surtees robert smith alken (24 Ergebnisse)

Red hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Very Good. First FS Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Spine faded. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 228pp + plates. 14 colour plates.

Zustand: New. In.

Gilt Decorated Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated By Henry Alken. (illustrator). New Edition. Both inner hinges cracked, with the result that the frontispiece is loose; spine has darkening and end wear, particularly to the bottom. But in spite of these flaws the book is handsome with the 16 color illustrations in nice condition. The book has gone through numerous editions, but this one is curiously scarce.

Hard. Zustand: As new in v. With illustrations by H. Alken, Phiz, W. Heath. (illustrator). First printing thus. Facsimile. As new in v.good mylar dust jacket (light shelf rubbing and one minor nick). Lacking slipcase. 291pp.

Hardcover. Quarto, viii, ix, xii, xx, xxiv, 272 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in the publisher's green cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have moderate wear including slight rubbing to the joint/edges, bumped corners and mild sunning to the spine. Blind-stamped borders to the front/rear and gilt illustration to the front. Slight cocking to the spine. Shaken binding. Text block has slight age toning/soiling to the edges. Cracking to the front hinge. Some offsetting to the end papers. Frontispiece. Slight foxing and minor pencil interiorly. Undated but probably published in 1874. Illustrated. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Netdesk Column QD (ND-QD). 1383813. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Henry Alken (illustrator). 'The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of That Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr John Jorrocks'. Third edition, revised and englarged. With 16 colour illustrations by Henry Alken. Half leather. All edges gilt. Marbled end-papers. 8vo. Some rubbing to edges. Staining to cover. Some mild spotting to front-matter. Contents clean and tight. Good+.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. ALKEN Henry Thomas 1784-1851 (illustrator). Third Edition. 3rd ed, Good condition, 16 pls. In gilt pictorial cloth, colour faded, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spine, relaid, faded, titles in gilt, joints cracked, edges bumped and worn. Internally, coloured frontis, the additional coloured titlepage, [5], (vi-vii), 291 pp, 16 [pls (coloured), some occasional spotting, printed by John Childs and Son. Title continues: The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of that Renowned Sporting Citizen, Mr John Jorrocks. With sixteen coloured illustrations by Henry Alken.

Zustand: New. Title: Jorrocks Jaunts and Jollities . With . illustrations by H. Alken. Third edition, . enlarged.nnPublisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsnnThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world s la.

Reprint. Covers lightly rubbed & marked. Front inner hinge cracked. Lightly foxed endpapers & prelims. Slight age darkening to page edges. Contents in VG condition without dust jacket. Tightly bound. Teg. 270mm x 180mm (11" x 7"). xxii, 354pp. Numerous illustrations in the text & colour plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Green/gilt hardback cloth cover [Fox head and two tails motif].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. plates by John Leech, Phiz, W. Heath, H.Alken, and Hablot K. Browne. (illustrator). All 5 volumes from the same private collection. 9 x 6 inch. All are in nice clean condition and look hardly used. Coloured plates in each. All within the original slip cases which are sound but have minor shelf wear. No names nor inscriptions. Various 1980s printing dates. Gilt titling to spine and pictures to front still bright. A lovely facsimile set of these Victorian works. They weigh about 6kg packaged. No surcharge for UK shipping but additional carriage would be required for overseas shipping probably making it unviable.

