Plain Ringlets, First Edition (87 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. john leeck (illustrator). First Edition. A beautiful bright copy in blue cloth with black, gold and red embossed decorative covers. Wonderful color print in front. spine is a little darkened and stained and has chips on top end. Jarrocks edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. John Leech (illustrator). 1st Edition. A beautiful bright copy in red cloth with black and red embossed decorative covers. Wonderful color prints with tissues present. Only defect I can see is the spine is lightly faded. Appears unread as many of the pages are un separated. undated prob. late 1800's.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. John Leech (illustrator). First Edition Thus. First printing of the Methuen edition. Red cloth with gilt spine titles. The spine is somewhat faded, with tarnished gilt, and slanted. Rounded spine ends. Bumped at the corners. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown and name on the front free endpaper. Otherwise unmarked and in a tight binding. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. First Edition. 8vo. 406pp. Illus.,col.plates. Rebound with original covers, original spine applied over new cloth, Spine and covers rubbed and bumped, boooklate on front pastedown, frontispiece missing, the plate which should be opposite p.385 ("Mr. Bunting Rejected") has been bound in as the frontispiece, plates opposite p.77 and p.205 lack guards, pp.71/72, 73/74 loose but not yet detached, foxed. Book.

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.

1st edn. 8vo. Contemporary gilt tooled full calf, marbled endpapers (poor - split at outer joints and chipped at head of spine; boards loosened). Pp. viii + 406, illus with hand-coloured plates and b&w illus (previous owner's neat biro inscription on verso of front free endpaper).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. John Leech (illustrator). 1st Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hard cover book.Pages are clean, bright and tight. Original plain red boards.Name on f.e.p.Slightly rough cut page fore edges.

first edition thus [jorrocks edition] 398pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.red/black/grey/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine darkened,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked).

Fine Binding. Condition: Mint. John Leech (illustrator). Facsimile Edition. PLAIN OR RINGLETS? R S Surtees Introduction by Molly Keane Illustrated by John Leech. R S Surtees Society, Craddock 1986 Facsimile Edition 406pp plus prelims. Illustrated Hardback. Robert Smith Surtees (born May 17, 1805, The Riding, Northumberland, died March 16, 1864, Brighton, Sussex) English novelist. Passionately addicted to riding to hounds from his youth, Surtees devoted nearly all his writings to horses and riding. In 1831 he launched New Sporting Magazine. His famous comic character Mr. Jorrocks, a blunt Cockney grocer entirely given over to fox hunting, appeared in Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities (1838), Handley Cross (1843), and Hillingdon Hall (1845). Among his other novels, which also portray the boredom, ill manners, discomfort, and coarse food of English provincial life, are Hawbuck Grange (1847) and Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds (1865). All his novels were originally published in serial form in magazines such as 'Punch' anonymously at first. This copy, a facsimile of the original, is prepared by the R S Surtees Society, with a specially commissioned introduction, is in MINT condition with no inscriptions, markings or marginalia. Bound in red skivertex boards with blind stamping borders front and rear and gilt titling and decoration to the front and spine. The stock is bright and tight . The book is encased in a gold paper covered board slipcase which is also in MINT condition. This is just one of eight Surtees Titles I am selling on this site. Ref O7 Size: 406pp + Prelims.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges, with slightly worn gilt on spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Bookplate of V.K. Heseltine. First Folio Society edition. Physical description; 463 pages, colour frontispiece, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm. Subjects; Mate selection Fiction. Hunting England Fiction. English fiction 19th century. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of G.A. Pickis with is bookplate bearing the Latin inscription "Nunc ea congnosce quae maxime exoptas". Series; Handley cross sporting novels. Physical description; 398 p. : ill. Subjects; Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864). Handley Cross Sporting Novels. John Leech (1817-1864) [illustrator]. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 539p small format, red cloth with gilt riding scene to front board, spine lettered gilt, colour frontispiece with tissueguard, a nice and tight copy, first edition in this form, illustrations by John Leech Language: English.

1st edition. Poor copy in the original half aniline calf over marbled boards with raised bands and spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. All edges gilt. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Some pages loose. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 428 pp.: illustrations ; 20 cm. Notes; Date is suggested. Subjects; Fox hunting.Wit and humor. English fiction 19th century. 3 Kg.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. 406 pages. Illustrated with hand colored engravings by John Leech. Handsomely rebound in red leather with raised bands on spine and marbled papers. Small 1/4" tear spine edge at bottom. Some light rubbing to edges. Some cover soiling and light discolorations. Owner's bookplate front endpaper. Else, very good+ condition. (Q6).

