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    Sale 8797

    Illustrated Books and Original Books Illustrations

    London, South Kensington

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    16 June 2000

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    • CRESSET PRESS - SWIFT, Jonatha
    Lot 25

    CRESSET PRESS - SWIFT, Jonathan & Rex WHISTLER (illustrator). Gullivers' Travels, London: The Cresset Press, 1930. 2 volumes, 2°, half title and engraved title vignette in each volume, 5 maps, head and tailpiece illustrations and 12 hand-coloured engraved plates by Rex Whistler (occasional light offsetting), contemporary quarter bound emerald morocco by Wood, spines lettered in gilt (a little sunfaded, lightly rubbed along joints and extremities), t.e.g., slipcases. NO. 146 OF 195 COPIES. (2)

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    GBP 2,585

    Estimate

    GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,000

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    CRESSET PRESS - SWIFT, Jonathan & Rex WHISTLER (illustrator). Gullivers' Travels, London: The Cresset Press, 1930. 2 volumes, 2°, half title and engraved title vignette in each volume, 5 maps, head and tailpiece illustrations and 12 hand-coloured engraved plates by Rex Whistler (occasional light offsetting), contemporary quarter bound emerald morocco by Wood, spines lettered in gilt (a little sunfaded, lightly rubbed along joints and extremities), t.e.g., slipcases. NO. 146 OF 195 COPIES. (2)

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