Robert Smith Surtees Ed (39 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, 8vo, 339 pages. Color frontis with additional illustrations. Some wrinkling to front color with some disoloration, else book good condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition, Special Edition. 0-948560-15-0 The R.S. Surtees Society, Nunney, 1993. Hardcover. Blind stamped decorative beige boards. Gilt titled and gilt decorated spine. Gilt stamped titles and gilt stamped illustration to upper board. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates. Cellophane dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate pasted onto the front pastedown. Bookplate partially tanned. Rear pastedown lightly foxed. Endpapers partially stained. Overall, the book is in a good condition. The dustjacket is chipped, stained and tanned and is in a fair condition. Geo. Denholm Armour (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1924, First Edition, (G+/no dj), 339 pages, preface by Cuming, list of illustrations, introduction, illustrated with color frontis (by G. D. Armour) and 5 b&w plates, 5.50 in. x 8.75 in., hardcover, red cloth with gilt titles, corners faintly bumped and rubbed, spine ends mildly bumped, spine faded with one very small spot of soil near base, a very little faint soil to covers, minor shelf-wear, no dust jacket, free endpapers darkened, pages mildly age-toned, substantial foxing to just a few pages, otherwise contents clean and tight, book: Good Plus (G+/no dj) 5282 [(s)0421KW].…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Reissue by the Surtees Society in facsimile of the original and 1st edition thus, 8vo, 301pp, line illustrations by Armour, olive green cloth lettered and illustrated gilt, VG+/Fine Copy with glassine DJ also VG+ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Armour, G Denholm (illustrator). …

Condition: New.

Condition: Good+.

hardcover in dustwrapper; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 301 pages, 1993, Hardback, Not exlib. Surtees died in 1864 having written largely about country life - although section IV, forty pages, discusses Victorian railway travel. In this volume (published originally in 1929). E D Cuming brings together some of his shorter pieces. This reprints them. Around twenty nice engravings. No index. Condition: a very nice copy with no blemishes - brown cloth casing and text are clean and smart. Book encased in plastic wrapper.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket as Published. First Thus. A fabulous, near new looking copy in hardly read condition. Bright boards with lovely crisp title lettering on the spine. Protected by a glassine dust cover, which may even be as published. This has preserved the boards quite superbly. No inscriptions and clean pages throughout. Would probably be very difficult to find a better copy. Wonderful illustrations throughout. Geo. Denham Armour (illustrator). …

Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, full-color illus. frontis., 339 pp. Good+, with sunned spine & very light speckling to covers, small tear to cloth at head of spine; other than foxing (age darkened spotting) to endpapers and title, interior clean & tight, without markings of any kind. From Preface: If it be urged that an account of the life and works of one who has been dead for sixty years is overlate, the answer is that the immortality of John Jorrocks extends to his creator; and while the popularity of Jorrocks endures, interest in the writer who gave him birth also endures.The novelist was reticent, even with the members of his own family, concerning whatever literary work he had in hand; hense none at Hamsterley Hall could have been aware that during the last months of his life he was engaged in writing a book to be entitled "Sporting and Social Recollections," which, as appears from his papers, he proposed to publish under his own name, thus laying aside the anonymity he had theretofore preserved. Literature, Author, Biography, Jorrocks. …

Condition: New.

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (spine faded and light marks on boards), no dustwrapper. Pp. x + 339, illus with coloured and b&w plates (endpapers tanned; previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper).

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fourth Impression. Light soiling to the cloth binding. Age toning to the leaves. Creases to the dust jacket, along with a few chips and soiling. Now protected by Mylar.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Trade. 1st trade edition, large 8vo, 359pp, colour frontis and colour and b/w photo reproductions by G Denholm Armour; scarlet cloth lettered and embellished gilt and black; two plates, one colour and one half-tone, are missing from this otherwise VG+ Copy; priced down accordingly Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Armour, G Denholm (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, plates, pp339, good copy in slightly faded original cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 339 pp.Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. Bookplate front paste down. Bound in orange cloth that is now sun faded on the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very slight discoloration of spine, else fine, clean, tight copy with bright gilt lettering and decoration on original red cloth. G. Denholm Armour (illustrator). Book.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 339 pages; Description: x p. , 1 l. , 339 p. Col. Front. , pl. , 2 port. , 2 facsim. 23 cm. Subject: Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805-1864. Biography 1 Kg. …

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in Very good condition without dust jacket. Small nick to spine. Teg. 230mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). xiv, 359pp. Colour and b/w plates. Hunting scenes and experiences. Red/gilt/black hardback cloth cover.

