Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift, in this splendid Easton Press edition (1976), is a masterful satire cloaked as a fantastical adventure, presented in a volume worthy of its literary genius. Bound in full leather with 22-karat gold accents, silk moiré endpapers, and archival-quality paper, this edition captures the biting wit and imaginative scope of Swift’s 1726 classic.
The novel follows Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon, on four legendary voyages—to the tiny kingdom of Lilliput, the giant Brobdingnag, the floating island of Laputa, and the rational horse society of the Houyhnhnms. Each journey skewers human folly, from political pettiness to scientific pretension, with Swift’s trademark irony (“Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old”).
This 1976 Easton Press edition features the complete, unabridged text, allowing Swift’s prose—alternately whimsical and scathing—to shine without distraction. The gilt-stamped cover, devoid of illustrations, mirrors the duality of the tale: a children’s adventure on the surface, a corrosive critique beneath.
“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.” —Swift’s jest, bound in enduring elegance.
