Surtees Robert Smith E D Cuming Editor (3 results)
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Robert Smith Surtees; E.D. Cuming (Editor, Introduction); Geo. Denholm Armour (Illustrations)
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Pagan Hare, Tetbury, GLOS, United KingdomThe Pagan Hare
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition, Special Edition. 0-948560-15-0 The R.S. Surtees Society, Nunney, 1993. Hardcover. Blind stamped decorative beige boards. Gilt titled and gilt decorated spine. Gilt stamped titles and gilt stamped illustration to upper board. Illustrated throughout with black a…nd white plates. Cellophane dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate pasted onto the front pastedown. Bookplate partially tanned. Rear pastedown lightly foxed. Endpapers partially stained. Overall, the book is in a good condition. The dustjacket is chipped, stained and tanned and is in a fair condition. Geo. Denholm Armour (illustrator).
More imagesThe Hunting Tours of Surtees (Creator of Jorrocks)
[SURTEES Robert Smith 1805-1864] (CUMING ED [Edward William Dirom] 1862-1941 editor)
Language: English
Published by William Blackwood & Sons Ltd. Charles Scribner's Sons., Edinburgh and London. New York. 1927
- Hardcover
Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United KingdomMadoc Books (ABA-ILAB)
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. Limited Edition. Small 4to, Ltd ed, VG, 1927, 28 pls. In red cloth, titles in gilt, edges faded very slightly, corners and edges bumped and rubbed. Spine, titles in gilt, edges bumped. DW, in mylar jacket, couple of small marks and chips, titles in black inks, lovely co…loured image by Armour to top cover. Internally, some light offsetting to eps, an edition limited to just 230 copies, (xxvi), [1], 2-332, 28 plates, of which 8 are coloured, printed by William Blackwood and Sons, teg remainder uncut. Surtees, was an author whose books ran counter to the currents of his age in their lack of idealism, absence of sentimentality, and almost wilful flouting of conventional moralism. His leading male characters were coarse or shady; his leading ladies dashing and far from virtuous; his outlook on society satiric to the point of cynicism. See ODNB. ARMOUR George Denholm 1864-1949 (illustrator).
Published by William Blackwood and Sons, London 1927
- Hardcover
Seller: The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA, U.S.A.The Ridge Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Limited Edition; First Printing. Robert Smith Surtees was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. He is remembered for his invented character of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured sporting cockney grocer. This is #180 of a limited editin of 230, descri…bing hunting tours takens by Surtees in the early 19th century. Bound in red linens, with tipped in full color illustrations, deckle edges and an illustrated dust jacket, the book has light rubbing to the boards, as well as light age-toning and foxing. The DJ has some rubbing, light stains and and a closed tear; it is now in Mylar. ; Color and B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 332 pages. Illustrated by George Denholm Armour (illustrator).
