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Price: US$17.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An undated, probable first Everyman's Library edition (1909) offering satirical essays on a variety of subjects by Ireland's Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), probably best known for his "Gulliver's Travels." Besides the title essays, this collection includes his "The History of Martin," "A Project for the Universal Benefit of Mankind" and several others. Includes an introduction by Lewis Melville. Everyman's Library catalog no. 347, in their Essays and Belles Lettres series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In flatback binding style 1, full ribbed orange cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, brown topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With small tears along rear joint and small spot of dark soiling to front cover, else a tightly-bound, unmarked, clean copy.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xx, 325 pages
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.74 + shipping
Description: 240mm x 170mm (9" x 7"). 291pp. Illustrated with 12 colour plates by Rackham, with additional b/w illustrations and decorations. Worn condition. Cover soiled and faded with wear to extremities. Endpapers browned. Previous owner's inscriptions to endpapers. Teg Red/gilt illustrated hardback cloth cover
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: xv, 291 pp, 12 tipped-in color plates by Arthur Rackham; octavo, pale blue cloth with gilt title and ornaments, tip edge gilt. Dent published another Rackham-illustrated edition of this title in 1900 in their "Temple Classics for Young People" series. That edition had 1 color plate and 11 monochrome plates and the book was in a smaller format. NB: Previous owner John Hopkins Janny (1913-1945) was a Commander on the USS Indianapolis when it was torpedoed in 1945 by a Japanese submarine. The ship sank in only 12 minutes and of the nearly 1200 crew members only 316 survived. Those rescued endured 4 days in the open ocean, most without life boats. The Indianapolis disaster remains the Navy's worst loss of life from a single ship in its history. Commander Janney was not among the survivors. RIP. A well read copy with moderate rubbing and faint stains to covers, child's ownership note to front fixed endpaper (Johns Hopkins Janney) and signature to back of half-title page, free endpapers darkened, short tear to frontispiece tissue guard
Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.77 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 291pp, colour and black and white illustrations. A good hardback copy in gilt illustrated cloth with worn extremitites and discoloured spine. Intermittent foxing, offsetting to endpapers.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the World. J M Dent, 1909.
Price: US$115.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Type: Book pp xv, 291. original binding which is a little grubby with fine gilt decoration to spine and upper board, spine a little dulled. With 12 excellent Arthur Rackham full page coloured plates all present.
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$118.52 + shipping
Description: "Most of the designs appeared as line drawings in an edition issued in 1899 but they have since been revised and coloured by the artist, while some entirely new designs have been added." So here are 12 compelling plates in colour plus numerous drawings, head and tailpieces, enhancing Swift's tales of Gulliver's voyages to Lilliput, Brobdingnag, to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib and Japan, and to the country of the Houyhnhnms. Aqua cloth worn at spine ends. Front panel richly gilded. Free endpapers heavily browned. PO inscription to title page o/w clean internally with no foxing to text. All our UK orders are posted First Class. All profits to Amnesty International. Size: 17cm - 23.5cm with 291pp
Seller: Books for Amnesty, Malvern, Great Malvern, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The book is in good condition. There is a signature in the front, rear and written on the bottom edge of the book.The gilt lettering and decoration on the front cover is bright. The spine is somewhat dulled. 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.
Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Very good in gilt green cloth, some minor soiling.
Seller: The Book Den, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The book is in good condition. There is a bookplate in the front, and no signatures or markings of any other kind. The corner of the front endpaper has been cut out, shown above. 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.
Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: RACKHAM, Arthur & SWIFT, Jonathan. Gulliver s Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. J. M. Dent, London; New York, E .P. Dutton, 1909. FIRST EDITION (230 x 170 mm), pp. . With 12 color illustrations and many black and white drawings embellishing the text all present. Pictorial endpapers. Blue cloth cover with gilt design featuring Gulliver and title. Spine embossed with faded gilt. Mild staining on flyleaves but internally NEAR FINE. MB217
Seller: Mobilis Books, Geneva, FL, U.S.A.
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels. J.M. Dent & Co; E.P. Dutton, London, 1909.
