THE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D., AND DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S, DUBLIN. WITH COPIOUS NOTES AND ADDITIONS AND A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR. BY THOMAS ROSCOE . . . VOL. II. (Spine title: "Dean Swift's Works Vol. II. Gulliver's Travels Etc.") [Volume 2-Two only.]

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Thomas Roscoe, 1791-1871.

Edité par New York: Derby & Jackson [Derby and Jackson], 1859.

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VOLUME II ONLY of a six volume set. Full title: THE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D., AND DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S, DUBLIN. WITH COPIOUS NOTES AND ADDITIONS AND A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR. BY THOMAS ROSCOE. COMPLETE IN SIX VOLUMES. VOL. II. i-xiv, 15-628 pages. Hardcover: H 19.25cm x L 13.25cm. Original light brown full calf leather binding; splitting to front and rear joints leaving boards attached but tenuous, the front board more so than the rear; surface abrasion to spine with shallow wear at ends; spine decorated with two original black title labels with gilt lettering; slender scuffing along board edges with corners worn (book now presented in a trimmed clear Dura-Lar polyester film sheet forming a dj which aids in securing boards and enhances shelf presence). All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Original owner's antiquarian ink inscription upon front flyleaf "J.O. Banks | Columbus | Miss | Dec. '1859" with his purple ink name stamp "J.O. Banks" at top of title page. Foxing and toning strongest on initial and rear leaves with lighter occurrences upon interior pages; mild diagonal crease affecting interior leaves as well. Text block binding is firm. A good antiquarian copy. Contents are: "Gulliver's Travels," "A Tale of a Tub," "The History of Martin, "The Battle of the Books," "A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit," "The Drapier's Letters," and "Memoirs of Captain John Creichton." Born in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, James Oliver Banks (1829-1904) graduated with a bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Alabama in 1847 and 1850 respectively later followed by a medical degree from Jefferson College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Banks entered Civil War military service as a captain in September 1861 in Columbus, Mississippi with Company A, 5th Battalion, Mississippi Confederate Infantry rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel in October 1862 with the 43rd Mississippi Infantry participating in action at the Battle of Corinth and Vicksburg with final service in Alabama and Georgia. Banks was first married to Martha Jane Coleman (1833-1868) of Greene County, Alabama with whom he had five children (of which two passed in infancy) and, following her death, married Lucy Watkins Young (1841-1933) on May 11, 1870 with whom he had five children (all surviving to adulthood). Lucy Young was one of ten children of George Hampton Young who owned the architecturally renowned Waverly Plantation on the west bank of the Tombigbee River between Columbus and West Point, Mississippi.

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• Titre: THE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D., AND DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S, DUBLIN. WITH COPIOUS NOTES AND ADDITIONS AND A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR. BY THOMAS ROSCOE . . . VOL. II. (Spine title: "Dean Swift's Works Vol. II. Gulliver's Travels Etc.") [Volume 2-Two only.]
• Éditeur: New York: Derby & Jackson [Derby and Jackson], 1859.
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