Groß-8°. 25 cm. VIII, 291 Seiten. Roter Ganzlederband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und goldgeprägtem floralem Buchschmuck auf Rücken, Deckeln und Innenfileten. Rundum-Goldschnitt. 3. Auflage, überarbeitet und erweitert. Englischsprachige Ausgabe. Mit 16 Illustrationen. Exlibris auf Innendeckel. Buchblock hinter Frontspiz gebrochen. 1 Illustration beschnitten, 2 auf neuem Blatt montiert und mit eingebunden, ansonsten gute bis sehr gutes Exemplar im schönen, dekorativen Einband. 3. edition, revised and enlarged. Red full leather binding with decorated by gravure printing and gilding. English language edition. 1 Illustration cut at the border, 2 glued on new sheet and bound, otherwise nearly fine, decorative condition.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. H. Alken (illustrator). Detailled analysis of the 1845-6 hunting season, charmingly illustrated by Henry Alken. In publisher's original quarter-cloth binding.Featuring seven colour plates and 43 additional black-and-white in-text illustrations reproduced from wood engravings by Henry Alken. Alken is best known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes. Collated, complete.Bookplate of F. Freeman Thomas to front paste down. With a contemporary inscription to the half-title page, dated Christmas 1923 and a tipped-in drawing of a horse to the front free endpaper, signed H. C.Author not stated, authorship confirmed from a copy held by the National Library of Wales.An in-depth analysis of hunting from the 1845-6 season by novelist and sporting writer Robert Smith Surtees. The articles within this work first appeared in the Bell's Life in London sporting paper printed weekly between 1824-1852. The chapters cover subjects including sporting months, etiquette and social roles. In publisher's original quarter-cloth binding. Bookplate of F. Freeman Thomas to front paste down and tipped-in drawing of a horse to the front free endpaper, signed H. C. Externally, smart with reasonable bumping and rubbing, resulting in slight loss of cloth to fore edge. The odd small tide mark and scattered marking to both boards. Internally, generally firmly bound. Frontispiece and illustrated title page loose and binding becomes more fragile in places towards the second half of the text block. Contemporary inscription to the half-title page, dated Christmas 1923. With a few unopened pages. Generally bright and clean copy with slight spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. H. Alken (illustrator). A wonderful facsimile copy of this work on hunting by sporting writer R. S. Surtees, with lovely colour plates. A facsimile copy of this work by Robert Smith Surtees as published by the R. S. Surtees Society.This volume is packed full of the wit and wisdom of Surtees and originally appeared in Bell's Life in London, a Sporting paper and gives an analysis of the Sporting season of 1845-6.Robert Smith Surtees was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer and is most remembered for his invented character of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured sporting cockney grocer.With six beautiful colour plates, originally by H. Alken.With twelve pages of adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very attractive. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Henry Alken (illustrator). A cloth bound edition of 'Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities'. A New Edition of this work. Illustrated, with fifteen plates. Plates are from illustrations from Henry Alken. Written by Robert Smith Surtees, an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. 'Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities' began as a selection of comic papers contributed to 'New Sporting Magazine'. In a full cloth binding with bumping to extremities and head and tail of spine. Spine is faded. Spots to the boards. Prior owner's inscription to recto of front endpaper. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with occasional scattered spots, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. book.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good binding. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. First published in book form in 1838 with illustrations by Phiz, and then in 1839 with the Alken illustrations. This third edition has 16 splendidly hand-colored plates by Henry Alken and is the first edition with three new chapters (#5, 11 & 13) not included in the In the publisher's red pebbled cloth with elaborate titling in gold to the front board and the spine. There is some scattered foxing. With an armorial bookplate and a previous owner name. Old catalogue descriptions pasted to the rear. Very Good binding.

Half Leather/Marbled Boards. Zustand: Very Good. Henry Alken (illustrator). Third Edition. Third edition, revised and enlarged, viii, 291 pp., 1p advert, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, title page and 15 plates by Henry Alken, with tissues, marbled end papers, red half morocco and marbled boards, gilt decorated spine with raised bands, some slight foxing to prelims and rear pages, George Routledge and Sons, London, 1869. Size: 10 x 6.5 Inches. Field Sports.

Hard Back. John Leech, H.Alken, Phiz, W. Heath and Hablot K. Browne (illustrator). Reprint. A beautifully bound set of five facsimile sporting novels of Robert Smith Surtees Each beautifully illustrated by John Leech HAlken Phiz W Heath and Hablot K Brownenbsp All in the original individual gold coloured slip cases Published by The RS Surtees Society between 1981 and 1984 Each volume is bound in red with gold coloured pictorial to the front titles and vignette to the spine All in good condition with the pages appearing unread with no marks or inscriptions Slip cases show a little wear although in overall good condition A gorgeous setnbsp. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. H. Alken (illustrator). An uncommon limited edition of Surtees' 'The Analysis of The Hunting Field', in attractive publishers' cloth binding. Dealing with his noteworthy enthusiasm for and knowledge of fox-hunting, Surtees here goes into deep analysis of the sport, taking a rare break from the light-hearted fiction for which he made his name. Collated, complete with thirteen colour plates by Henry Thomas Alken, an English painter and engraver chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes. This copy is part of a limited printing of 500 copies in this edition. In cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally smart. Very minor wear to extremities and joints only. Internally, generally firmly bound, strained in places. Pages bright and clean throughout with the odd spot to the first and last few pages, and the occasional page. Near Fine. book.

