Jonathan Swift (edited by William Hadley) - Gulliver's Travels - issue no. 155 in the series "The Kings Treasuries of Literature" (General Editor: Sir A. T. Quiller Couch) - London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1948 - reprint of the 1927 edition in this format - Original edition from 1726 - 254p. - Hardcover: linen binding with punched main profile and frame on the front cover, decorative gold print on the spine - 11.60x15.20cm - Good copy: signs of wear and use on the cover, text block with some pencil notes, ex-libris on the front endpaper.

•      Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift". His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".

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