Price: US$154.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$193.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Quarto. Light green, cloth-covered boards with elaborate gilt designs to front board and spine. Decorated endpapers, with previous owner's (New Zealand) name and address, in pencil, to top right of front free endpaper. Rubbing to extremities, and general shelfwear, with several closed tears at top and bottom of spine, along joints. A good, solid serviceable copy that one wouldn't hesitate to open and close and open and close and let kids open and close, and, well, to let it be READ ! "The publishers make no apology for a new edition of this 'evergreen' book. They feel that the fine drawings of Mr. Arthur Rackham are a sufficient raison d'etre for their appearance in this new form." "Most of the designs appeared as line drawings in an edition issued by the present publishers in 1899, but they have since been worked over, revised, and coloured by the artist, while some entirely new designs have been added." (Publisher's Note, p. v).
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$193.24 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pale green/grey coloured cloth bound, hardback book with gorgeous gilt decoration and titles on both the front board and spine. No dust jacket. This wonderful book is in good condition, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. Gilt edge at top of papers. Inside front board is the name inscription to "Leonard" set within an illustration by Arthur Rackham from "Leonard" dated 1909. The odd brown mark on endpapers and edge of papers only to be expected of a book that's over 115 years old. 291 pages all intact, good binding and all pages, text and stunning illustrations by Arthur Rackham, are in really good, clean, readable order. Tissue guard paper still intact on title page. NOTE: The publishers make no apology for a new edition of this "evergreen" book. They feel that the fine drawings of Mr. Arthur Rackham are a sufficient raison d'etre for their appearance in this new form. Most of the designs appeared as line drawings in an edition issued by the present publishers in 1899, but they have since been worked over, revised, and coloured by the artist, while some entirely new designs have been added. This edition is designed virginbus puerisque. J.M. Dent & Co. (tiny tear to the base of this page.) A super book that deserves to be preserved for future generations.
Seller: Bishops Green Books, Newbury, BERKS, United Kingdom
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback. 8vo. 1909. Very Good. 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.
Seller: Doc O'Connor, Ft. Wright, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 291pp. Large octavo [23.5 cm] Pale gray cloth over boards, with elaborate gilt stamping. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. The extremities are gently bumped, and the spine is a bit rolled. The free endpapers are heavily darkened, and the rear free endpaper is adhered to the rear flyleaf along the inside margin. The recto of the frontispiece is foxed, and the versos of the plates are lightly foxed. There is a bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown. A lovely binding. With twelve color plates, all present, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. From the Publisher's Note- "The Publishers make no apology for a new edition of this 'evergreen' book. They feel that the fine drawings of Mr. Arthur Rackham are a sufficient raison d'etre for their appearance in this new form. Most of the designs appeared as line drawings in an edition issued by the present publishers in 1899, but they have since been worked over, revised, and coloured by the artist, while some entirely new designs have been added. The edition is designed virginibus puerisque. J. M. Dent & Co."
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. J.M. Dent & Co, London, 1909.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth with gilt illustrations. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and rubbed. Small stamp near bottom edge of ffep. Hinges beginning to crack. Endpapers discolored.
Seller: Booked Up, Inc., Archer City, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$238.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Trade edition, Variant colour cloth, VG+, 12 pls, & illustrations within text by Rackham. In the publishers pale blue, gilt tooled cloth, corners rubbed. No wrapper. Spine, gilt tooling & titles, edges bumped. Internally, half title, tissue guarded frontis, [4], (v-xv), [1], [1], 2- 291 pp, 12 pls (coloured), numerous other illustrations within text, including 2 full page, lower board edge bumped, a couple of small marks to coves, pictorial endpapers brown on white, t.e.g, remainder blued, no inscriptions, some offsetting to fep, occasional light spot, printed by the Temple Press, Letchworth. A reprint of the 1900 Edition with enlarged pages and added illustrations. (160*230 mm). (Riall p 91). The voyages of an Englishman carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, a land of people six inches high; Brobdingnag, a land of giants; Glubbdubdrib, an island of sorcerers; and a land where horses are masters of human-like creatures. Rackham, painter and illustrator. see ODNB.
Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
Price: US$257.65 + shipping
Description: Reprint but first edition thus. xv, 291pp. Coloured frontis. with tissue guard. 11 coloured plates and illustrations to text. Very attractively bound in half black morocco gilt, raised bands, gilt decorations to compartment of spines. Prize plate to front paste-down. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Occasional light foxing o/w a very clean and sound copy. Near fine.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$260.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels. J M Dent, 1909.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very nice rebound copy of Arthur Rackham's illustrated edition of Swift's classic with gold lettering, designs and publication date on the spine. 12 full page color illustrations and more black and white drawings. Spine and corners rebound in leather. All page edges tipped in gold. Beautiful designs on inside of covers. Some wear to edges of spine and covers. Book protected in plastic wrapper.
