Mr Jorrocks (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 272 pages. With an introduction by Joseph Grego. With numerous illustrations by H. Alken, Phiz, and W. Heath. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Inside Slipcase (Fair Condition, Scuffs And Minor Tears).

THIS FACSIMILE EDITION HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE SURTEES SOCIETY FOR THE FOLIO SOCIETY. A FINE COPY IN A VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN LEECH. JOHN LEECH (illustrator).

A FINE COPY IN A VERY GOODSLIPCASE. FACSIMILIE COPY. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN LEECH.

A FINE COPY IN A FINE SLIPCASE. FACSIMILIE COPY. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN LEECH.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair to Good. No Jacket. Interior of decent clean condition mostly for the age, no usage marks but a few age specks to edge of title page and to edge of last page- but this is very light and no text obscured, light age tone to e/papers, contains 15 coloured illustrations by Henry Aken, page block has a rough edge and browned, cloth boards show standard usage as shown in photos but all intact and firm. HENRY ALKEN (illustrator).…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original antique colour print. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. Excellent condition - A fine opportunity to obtain a splendid and unusual original colour print c.1850.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original antique colour print. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. Excellent condition - A fine opportunity to obtain a splendid and unusual original colour print c.1850.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original antique colour print. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. Excellent condition - A fine opportunity to obtain a splendid and unusual original colour print c.1850.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original antique colour print. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. Excellent condition - A fine opportunity to obtain a splendid and unusual original colour print c.1850.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original antique colour print. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. Excellent condition - A fine opportunity to obtain a splendid and unusual original colour print c.1850.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original antique colour print. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. Excellent condition - A fine opportunity to obtain a splendid and unusual original colour print c.1850.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. New edition.

Full Leather. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Extracts from Handlley Cross with illustrations by G. Denholm Armour. 9 x 11" pp.[44] + 150 with 25 tipped in colour illustrations with titles on tissue guards. De Luxe Limited Edition of which this is 72/350. Near Fine in full pigskin with gilt lettering and gilt picture of Jorrocks. Top edge gilt, remaining edges untrimmed. Slight rubbing to corners. Contents clean and bright with very slight browning to ffep which also has slight worm damage. No other marks or stains. All plates are pristine. Bookplate on fep of Cecil E. Byas, a noted collector who bequeathed parts of his collection to the Fitzwilliam Museum. Signed by Illustrator(s).…

A FINE COPY IN A VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY WILDRAKE - HEATH - JELLICOE. THIS FACSIMILE EDITION HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE SURTEES SOCIETY FOR THE FOLIO SOCIETY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Half leather with marbled covers and banded spine with gilt lettering and decoration. Marbled end-papers. Slightly bumped corners and very light wear at spine-ends. Covers rubbed and marbled paper covering boards worn at edges. Binding is sound, pages are clean. Contains 14 plates but no title page is present. Plates are clean. Some but not all are foxed to varying degrees. Contents Includes: January; Hillingdon Hall or The Cockney Squire: A Tale of Country Life (chapters in each month from XV to XXII), First Meet of Season at Hopwas Earths, Christmas at Willowford Village, India Pickles, Sports of the West, List of Stag and Fox-Hounds for the Ensuing Season, Upcoming Coursing Mettings, Racing Calendar. February; The Friars of Old, Pittites - Though No Tories, Flapper Shooting on the Cornish Moors, Switzerland and its Sports, Scenes in Texas - A Walk Among the Wild Turkeys, Shooting A La Francaise, Thames Regatta, Royal Western Yacht Squadron AGM. March; India Jungle Tiger Hunting, A Slick Run Down Hill, Steeple-Chases to Come, Coaching and Coach Men, List of Stallions for 1844, Sporting Law, Tattersall's. April; Woodcock Shooting in Cornwall, Newmarket, Fishing in Ireland, The National Steeple-Chase, Bencraft's Patent Saddle, Rail v Road or Ancient and Modern Travel by Whiskaway, Hours in the Himalayas, Training Race Horse, Remarks on Kennel Lameness. May; Nimrod's Analysis of "The Diary of a Huntsman" by Thomas Smith, Sporting Peregrinations by Robin Hood, Irish Hounds and the Men who Ride Them, Increase of Dog Stealing, State of the Odds. June; Epsom Races, Steeple-Chase Winners in 1843-44, A Spanish Bull-Fight, Chester Cup Race, Public Amusements in the Metropolis. The Coursing Calendar 1843-44. Index to the Racing Calendar 1843. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 57019124001. All our books are sent by tracked mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 291pp; no date c.1870's; full red leather; coloured frontispiece with tissue guard; 16 coloured illustrations; gilt decoration to front board and spine, spine faded a little, green label to spine with gilt title; gilt to edges, marbled eps.; edgeworn and rear hinge cracked; new edition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Alken, Henry (illustrator). Book.…

NEW EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN DARK RED DECORATED BOARDS. COLOURED FRONTISPIECE, COLOURED TITLE PAGE AND 14 COLOURED PLATES BY HENRY ALKEN. DAMAGE TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE SPINE.THE HUNTING, SHOOTING, RACING, DRIVING, SAILING, ECCENTRIC AND EXTRAVAGANT EXPLOITS OF THAT RENOWNED SPORTING CITIZEN.…

Hardcover (Half Leather). Condition: Very Good. A nice copy in an attractive binding of half-leather over marbled paper. The boards are lightly scuffed but the leather in good order. 16 printed colour illustrations by Alken. Some foxing to the first few pages only. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Illustrator: Henry Alken. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; Inventory No: 79434. Henry Alken (illustrator). …

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket - Issued. 291pp With 13 (of 16) splendid color plates by Henry Alken tissue-guarded. with scenes of hunting, rural life and english social history of privileged leisure time. Boards beginning to separate. Spine has wear at top and bottom. Previous owner bookplate inside cover. Text clean exceopt for light foxing.…

Full Leather. Condition: very good. New Edition. Bound in full red leather iwth gilt design to front cover and design and lettering to spine. Signed Riviere & Sons binding. With 16 coloured illustrations by Henry Alken. Some wear along spine.

Fine Binding. Condition: Near Fine. A finely bound copy of Robert Smith Surtees' Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities. In a beautiful half crushed morocco binding, with the illustrations remaining bright. The full title being Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities, The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of the Renowned Sporting Citixen, Mr John Jorrocks. In a beautiful half crushed morocco binding with pictorial gilt stamping to the spine of some of the jaunts and jollities mentioned in the text. To the rear the original cloth binding is tipped in. Illustrated, with sixteen coloured plates, including a colour title page and frontispiece. Illustrations by Henry Alken, an English painter and engraver. He was chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of coaching scenes and sporting subjects. This is the third, revised edition of this text. Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities was written by sporting writer Robert Smith Surtees. Surtees started his writing career by contributing to Sporting Magazine. He created his own New Sporting Magazine in 1831, contributing his comic papers of Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities. The character of Jorrocks, the sporting cockney grocer was incredibly successful with the public and Surtees wrote many sporting works from Jorrocks' viewpoint. In a half crushed morocco binding with pictorial gilt stamping to spine. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with heavy spotting to the first and last few pages and scattered spots throughout though much less than usually seen. Newspaper article from 'The Sale Room' loosely inserted describing several lots from the library at Hornby Castle, of which this title was one of them. Near Fine. Henry Alken (illustrator). book. …