Publisher's Synopsis
'Fifteen hundred of the Emperor's largest horses, each about four inches and an half high, were employed to draw me towards the Metropolis, which, as I said, was half a Mile distant'

A savage and hilarious satire, Gulliver's Travels sees Lemuel Gulliver shipwrecked and adrift, subject to bizarre and unnerving encounters with, among others, quarrelling Lilliputians, philosophizing horses and the brutish Yahoo tribe, that change his view of humanity - and himself - for ever. Swift's classic of 1726 portrays mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with a comical yet uncompromising reflection of ourselves.
 
The Franklin Library; 1974. A Limited Edition. 'The 100 Greatest Books of All Time'. Full beige/brown leather binding with gold lettering and stampings on the spine and covers. Orange/brown silk Moire end papers. Attached silk ribbon marker. No dust jacket as published. With the illustrations of Charles Edmund Brock. No 'Notes from the Editors'. More photographs on request. Slightly musty smell due to previous storage but in near fine condition. Preowned. No ISBN.