The Works of Jonathan Swift
by Jonathan Swift
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€450.38€405.34
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About This Item
London : Henry Washbourne, 1841. Leather. Near Fine. 10" by 6.5". None. A lovely complete two volume set of The Works of Jonathan Swift. A complete two volume set of the Complete Works of Jonathan Swift. The volumes contain interesting and valuable papers with a memoir of the author by Thomas Roscoe. Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist and poet who is most remembered for his works such as A Tale of a Tub, Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal. With a frontispiece to volume one and a folding frontispiece to volume two. Bound by R, King & Son. Re-bound in half morocco leather with marbled boards. Externally, excellent. With a bookplate to both front pastedowns. Binders sticker to rear pastedown of volume two. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 838B5
- Title
- The Works of Jonathan Swift
- Author
- Jonathan Swift
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Washbourne
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1841
- Size
- 10" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- Johnathan swift complete works satire complete works
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Marbled boards
- ...