Gulliver’s Travels
Book Description
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, [No Date] circa 1928*), illustrated by Harry G. Theaker.
Hardback – publisher’s beige cloth with onlay plate to front board, titles and decoration in black to front and spine. pp [1]-338, [6] publisher’s list, including colour plates and illustrated endpapers. Size: 8.5 x 6.25 inches approx. (213mm x 157mm).
Light wear to spine ends and corner tips. Inscription in ink to half-title page; scattered foxing throughout, heavier towards first few and last few pages; spotting/foxing to edges of page-block with some encroachment on to margins.
Overall, light wear but otherwise a particularly nice, clean copy – attractive.
Dealer Notes
A volume in the 48 colour plate (incl. endpapers) ‘Prince Charming’ series from Ward, Lock & Co., published from the late 1910s and through the 1920s/1930s. Titles include ‘Alice in Wonderland’, ‘Hans Andersen’s Fairy Stories’, ‘Robinson Crusoe’, ‘The Water-Babies’, and ‘Tales from Shakespeare’.
Harry George Theaker (1873-1954) illustrated several titles in this series, including ‘Stories of King Arthur’ (1925), ‘Robin Hood and his Merry Men’ (1927), and ‘The Adventures of Don Quixote’ (1929).
No mention of ‘Don Quixote’ in list of titles and the edition not stated, likely an early reprint. A gift inscription is dated 1933.
*ref. British Library; The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators by Alan Horne (Antique Collectors’ Club, 1994)
Harry George Theaker (1873-1954) illustrated several titles in this series, including ‘Stories of King Arthur’ (1925), ‘Robin Hood and his Merry Men’ (1927), and ‘The Adventures of Don Quixote’ (1929).
No mention of ‘Don Quixote’ in list of titles and the edition not stated, likely an early reprint. A gift inscription is dated 1933.
*ref. British Library; The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators by Alan Horne (Antique Collectors’ Club, 1994)
Author
Jonathan Swift
Date
circa 1928
Publisher
Ward, Lock & Co. Limited
Illustrator
Harry G. Theaker
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