Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities. The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of that Renowned Sporting Citizen, Mr. John Jorrcoks. With Sixteen Coloured Illustrations by Henry Alken

[SURTEES, Robert Smith]

Published by London: George Routledge and Sons.1869

About this Item

tall 8vo. 25.5cm, third edition, revised and enlarged, viii, 291, [1] p., ad., with 16 hand-colored plates (including frontispiece and vignette title page), bound in full crimson crushed morocco, gilt ruled raised bands, full ornate gilt decorations and oval gilt wildlife portraits in the panels, gilt ruled borders on the boards and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., Signed Fine Binding "bound by Zaehnsdorf, London, England", some slight wear at the bottom board edges but a fine attractive copy. (n14). First appeared in New Sporting Magazine and then in book form in 1838 with twelve plates by Phiz. The first edition with Alken's illustrations was published in 1843. cf. Tooley 471.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities. The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of that Renowned Sporting Citizen, Mr. John Jorrcoks. With Sixteen Coloured Illustrations by Henry Alken
• Publisher: London: George Routledge and Sons.1869
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: F.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)