Jonathan Quick [Cecil Eldred Hughes; E. Harold Begbie] — Gulliver Joe

London, Isbister and Company Limited, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated first edition of this charming novel from Quick, with the front panel of the original dust wrapper. First edition. Very scarce work. With the front panel of the original dust wrapper. Illustrated with frontispiece and thirty full-page images, with many in-text images. Collated complete. A Gulliverian satire on Joseph Chamberlain, who was Secretary of State for the British Colonies at the time. Written by Jonathan Quick, the pseudonym of Edward Harold Begbie, an English journalist and author, and Cecil Eldred Hughes, an English author. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and wear to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the extremities. Includes front panel to the original dust wrapper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .