Penguin C10 from the Illustrated Classics series, which was designed so as to showcase the art of wood-engraving. 1st Edition, published 1938.
Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. Swift's savage satire views mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.
Condition grading: Very Good. Minor reglued damage to bottom of spine. Bright covers. Very light creasing to bottom right corner of front cover. Pen name and date to first inside page. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin C10 from the Illustrated Classics series, which was designed so as to showcase the art of wood-engraving. 1st Edition, published 1938.
Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. Swift's savage satire views mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.
Condition grading: Very Good. Minor reglued damage to bottom of spine. Bright covers. Very light creasing to bottom right corner of front cover. Pen name and date to first inside page. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
