Surtees R S Cuming E D (7 results)

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. Edition Unstated. Robert Smith Surtees (17 May 1805 ? 16 March 1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer, widely known as R. S. Surtees. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family. He is remembered for his invented character of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured sporting cockney grocer. (wiki) Book plate inside front cover. Third Printing. Size: 8vo. 350 pages. Full refund if not satisfied.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition hardcover in red cloth covered boards with gilt titles show rubbing and chipping at head of darkened spine with no loss of spine title. Black ink and faint cup ring on frt board, book now placed in removable clear mylar sleeve and well protected. Some moderate foxing on endpapers, remainder tight and bright with name & address on inside cover. 339 pp. This is the account of Surteess' life and some of his unfinished work and rough drafts discovered after his death discovered by Cuming. A fabulous read and welcome addition to any sporting library.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. 359 clean, unmarked page;red c. w/gilt decorations/titles; sunned spine; moderate wear at exremities; 4 single-sided colour plates;+ half-tonme illus. Colored Plates/half-tone Illus (illustrator).

1st edition hardback in original cloth Nice copy octavo x + 339pp., colour frontis., b/w plates, Fine biography of the great 'sporting' illustrator.

Half Calf. Condition: Very Good Plus. Third Impression. Bound by Hatchards. Book measures 22x14.5.cm. x[2],339pp, 6 plates. Bound in half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, raised bands, gilt box tooling and center stamp, top gilt edge. Binding lightly rubbed, minor abrasion wear on corners. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, bookplate of the Duke of Gloucester. Pages in very good clean condition. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo.…

Half Calf. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. First edition. xxvi, 332 pp. Half tan-brown Rivià re binding with ruling to the boards & raised bands, gilt lettered title labels and decorations to the spine. With plates in colour & black and white by George Demholm Armour. Top edge gilt and endpapers marbled. Binding firm with some minor edgewear and small marks to the boards, spotting to the edges and offsetting to 34-35 pp. A beautifully bound copy of this selection of writings on hunting and equestrian life by Sporting Magazine contributor and author of the Jorrocks novels R. S. Surtees. 8vo. Armour, George Denholm (illustrator).…