surtees robert smith cuming e d (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Very aged / worn / yellowed with some dirtiness. Covers have crease marks.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. G. Denholm Armour (illustrator). First edition. An excellent first edition of Robert Surtees' comic work, illustrated with colour plates by Denholm Armour and presented in a dust wrapper. A classic piece of Surtees' humour writing following Tom Hall, who is ensnared by numerous interesting characters throughout.Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864) was an English editor and novelist, most widely known for the cockney character of Jorrocks.Complete with a dust wrapper; bound in smart decorative cloth.With illustrations by G. Denholm Armour; with four colour plates, as well as plates in monochrome.The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, with just a little occasional bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is a little sunned to the spine, with some slight chipping to the head of the spine. Internally, generally firmly bound, bar the odd occasional strain. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. G. Denholm Armour (illustrator). First edition. 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 The first edition of this previously unpublished and unfinished novel by Robert Smith Surtees.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Young Tom Hall' remained unfinished by Surtees as his publisher broke an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. book.