Jock of the Bushveld

Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1907

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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA

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Inscribed by the author to Director of Military Intelligence Cedric Rhys Price, this is an exceptional first edition of Sir James Percy FitzPatrick's classic account of his travels with his dog. Beautifully illustrated throughout. The first edition, first issue, with vignette illustration of dung beetle pushing dung with his front legs (rather than back legs) to pages 65, 337 and 457. A signed presentation copy of this work, inscribed by the author 'To Cedric Rhys Price with all good wishes from the author Percy Fitzpatrick', dated 31 Oct 1907. The dedicatee, Major-General Cedric Rhys Price, was a British Army officer who served as Director of Military Intelligence. Signed examples of this work are scarce. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty-two plates, alongside further vignettes, from E. Caldwell. Collated, complete. The true story of South African author Sir James Percy FitzPatrick's 1880s travels with his dog, Jock, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross. Fitzpatrick offers an account of his life alongside Jock, during which time he was a storeman, prospector's assistant, journalist and ox-wagon transport-rider in the Bushveld region of the Transvaal. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Boards bright. Author's inscription to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with instances of spotting and foxing to page perimeters surrounding plates. Very Good Indeed.…

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Title
Jock of the Bushveld
Author
Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
Publisher
Longmans, Green, and Co., London
Publication year
1907
Condition
Very Good Indeed
Signed
signed by author
Book Type
book
Binding
Cloth
Illustrator
E. Caldwell
Edition
First edition.
Item weight
1.5 kilograms
Dimensions
9" by 6.5"
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