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Over 800 lots will be offered in day 2 of our 2 day weekend. There are multiple lots of important fine art from landscapes and etchings to old masters and portraits. We have a collection of sterling silver, African artifacts, oriental rugs, Asian antiquities, a collection from the Ex Managing Director of the NYC Waldorf Astoria, and more!
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Lot 1521

Gulliver’s Travels, Arthur Rackham Illustrated Book 1937

Estimate: $60 - $80
Starting Bid
$40

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This book is titled Gulliver’s Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The World, written by Jonathan Swift, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, and published in London by the Temple Press  in 1937. The book has red cloth covers, gilt lettering on the spine, black lettering on the front cover, blank endpapers, a half-title, a color frontis by Rackham, then the title page, a list of Contents that runs from vii - xiii, a list of Illustrations on page xv, 292 pages of text, all twelve color plates are present, with a small bookseller’s label on the last endpaper in the rear which says “Gotham Book Mart” in New York, and the book is considered a first edition edition thus by  Temple Press. 

The book measures 9 1/8 x 6 5/8 inches wide and is in good condition. The binding is tight and has clean plates and text. There is light wear and light bumps on the heel and crown of the spine, light bumps on the front cover, light wear at the tips, a slight stain in the lower right corner of the front cover, light red marks on the underside of the book, and still an attractive copy for a book illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

Size: 9 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. 

 

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9 1/8 x 6 5/8 in.