Sporting Jacket by North Christopher (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover, red cloth spine over slate gray paper covered boards. 133 pages. Introduction by William Aspenwall Bradley. Illustrated with 7 of 8 black and white full page line drawings, plate facing page 46 not bound in at publisher. First edition, one of 2500 published, possibly an out of series copy. A first appearance in book form of an autobiographical tale of youthful sporting life in Scotland, originally published in Blackwood in 1828, and likened to Walton's "Compleat Angler". Light pencil erasure to fly, else no previous ownership marks. Mild toning to fore-edge of boards. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Near very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited. 1901 Limited edition hardcover, one of 2500. Red cloth and grey paper covered boards with gold and black titles show rubbed corners. Front hinge paper cracked, 132 pp text tight and bright. Professionally photo-reproduced dj in new mylar has one chip near foot of spine on front board, a 1/2" chip at head of spine and light rubs to corners. This vintage book contains John Wilson's 1901 work, "Christopher in his Sporting Jacket". Originally published in "Blackwood" in 1828, it is a delightful chronicle of sporting life and exquisite idyll of natural boyhood. This volume will appeal to those with a love of the outdoors and rural pursuits, and it would make for a charming addition to any collection. Contents include: "Crash Goes the Top-Timber of the Five-Barred Gate", "She is a Salmon, Therefore to be woo'd-She is a Salmon, therefore to be Won", "Up Runs the Tyro Ready-Cocked", "Well, then, After Cat-killing comes Coursing", "Hark Forward, Tantivy", "Well Done, Fro!", "What a Twinkling of Fists and Shillelas!", and "A Red-Deer-A Stag of Ten". Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. 1st Limited edition; one of 2500 copies; slight wear at top spine; 133 clean, unmarked pages. 8 handcolored Plates. Alexander M. McLellan (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair+. Hard cover grey cloth bds, red cloth strip to spine, corners and spine ends rubbed, a little age-darkening to bds in places, Fair+, no dust jacket, neat inscription to ffep, tissue-protected frontis.,contents fine and tight, eight etchings by Alex. M. McLellan, states coloured by hand, but they are not, some pges rough cut at edges others still need cutting, pp133.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . . . . Ltd. edition, 2500 copies printed. 8vo, hardcover, red cloth spine w/ grey paper-covered boards, no dj. Vg condition. Illustrations not colored; 1 plate bound in upside-down. Thin chips across upper & lower spine cloth, board corners rubbed through, else contents clean, binding tight. xviii, 132 p., 7 plates + frontis.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Very good condition. Top and bottom of spine are worn. 133 pages plus eight illustrations. Illustrations are not in color, although they are called colored prints.

xix, 133 pp. Illustrated with eight hand-colored etchings by Alex. M. McLellan, plus black and white vignettes. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed printed boards; gilt spine. Special edition; one of 2500 copies. Old bookseller's description tipped onto front free endpaper; light shelf wear; tight and sound.…

Hardcover. First edition. 133 pages. Eight hand-colored etchings by Alex M. McLellan, and with a host of black and white vignettes by the latter. Introduction by William Aspinwall Bradley. Orig. published in BLACKWOOD for September, 1828. An exquisite idyll of natural boyhood in Scotland. Limited edition, one of 2000. The hand-colored etchings capture the mood of the story. Tan cloth spine and thick gray boards. Very good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. xix, 133 pp. Illustrated with eight hand-coloured plates by Alex. M. McLellan, plus black and white vignettes. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed printed boards; gilt spine. Special edition; one of 2500 copies.

XVIII, 132 (2)pp. With 8 handcoloured plates. Orig. half cloth. Limited edition of 2500 copies. - Spine faded, edges rubbed, covers a bit stained. Very good copy.