Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities. The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of that renowned Sporting Citizen [Color Plates] Rebound in period leather by Bumpus

Surtees, Robert Smith

Verlag: George Routledge and Sons, London, 1869

Jorrocks, the sporting cockney grocer, with his vulgarity and good-natured artfulness, was a great success with the public, these stories originally published in the New Sporting Magazine. Rebound in period leather by Bumpus; five raised spine bands, titles in gilt. Hint of sun-fading on the spine. Minor corner rubs. Original cloth front and spine laid-in at the rear. Top edge gilt. Bookseller notations on Front Free Endpage. Foxing on the preliminaries. Minor foxing on the borders of plates. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Sixteen Colored Illustrations by Henry Alken including frontispiece and vignette title page. Background Information: The Bumpus Bookshop of Oxford Street, London enjoyed a reputation for handsome bindings in classical styles from its foundation in 1780 until the 20th century. In fact the 'bindery' never produced a single binding, instead outsourcing to the likes of Rivière, and Sangorski & Sutcliffe, a masterpiece of delegation. [Quaritch] Henry Thomas Alken was an English painted and engraver chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes. Subjects: English Country Life; Foxes and Hounds; Hunting; British Isles; England; Illustrated Books & History of the Image; Color Plates REF: Tooley 471. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 010440

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities. The Hunting,...
Verlag: George Routledge and Sons, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1869
Einband: A Near Fine Hardcover
Illustrator: Illustrations by Henry Alken.
Zustand: Near Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket Issued