GULLIVER'S TRAVELS BY JONATHAN SWIFT 1909 FIRST DELUXE LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS BY JONATHAN SWIFT 1909 FIRST DELUXE LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM

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[SWIFT, JONATHAN]. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World. Illustrated By Arthur Rackham. Published by J. M. Dent & Co, London, 1909.

First deluxe limited edition. Limited edition no. 288 of 750, signed by Arthur Rackham to the limitation page. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Thick quarto (280 x 200 x 50 mm.). Pp. xv, 291. Beautifully bound in half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (signed on the front endleaf with an ink pallet), spine gilt ruled and tooled, all page edges gilt, marbled endpapers. 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 head- and tail-pieces. Printed by the Temple Press. Condition: NEAR FINE. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure with the hinges perfectly intact. Very faint ring mark to upper board, the covers otherwise fine. Interior near immaculate and without previous ownership markings. Scarce thus.

Notes: A stunning copy of this deluxe limited edition of 750 copies, signed by the artist Arthur Rackham; rebound by famous Sangorski & Sutcliffe bindery.

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