

Added entry--name

Leslie, Shane

Added entry--name

King, Alexander, c1900 - 1965, ill.

Added entry--name

Glyn, Pascoe Anthony George, former owner.

Added entry--name

Limited Editions Club

Added entry--place

United States, New York, New York.

001B23957

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aLp.3.12

1001#$aSwift, Jonathan

24010$aGulliver's travels

24514$aThe travels of Lemuel Gulliver /$cby Jonathan Swift; with an introduction by Shane Leslie; and illustrations by Alexander King.

260##$a[New York] :$bThe Limited Editions Club,$c1929.

300##$a[2], x, 294, [2]p :$bcol. ill. ;$c28cm.

500##$aPlace of publication from Oxford University library catalogue.

500##$aPaper has vertical chain lines ; watermarked.

500##$aPublisher's tan pigskin quarter-binding with fawn cloth boards ; lettering blind stamped on spine ; housed in original brown card slipcase with black lettering ; maps on endpapers.

500##$aNote: "This edition is intended to contain the full text ... as Jonathan Swift originally wrote it ... The Dean himself corrected most of these upon the pages of a copy owned by his friend Charles Ford. All of these corrections are here made" - p. 1.

500##$aECL copy: No. 1278 of 1500 copies and signed by illustrator.

500##$aMs. previous library shelfmark in pencil.

561##$aBooklabel and stamp of Eton College Library.

561##$aArmorial bookplate of Pascoe Glyn.

650#0$aVoyages, Imaginary.

7001#$aLeslie, Shane

7001#$aKing, Alexander, c1900 - 1965$eill.

7001#$aGlyn, Pascoe Anthony George$eformer owner.

7102#$aLimited Editions Club

752##$aUnited States$bNew York$dNew York.