Travels into several remote nations of the world. In four parts / by Lemuel Gulliver [i.e. Jonathan Swift], first surgeon, & then Captain of several ships
Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire: Printed at The Golden Cockerel Press, MCMXXV
Physical Description
141 p. : ill. (some colour) ; 26 cm.
General Note
This edition of Gulliver's travels was printed by Robert Giddings at Waltham Saint Lawrence in Berkshire, and completed on the 7 day of November, 1925. The text is taken from the Bohn edition, the illustrations are designed and engraved on wood by David Jones. Compositors: F. Young and A.H. Gibbs. Pressman: A.C. Cooper. CCCCLXXX [480] copies have been printed, of which nos. 1 to 30 are on hand-made paper. [From: colophon, vol. 2. (p.[141]).]
With 40 wood-engravings by David Jones, several hand-coloured.
Copy Note
Copy No. 339 of an edition of 480.
Binding Note
Original cream, half-buckram boards. Spine lettered in gold: "Gulliver's Travels - Vo. I. [Vol. II]."
Subject
Illustrated books
Satire
Hand coloured wood engravings