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges, with slightly worn gilt on spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Bookplate of V.K. Heseltine. First Folio Society edition. Physical description; 463 pages, colour frontispiece, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm. Subjects; Mate selection Fiction. Hunting England Fiction. English fiction 19th century. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of G.A. Pickis with is bookplate bearing the Latin inscription "Nunc ea congnosce quae maxime exoptas". Series; Handley cross sporting novels. Physical description; 398 p. : ill. Subjects; Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864). Handley Cross Sporting Novels. John Leech (1817-1864) [illustrator]. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. John Leech (illustrator). 1st Edition. Half red leather. Decorated spine with modern title label. Marbled boards. Top edge gold. In very good condition BUT some spotting throughout and fore and bottom text edges browned and a bit spotted. Two ink corrections made to STEEL ENGAVINGS page. Leather is worn away at corners to expose the boards beneath and some surface wear in places. Spine a bit rubbed and bumped and marbled boards a bit scuffed in places. (SPINE HAS BEEN REBACKED).

x, 406 pp. Added hand-colored engraved title page; colored frontispiece; 11 color plates only; lacking the final color plate, "Mr. Bunting Rejected." 8vo, publisher's gilt rose cloth, expertly rebacked retaining the original spine. First edition. Corners rubbed; (inner) hinges neatly reinforced with added paper; contents in bright, very fine condition (but note the the final color plate is lacking).

x, 406 pp. With Illustrations by John Leech; hand-colored added engraved title page and eleven only of twelve colored plates; numerous text illustrations. 8vo, publisher's rose gilt cloth. First edition. Apart from the missing plate (there is no evidence it was ever there), a beautiful copy with slight sunning to the spine.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good Minus. 1st Edition. 398 pp. A first edition. Colour frontispiece. Numerous other illustrations throughout the text. Original publishers cloth with picture embossed to front board and spine. Light soiling of boards and spine. Lightly bumped corners. Rubbing to head and tail of spine. Name inscription to front end paper. Slight splitting between p 184-184 along spine but remains well attached. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. John Leech (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very Good ++ , Light Spotting Throughout, Red Cloth With Gilt Decoration Undated C1860 Pp 423 Illustrations.

1st. 8vo. 406pp. 3/4 red polished calf, book plates on front end pps, rare book dealer. Philip Duschnes' '60s receipt taped to rear end paper. Quite an attractive copy. VG, NO dj A bit of fading to spine (see other notes).

1st edition. Poor copy in the original half aniline calf over marbled boards with raised bands and spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. All edges gilt. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Some pages loose. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 428 pp.: illustrations ; 20 cm. Notes; Date is suggested. Subjects; Fox hunting.Wit and humor. English fiction 19th century. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Limited Edition. 235/976 copies. Strong plain red cloth with paper title label on spine. Top edge gold. Title label bit spotted. Endpapers browned. Book is in very good plus (or better) condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY Packed weight 1400g.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Leech John (illustrator). 1st Edition. Royal blue covers with brown, red and gilt illustration to front plus titles. Gilt titles to spine which shows minor shelf wear.Rough cut top page edges.Internally very clean with no marks or inscriptions. Coloured frontispiece plus 8 extra full page illustrations and 43 vignettes.398pp.

Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket or Slipcase. Illus. by JOHN LEECH (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Picaresque novel. First Edn. Thus, 1953; full red cloth; plain borders blind-stamped to front/rear boards; titling/plain border/rule blocked in gilt (quite bright)/brown to spine; top edge brown; 463pp.; illus. col. plates. Lightly scuffed spine moderately faded, but clean/robust; boards very faintly soiled, but robust/bright/very crisp; text fresh, pages clean and very crisp/bright; binding firm, all complete/intact. No inscriptions. G+ PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Hardback.

8°, X, 406 Seiten (unbeschnitten). mit handkoloriertem Vortitel, 13 handkolorierten Stahlstichtafeln, Titelvignette und vielen Textholzstichen von John Leech. Späterer roter Halblederband auf 5 unechten Bünden mit Rückenvergoldung. Erste illustrierte Ausgabe. - Rücken hellbraun verblichen und leicht fleckig, Ecken gering bestoßen, leicht berieben. Titel leicht stockfleckig. Schnitt angestaubt, Seiten papierbedingt leicht gebräunt, Seitenränder teils (stock-)fleckig, knitterfaltig und teils schwach wasserrandig. Insgesamt schönes Exemplar.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. John Leech (illustrator). First Edition. [Fine Binding]. Full polished calf, five raised bands, morocco title label, gilt title and decorative compartments, ruled and tooled boards with gilt embossed fox, elaborate gilt inner dentelles, top edge gilt, (8.5 x 5.75 inches). First Edition. 406 pages; illustrated with 13 hand-colored, steel engraved plates by Leech including frontis; engraved color title page. SIGNED BINDING stamped on upper verso of front flyleaf. A clean, tight copy in a handsome leather binding showing some light rubbing at extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. With 13 Hand Coloured Plates + Many Wood Engravings By John Leach (illustrator). 1st Edition. BINDING: Bound by Hatchards in 3/4 red leather with raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, and top edges gilt. CONDITION: light damp stain to top margin of the first few pages; offsetting from the plates; otherwise a very good and attractive copy. Size: 8 3/4 X 5 1/2 Inche. (22 X 14 Cms.).