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A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books and Other Satires (Everyman's Library #347)
de SWIFT, Jonathan
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- Estado
- Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. A 1968 reprint of the 1908 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition offering satirical essays on a variety of subjects by the famous Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), probably best known for his "Gulliver's Travels." 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 Everyman's Library larger format binding style 5. Full red cloth-look paper-covered boards with titling and "Everyman's Library" gilt-stamped on spine, dolphin-and-anchor device borrowed from Aldine press in gilt at tail of spine. In yellow dust jacket with 'Everyman's Library' surrounded by scrollwork on front panel. --- The book has been exposed to moisture, resulting in dampstains to covers, front endpapers and textblock lower edge (but not on the leaves themselves), else a tightly-bound, bright, sound copy. Price-clipped jacket with pronounced red bleed-off from book cover to area near tail of spine, a few small tears but otherwise an intact copy; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xx, 325, 4 (ads) pages .
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- Bluebird Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 88095
- Título
- A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books and Other Satires (Everyman's Library #347)
- Autor
- SWIFT, Jonathan
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Editorial
- Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Lugar de publicación
- London / New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1968
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
