Young Tom Hall His Heart-Aches and Horses
Robert Smith Surtees; E. D. Cuming
Verkäufer Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 18. Mai 2007
Verkäufer Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 18. Mai 2007
Beschreibung
The first edition of this unfinished entertaining novel by Surtees, complete with plates throughout. The first edition of this previously unpublished and unfinished novel by Robert Smith Surtees.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Young Tom Hall' remained unfinished by Surtees as his publisher broke an agreement.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, and twelve monochrome plates.Collated, complete.Robert Smith Surtees was a popular sporting writer, beginning his writing live by contributing to the "Sporting Magazine". His best novel is often considered to be "Mr Sponge"s Sporting Tour", with his hero, Soapey Sponge, being as popular as his comic character Jorrocks, featured in numerous novels, including "Handley Cross". His comical novels are engaging and witty, with his writing style and character sometimes being compared to Charles Dickens.Illustrated with G. Denholm Armour In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Only a couple of very small marks to the boards. Light spots to the endpapers. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn, with small chips and closed tears to the head of the wraps. Spine is a little faded. Some light marks and a little rubbing to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some scattered spots. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 866P15
Bibliografische Details
Titel: Young Tom Hall His Heart-Aches and Horses
Verlag: William Blackwood & Sons LTD; Charles Scribner's Sons, Edinburgh and London; New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 1926
Einband: Cloth
Illustrator: G. Denholm Armour
Zustand: Very Good Indeed
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good
Auflage: First edition.
Art des Buches: book
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