Not Stated Robert Smith Surtees (5 results)
More imagesPublished by H. F. & G. Witherby, London, 1927
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The first edition of this charming work containing all the mentions of hunting, guns and shooting in the work of English novelist Robert Smith Surtees. Illustrated throughout, and featuring bright colour plates. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this delightful compilat…ion of the work of Robert Smith Surtees, produced with the aim of featuring every mention of shooting in Surtees' work, edited by Hugh S. Gladstone.Subtitled 'a collection of extracts relating to the gun', and of course featuring excerpts from Surtees's Jorrocks stories, a cockney grocer dedicated to fox hunting.Illustrated with four colour plates, and numerous further illustrations. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Light fading to back strip, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Boards exceptionally bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Bradbury, Agnew & Co., London, 1892
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Fine. A very smartly bound copy of this exciting novel from Robert Smith Surtees, with illustrations. The "Jorrocks" edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty-eight vignettes and eight plates. Collated complete. Another adventure featuring the character of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured spo…rting cockney grocer with Thomas Scott, Esq. Written by Robert Smith Surtees, an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. Bound by Morrell, London. Bound in half red crushed morocco with red cloth binding. Externally, excellent with minor fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Bound by Morrell, London. Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1865
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The first edition of R. S. Surtees' Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds in half blue calf, with twenty-four coloured plates engraved on steel by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne. The first edition of R. S. Surtees' Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds illustrated in book form, in half blue calf.…A collection of the complete original twelve monthly parts.In half blue calf with twenty-four coloured plates engraved on steel by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne. Collated, complete. Renowned for his sporting novels Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities (1838) and Handley Cross (1843), R. S. Surtees' Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds is a humorous satire on the life of an English sporting man.With an unidentified contemporary ink inscription to the top of the title page. In half blue calf with cloth boards and a red leather spine label. Gilt decorated spine. Externally, smart with rubbing to joints and extremities. The odd handling mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Rear hinge slightly strained. Pages age toned with the odd spot, heaviest to first and last few. Unidentified contemporary ink inscription to the top of the title page.Marbled paste downs and matching fore edge. Very Good Indeed. John Leech; Hablot K. Browne (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1865
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A stunning first edition copy of Mr Facey Romford's Hounds, with beautiful hand coloured illustrations. Robert Smith Surtees was an English novelist most widely remembered for his invested character of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good natured cockney grocer.This is a wonderfully illustrat…ed copy of Mr. Facey Romford's Hound, with twenty-four hand coloured illustrations by John Leech and Halbot K. Browne.John Leech was a caricaturist and illustrator best know for illustrating Punch magazine.Collated, complete. In half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart. The boards are a little marked. There is a bookplate to the front pastedown. Front hinge is starting and weak. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. The pages are occasionally a little spotted. Very Good. John Leech and Hablot K. Browne (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by R. Ackermann 1841-1842, London, 1841
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates, present here are the scarce first three volumes of the new series of The New Sporting Magazine. Volumes I, II, and III of the very scarce 'New Series' of this sporting magazine, handsomely bound in half calf.Illustrated with an engraved ti…tle page and frontispiece to each volume, alongside fifteen plates to volume I, thirteen to volume II, and twelve to volume III. Collated, complete.These volumes each include a 'Coursing Calendar', alongside discussion of studs, dogs, masters of hounds, shooting in Europe, and accounts of the lives of illustrious sportsmen.With an index to the rear of each volume.Offering a wonderful insight into recreational sporting in the mid 19th century. In half calf bindings, with gilt detailing to back strips, and marbled paper covered boards. Back strips lightly age toned, as is common with calf of this shade. Light rubbing to centre of boards. Front hinge of vol I strained but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, with the odd spot. These volumes have a strong odour. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