Seller: Crowder's Fine Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$287.27 + shipping
Description: Testatine e finalini in b/n n.t., 2 tavole in b/n f.t., e12 splendide tavole a colori f.t., di cui la primainantiporta protetta da velina,diArthur Rackham. Ed. J. M. Dent & C. - London,1909. Tela editoriale finemente decorata e illustrata in oro al piatto e al dorso. 17,5x23,5; pp.291. Raro e Splendido esemplare. , Ottimo (Fine)
Seller: L'Angolo del Collezionista di B. Pileri, Rignano Flaminio, RM, Italy
Price: US$310.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: hardback book in very good to near fine condition,name on first blank page,both end papers are tanned,otherwise book is near fine
Seller: Bingo Books 2, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$331.47 + shipping
Description: Legatura editoriale in piena tela con figure, e titoli impressi in oro al ds. e al piatto anteriore. Tagli colorati, il superiore dorato. Ds. sbiadito, peraltro esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione. Hudson, p. 168. 8vo (cm. 23,5), XV-291(1) pp. Con num.se ill.ni in nero n.t. e 12 tavv. a colori f.t. (di cui una in antiporta).
Seller: Libreria Ex Libris ALAI-ILAB/LILA member, Roma, Italy
SWIFT Jonathan -. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.. , 1909.
Price: US$331.47 + shipping
Description: London-New York, J.M. Dent / E.P. Dutton, 1909, 8° bella legatura editoriale in tela rossa ricca di ornamenti e titoli dorati, taglio superiore dorato, pp. XV-291 con numerose illustrazioni in nero nel testo e 12 tavole a colori (compresa l'antiporta) fuori testo, tutte di Arthur Rackham. Lieve usura delle cuffie, dorso un po' sbiadito dal sole, nota di possesso al contropiatto, ma volume completo e ben conservato.
Seller: Libreria Piani, Monte San Pietro, BO, Italy
SWIFT, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. London J M Dent & Co., 1909.
Price: US$579.72 + shipping
Description: 1st Thus. 16.3 x 23.5 cm red cloth with profuse gilt stamped decoration and titles to the front and spine. Top edge gilt other edges blue, pictorial endpapers, xv (i) 291 (1)pp with 12 full page colour plates including tissue guarded frontispiece, 2 black and white and over 30 head and tail pieces all by Arthur Rackham. With very scarce original jacket with 7/6 price on the spine. The boards have been well protected by the dust jacket and are much brighter than is normally found with just a 1.5 x 2.5cm triangular section of slight fading on the spine matching where the jacket has loss. Internally, there is a little toning to the endpapers and very occasional spotting but no name, inscription or book plate. The very scarce dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable clear jacket (not shown in our images), has appears to have been repaired /reinforced with japanese paper down the front joint and along a small section of the lower joint. It has toning and loss at the foot of the spine and of 1 x 2.5 cm and chips along the front joint and loss at the head of 1.5 - 2.5 cm. It is rubbed chipped and creased along the edges with loss to the corners of between 0.1 and 2.2 cm. All in all a very nice looking copy in a very scarce original jacket. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
Price: US$644.13 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: xv, 291 pp., Red, gilt decorated cloth, with printed dustjacket and top edge gilt. Jacket is marked and edgeworn with loss to the edges and splits to the hinges, 12 cm and 6cm. The front flap is loose. Boards are fresh and bright. Internally clean and bright, with an owners name to the front endpaper. Ilustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham with black and white textual illustrations and 12 colour plates, complete. Large 8vo. Illustrated
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$756.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition, following UK limited and trade editions. Near fine in good jacket. Jacket spine toned, 1/2 inch open tears to jacket spine corners, faint stain to bottom of jacket fore edge. Boards and interior clean and bright. 1909 Hard Cover. xv, 291 pp. Green cloth, elaborate gilt decorations by H.C. 12 color plates, decorated endpapers, and in-line illustrations by Arthur Rackham. An attractive edition of Swift's satirical masterpiece. Rackham's illustrations were revised, with color added, from the 1899 J.M. Dent edition.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$772.96 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Price: US$1133.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: The Bookmonger, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: (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.
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$1256.06 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver`s Travels. J M DENT, 1909.
