7571. Swift, Jonathan.

The Tale Of A Tub And Other Pieces: “The Battle Of The Books” and “A Discourse concerning Mechanical Operations of the Spirit”.

London, Charles Daly, 1837. Miniature Book: (7 cm wide x 10.7 cm high). Frontispiece, Engraved Title, LIV, 200 pages. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Besides some minor staining to cover, pastedown and endpaper, in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear (a very minor lesion to lower spine).

7572. Swift, Jonathan.

The Works of Jonathan Swift [The Illustrated Limited Dryden Edition]. Edited by Temple Scott. With a Biographical Introduction by Rt. Hon. W.E.H.Lecky.

No.317 of only 400 sets of the limited Dryden Edition (handnumbered). 14 Volumes. London, George Bell and Sons, 1900. Octavo (13 cm x 18,5 cm). Hardcover / Professionally restored half-leather by using the orginal publisher’s boards. The extremely rare, limited Dryden Edition, here complete and expertly restored. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. All illustrations in place with the original tissue-guards.

7573. [Swift, Jonathan] / Taylor, W.D.

Jonathan Swift – A Critical Essay.

London, Peter Davies, 1933. 14.7 cm x 22 cm. 312 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with lettering on spine. Good- condition with definite signs of external wear. Cracks to rear hinge of spine. Binding still good and firm. Bookblock tight and square. Sun-fading evident. Edges dust-toned. Minor foxing also. Very minor tears to some preliminary pages. Interior unmarked.

7574. [Swift, Jonathan] Elliott, Robert C. / Scouten, Arthur H.

The Poetry of Jonathan Swift. Papers read at a Clark Library Seminar 20 January 1979.

Los Angeles, University of California, 1981. 8°. 54 pages. Softcover. Very good condition.

7575. [Swift, Jonathan] Irving, David.

The Elements of English Composition [With an essay on ‘Critical examinations of a passage in the writings of [Jonathan] Swift’].

The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1816. Octavo. X, 318 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s interimsbinding. Binding slightly rubbed. Endpaper with small abrasion (minor tear). Bookseller-sign on pastedown: “Sold by J.Bolster, Bookseller, No.7, Patrick Street, Cork”. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle) / Name of preowner John Meade in ink on titlepage.

7576. Swinnerton, Frank.

Reflections From A Village.

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1969. 14 cm x 22 cm. 196 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7577. Switzerland – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Switzerland – With Vignettes of William Tell Shooting at the Apple, Bern, Castle of Cillon, Chamois Hunters, Tyrolese and the Cap on the Pole.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by A.H. Wray and engraved by J.B Allen. London, Edinburgh and Dublin, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32.2 cm x 25 cm. Sheet Size : 37.4 cm x 27.3 cm. In very good+ condition with only faintest traces of browning to edges. Slight paper imperfections to top edge. Very minor smudges to top right corner.

7578. Sydney, Grahame.

The Art of Grahame Sydney. Grahame Sydney and Contributors Michael Findlay, Brian Turner, Belinda Jones, Reg Graham.

First Edition. Dunedin, Longacre Press, 2000, 30cm x 27.5cm. 191 pages with 143 reproductions and 9 photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

7579. Sykes, Sir Percy.

A History of Exploration – From the earliest Times to the Present Day.

Second Edition. London, George Routledge & Sons, 1935. 8°. XIV, 374 pages including Index. With 25 illustrations and 35 maps (some folded). Original Hardcover (red cloth). Very good condition with some stronger signs of external wear (some staining to the binding). Occasional foxing. Bookplate on pastedown. Phantastic, underestimated publication.

7580. Sýkora, Zdenek.

Zdenek Sýkora.

Rejta, Galerie Benedikta, 2000. 23,5 cm x 23,5 cm. 34 pages. 29 full colour plates. Illustrated Softcover. From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.