JORROCK'S JAUNTS AND JOLLITIES: The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of that Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr. John Jorrocks of St. Botolph Lane and Great Coram Street. With an Introduction by Joseph Grego

Surtees Robert S

Published by London Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street 1843

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First Edition in Book Form. Beautifully Illustrated with 15 hand-coloured plates by Henry Alken. 8vo, publisher's original green cloth, the covers blocked in blind, upper cover and spine panel with elaborate pictorial designs and lettering in gilt, original yellow end-leaves. vi, [ii], 359, 8 ads. pp. An unusually fine copy, beautifully preserved, the spine panel lightly mellowed by time, the binding strong and tight and solid, the text-block and illustrations all in excellent condition. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, PRECEDED ONLY BY THE SERIAL PUBLICATION IN NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE. One of the most amusing sporting books, along with the LIFE OF JOHN MYTTON. The success of the original edition of this book gave Mssrs. Chapman and Hall the idea for a similar book of their own, and they drafted a relatively unknown journalist to write it for them. The result was THE PICKWICK PAPERS, by Mr. Charles Dickens. JORROCK'S JAUNTS AND JOLLITIES was originally published between the months of July, 1831 and September, 1834 in "The New Sporting Magazine.".

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• Title: JORROCK'S JAUNTS AND JOLLITIES: The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of that Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr. John Jorrocks of St. Botolph Lane and Great Coram Street. With an Introduction by Joseph Grego
• Publisher: London Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street 1843
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition