A Tale of a Tub
The first, second, and third editions of the "Tale" appeared in 1704; the fifth edition came out in 1710. In "The Apology for the &c.", Swift indicates that he originally gave his publisher a preliminary copy of the work, while he kept a blotted copy at his own hand and lent other copies including one to Thomas Swift, Jonathan's "parson cousin". As a consequence, the first edition appeared with many errors. The second edition was a resetting of the type. The third edition was a reprint of the second, with corrections, and the fourth edition contained corrections of the third.
Brian Burland
It was not until 1964, however, that Burland began to be published, with his first book, "St. Nicholas in the Tub", being produced in the US. His next novel, "A Fall From Aloft", was published in the United Kingdom in 1968, followed by "A Few Flowers for St. George" (1970), "Undertow" (1961) and in 1973, "The Sailor and the Fox". Burland's other published novels are "Surprise" (1975), "Stephen Decatur, the Devil and the Endymion" (1975), "Flight of the Cavalier" (1980) and "Love is a Durable Fire" (1985). His papers include the manuscripts of five as yet unpublished novels.