Price: US$1323.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A limited and signed first edition by Rackham, this is no 68 of 750 copies printed for Britain and America . Bound in off white buckrum with some marks and slight damp staining on the back around the faded & worn red ties, one tie has broken and is laid in, some marks on the front board spine browned, gilt titles on spine and front board with gilt cartouche, decorated end papers, damp stained with gift inscription An armorial book plate on rear of front ep, rear decorated eps also damp stained Rackham book plate in the front and back both filled with a name. A bound in note states that the plate facing page 256 THE YAHOOS ony appears in this large paper edition of 750 copies and is not in any edition. 13 wonderful illustrations in tis large paper edition Gilt top edge, rough cut or yapped page edges as called for, all that said the book is very clean and tight inside with no faults , the book does still look good on the outside as well
Seller: VANESSA PARKER RARE BOOKS, Westport, MAYO, Ireland
SWIFT, Jonathan (Rackham, Arthur). Gulliver's Travels. J. M. Dent, 1909.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 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. Overall, a lovely copy SIGNED by Rackham in collector's condition. We buy First Editions of Children's books.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$2512.11 + shipping
Description: First Rackham illustrated edition, de luxe edition, limited to 750 numbered copies signed by Rackham. Beautifully illustrated with 13 mounted colour plates, the frontispiece with a tissue guard, two full page black and white plates, and 31 line drawings as chapter headings and tail pieces. This deluxe edition includes one extra colour plate, an image of the Yahoos, that wasn't included in the regular trade edition. 4to., original cloth with gilt lettering and illustration to front board. Spine lettered in gilt. Two sets of original rose coloured silk ties, still present. Top edge gilt, the others untrimmed. Decorative endpapers, printed on vellum style paper with a blue tint, with gold ink. A near fine copy.
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$3220.66 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. 4to. (11.5 x 8.8 inches). LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY RACKHAM. One of only 750 numbered copies. Beautifully illustrated with 13 mounted colour plates, the frontis with a tissue guard, two full page black and white plates, and 31 line drawings as chapter headings and tail pieces. Publishers white cloth with gilt lettering and illustration to front board. Spine lettered in gilt. Two sets of rose coloured silk ties, still present. Top edge gilt, the others untrimmed. Decorative endpapers, printed on vellum style paper with a blue tint, with gold ink. Red silk book marker. A very small bump to the top outer corner of the front board otherwise a fine and bright copy. Uncommon in such nice condition. --- This deluxe edition includes one extra colour plate, an image of the Yahoos, that wasn't included in the regular trade edition. --- Riall. Bibliography of Arthur Rackham. Page 91 (incorrectly listing fewer line illustrations and the wrong title of the extra plate). --- More photos available on request.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels. J.M. Dent & Co. and E.P. Dutton & Co, London & New York, 1909.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Arthur Rackham. Large Paper Edition. Leather Bound. H: 11", D: 8 1/4", W: 2 1/4" 1 Volume. Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels. Large Paper Edition. Bound in full navy morocco with ornate gilt-tooled depictions on the cover and raised band spine. All of the edges are gilt with marbled endpapers. Signed by the artist. This edition is limited to 750 copies, this being no. 419. Colored illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London & New York: J.M. Dent & Co. and E.P. Dutton & Co., 1909.
Seller: Imperial Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$7085.45 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition, number 402 of 750 copies signed by the artist, this copy with an original ink drawing on the half-title, signed and dated "Arthur Rackham 7 May, 1931". The drawing measures approximately 150 x 85 mm and shows Gulliver in Lilliput with two Lilliputians mounted on horses at his feet. Rackham first illustrated Swift's satire in 1900 (published with a colour frontispiece and 11 black and white drawings). Rackham reworked the drawings for a new edition in 1909, adding colour. The signed limited edition included an additional colour plate, "The Lilliputian tailors measure Gulliver for a new suit of clothes", not included in the trade edition. The signed limited edition was published by Dent in the UK and Dutton in the US. This copy carries the Dutton imprint on the spine although the Dent device is present on the front cover. Copies of the American binding with an original ink drawing are rare. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 32-33; Riall, p. 91. Quarto. Original white cloth, lettering on spine and front cover in gilt, publisher's device on front cover in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, illustrated endpapers in gilt, original dark red ties. Housed in a custom folding black cloth box with paper spine. Colour frontispiece and 12 colour plates mounted on white paper, with tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Arthur Rackham. Ownership signature to front pastedown. Some very light finger-soiling to binding but remarkably bright, some minor foxing and light browning, minor damp-staining to lower edge; a near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom