Lot 81
  • 81

(Rackham, Arthur. Illus)

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • ink and paper
Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1909

4to (11 3/8 x 8 5/8 in; 289 x 137 mm). 13 mounted color illustrations and numerous black and white illustrations throughout; minor offsetting from binder's glue to end leaves. Original white gilt stamped pictoral cloth; original cloth ties; spine darkened, cover soiled, minor stain on upper cover. Modern gray half morocco box.

Literature

Latimore & Haskell, p. 33; Riall, p. 91

Catalogue Note

Deluxe edition. Number 13 of 750 copies signed by Rackham.

This limitation has an additional plate not included in the trade edition, reproduced across from page 256 and entitled "The Yahoos."