Language: English
Published by R.S. Surtees, Somerset, England; London, 1985
Seller: M RICHARDSON RARE BOOKS (PBFA Member), Ashby cum Fenby, NE Lincolnshire, LINCS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Published. John Leech (illustrator). 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.
Language: English
Published by Folio by The Surtees Society, London, 1986
Seller: Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
First Edition
HardBack. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st Edition Thus, Published The Surtees Society for Folio Editions 1986, with the Preface from the 1852 true 1st Edition, upon which the volume in hand is based. Thick Royal 8vo. 406pp. Profuse illustrations, with many full page coloured plate illustrations based on steel engravings, and many black and white illustrations based on wood engravings by John Leech including frontispiece. Volume appears unopened and unread, very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscriptions or marks of any kind, clean crisp corners and edges, well held in joints and hinges. Beautifully bound in triple blind ruled and illustrated, bright gilt lettered and embossed, full red cloth, featuring gilt embossed angels and riding scenes to spine and upper board. Housed and protected in such good condition in original gold card slipcase. Dickens Pickwick Papers originated as a rival to the immensely popular Jorrocks; Thackeray envied Surtees his powers of observation, and William Morris considered him a master of life and ranked him with Dickens. The volume in hand is a great addition to the library of reader, scholar and collector alike. Please check our listings for 8 other volumes of Surtees fiction published by the Surtees Societythis the only collaboration or Folio and Surtees Editions, and 2 nonfiction, bought from the same collector.