Condition: Very Good. F. Small 8vo. hardcover. 96pp. very good, front baord slightly bent. / very good d/w.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 339 pages; Description: x p. , 1 l. , 339 p. Col. Front. , pl. , 2 port. , 2 facsim. 23 cm. Subject: Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805-1864. Biography 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. One-half red leather and red pebbled cloth. On the front cover in gilt is the coat of arms of the Knockgray Kennedys--Avise La Fin.Raised bands with gilt designs and information in the 6 compartments. Bookplate of a Clark-Kennedy inside the front cover, ostensibly that of Captain Alexander Clark-Kennedy of Knockgray, who died in 1894. On the verso of the front free endpaper is a notastion signed by the Captain's brother, who acquired the book in 1895. On the half title above the plate is a small, neat Canada college stamp. There are only two plates, including the half title, so plates are missing. Much on trout fishing, horse racing, etc. Edge scuffing on the leather, foxing on the front endpapers, internals nice.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Illustrated red cloth in gilt and black stamping, top edge gilt. Color illustrations by George Denholm Armour. Gutter cracked, corners lightly worn, else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Limited, Numbered Edition. Gift quality, limited, numbered, first UK edition (#144/250 copies printed) in original VG dust wrapper. Oversized hardcover measures 10.5" x 8.5" x 2" with top edge gilt. No names, tears or major soil seen in the tight, bright 359pp untrimmed text, only very light occasional foxing that doesn't affect any of G.D. Armours' tipped in plates. Color frontispiece and three other color plates, plus twelve b/w sketches within this stunning volume. Un-clipped original red background dust wrapper has lightly sunned back strip, no chips or tears, displays beautifully in protective mylar wrap. Will incur add'l postage for priority mail or international destinations. Chapters include: Mr Hall and Our Tom/ Introduces Major Fibs/ Tom in Good Hands/ Marital Ardour/ Mrs Hall's Ambition/ Lord Lavender at Home/ Colonel Blunt Calls/ The Desante/ "Considering" a Horse/ Colonel Blunt Confides in Major Fibs/ The Major Knows of Another Horse/ Clenching a Bargain/ Satisfaction of the Colonel/ Lord Heartycheer's Opening Day/ The Hunt Breakfast/ Colonel Blunt Enjoys Himself/ Lily of the Valley, Late Rumtouch/ A Courtship Marred/ Tom Brought to the Scratch/ A Meeting of the Fathers/ Another Horse Deal/ Lord Heartycheer at Silverspring Firs/ Mr Woodcock, Dealer in Cripples/ Colonel and Mrs Blunt Discuss Prospects/ Tom the Day After/ Advice from the Colonel/ Mr Hall and the Colonel/ In An Artists Studio/ Chiefly Biographical/ The Carol Hill Green Establishment/ Tom's Affections in Danger/ The Guineafowles Organise a Dinner/ The Hero Arrives/ A New Idol/ High Life Below Stairs/ A Day with the Major's Harriers/ Lord Heartycheer Goes A-Roving/ Angelena Astonishes Her Mother/ Parents in Council/ Arranging a Quiet Bye-Day/ One Too Many/ Useful Jog/ Soothing Syrup/ By Back Ways/ Damped Hopes/ Mystery and Solution/ Lord Lavender's Bank Account/ A Card From Hyacinth Hall/ Rivals in the Hunting Field.…

1st Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: limited editon- number 94 of only 250 copies. Physical description: xiv, 359 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations. Subjects: Horses -- Fiction. Hunting -- England -- 19th century -- Fiction. English fiction -- 19th century. English fiction. Horses. Hunting. England. Genre: illustrated. 1 Kg. …

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Signs of wear at cover corners. Some fading and staining of cover. Some marking due to age on pages, but overall book remains in good condition considering age. Front cover is loose. Quick dispatch from UK seller. …

1st Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: limited editon- number 94 of only 250 copies. Physical description: xiv, 359 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations. Subjects: Horses -- Fiction. Hunting -- England -- 19th century -- Fiction. English fiction -- 19th century. English fiction. Horses. Hunting. England. Genre: illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this unfinished entertaining novel by Surtees, complete with plates throughout. The first edition of this previously unpublished and unfinished novel by Robert Smith Surtees.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Young Tom Hall' remained unfinished by Surtees as his publisher broke an agreement.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, and twelve monochrome plates.Collated, complete.Robert Smith Surtees was a popular sporting writer, beginning his writing live by contributing to the "Sporting Magazine". His best novel is often considered to be "Mr Sponge"s Sporting Tour", with his hero, Soapey Sponge, being as popular as his comic character Jorrocks, featured in numerous novels, including "Handley Cross". His comical novels are engaging and witty, with his writing style and character sometimes being compared to Charles Dickens.Illustrated with G. Denholm Armour In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Only a couple of very small marks to the boards. Light spots to the endpapers. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn, with small chips and closed tears to the head of the wraps. Spine is a little faded. Some light marks and a little rubbing to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some scattered spots. Very Good Indeed. G. Denholm Armour (illustrator). book.…