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Lot 201
Sale 437 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 5, 2016
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(WEITZ-COLEMAN; RACKHAM, ARTHUR) SWIFT, JONATHAN
Gulliver's Travels. London: J.M. Dent and Company, 1909.4to, finely bound by Herbert Weitz of Weitz-Coleman (stamped NYC 1992) in full smooth tan calf with inset central cartouche featuring onlaid leather illustrations of Gulliver mending a boat on the upper cover (after Rackham's illustration facing p. 36) and a Lilliputian man kissing Gulliver's hand on the rear cover (after Rackham's illustration facing p. 88), spine three compartments, one read calf lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., original vellum bound into rear, custom calf and cloth-backed slipcase. A few light scratches to binding.




