Pot Swears (4 results)

Boards are faded and bumped. Spine is faded. Book is grubby with foxing to endpapers. Pages are clean and bright. 1st Edition 1899. Please see photos.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The Scarlet City: Being the Adventures of John Franklyn and his Friend Anthony Fuller. "In and out and round about the Wicked World in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century" Previous owners inscription in pen on FFEP. Rubbing to corners. First edition, first printing. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of this humorous adventure set in a satirical version of Victorian society, in the striking publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. The first edition of this scarce work.The work of "Pot" (Henry Pottinger Stephens) and "Swears" (Ernest Wells).Set in the latter half of the 19th century, the story follows the escapades of John Franklyn and his charismatic companion Anthony Fuller, with the narrative unfolding in a series of humorous and often absurd episodes, including encounters with eccentric characters, and escapades involving racing, gambling, and romantic entanglements.With four pages of advertisements to the rear.The novel's tone is reminiscent of picaresque storytelling, blending social satire with farce. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with a touch of fading towards tail of front board. Otherwise, externally excellent. Hinges lightly strained, with boards firmly held. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper and front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good. book.

First edition of this uncommon novel, a presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper to notable book collector Samuel Garcia Asher (c. 1868-1938) "To Dear old Sam, from his old pal 'Swears' Ernest Wells, 'Pot' H. P. Stephens"; and with his armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Uncommon: WorldCat locates only nine copies in the US and four in the UK (BL, Cambridge, NLS, Dublin); WorldCat adds two more copies (Oxford, London Library). Octavo. Title printed in red and black, 4 pp. of publisher's advertisements at end. Original dark blue cloth, titles in red and black to spine and front cover, pictorial designs to latter in red, black, and white of a devilish "swell" set against a moonlit London cityscape. Cocked, corners gently bumped, extremities a little rubbed, the binding otherwise unfaded and square, front hinge cracked but firm, faint spotting to endpapers, internally clean and fresh; a very good copy.