A Very Good Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good; Illustrations by Henry Alken, (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. This is one of Surtees few non-fiction works, taken from the sporting newspaper Bell's Life in London during the fox hunting season of 1845-6. Handsomely bound by Morrell in Full crimson morocco leather; Four raised spine bands with tittle and decorations; Dentelles embellished with gilt hunting motifs; Doublures to marbled endpages. Red silk place-holder ribbon. Original cloth and spine bound-in at rear. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, toned with scattered foxing. Moderate handling wear. Darkened spot upper area near the spin eon the front board. First Edition - Methuen, 1904. Six hand-colored aquatint plates, and extra title, with forty-three woodcuts engraved by Cook and CO. 4to; 26 cm. vi-326 pages. All plates present. Provenance: Large engraved armorial bookplate of James Allen Young (coat-of-arms beneath a crested helm, rococo cartouche, and Latin motto 'Nomen juvenis non mens,' . Surtees's fox-hunting classic-more social satire than manual-parades the hunt's stock characters (masters, whips, black coats, bold riders, overdressed neophytes) and the rituals of a great meet, all delivered with dry, observational wit. The book helped cement Surtees's reputation as the comic anatomist of Victorian sporting life. Background: Robert Surtees was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. He left for London in 1825, intending to practice law in the capital, but had difficulty making his way and began contributing to the Sporting Magazine. "His Novels are pre-eminent in the annals of sport".[ Kunitz] Henry Thomas Alken was an English painter and engraver chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes. REF: Tooley: 470; Prideaux; Nevil: 31; Kunitz: 597; Roy Young, Catalog: 236; Higginson: 55; Smith: 433. Subjects: Fox-hunting types and etiquette; Social comedy in the hunting field; Sporting literature; Victorian satire; Fox-hunting history; Illustrated books.

Hardcover. Illustrated by Alken, Henry (illustrator). First Edition. 326pp + 4pp ads. Red cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine. Illustrated title and frontispiece, five inserted color plates and forty-three illustrations on wood by Henry Alken, engraved by Cook and Co. Housed in a custom chemise and red quarter morocco slipcase. With the bookplate of Reuben Jay Flick to front pastedown endpaper. Cloth is soiled, light scattered foxing throughout, spine a bit dulled. Small bookstore labels to pastedown endpapers, previous owner's name on front endpapers. About very good in a fine slipcase. ; Octavo.

Full Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. Octavo. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Full crushed olive morocco binding by Bayntun, spine compartments with gilt frames surrounding, gilt hunting devices, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In a felt-lined green cloth slipcase. All 16 color illustrations including color frontispiece and color engraved title page with tissue guard present. Original red cloth front cover and spine bound-in rear. Autographed wedding gift note signed with original envelope laid-in. A very attractive copy.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Henry Alken; Phiz (illustrator). First edition. A smart set of the sporting novels of Surtees, a set of eight volumes including three first edition, colourfully illustrated by hand throughout. The collected sporting novels of Robert Smith Surtees, a set containing three first editions.In eight volumes.Bound by the Cornish Brothers, Birmingham.Robert Smith Surtees was a popular sporting writer, well beloved for his sporting novels, all of which are included in this set.'Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities', the third edition, published in 1869. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, hand-coloured title page, and fourteen hand-coloured plates, by Henry Alken. One page of adverts to the rear. Collated, complete.'Hawbuck Grange', an undated reprint of c1888. Illustrated with a hand-coloured title page, eight hand-coloured plates, and monochrome plates, by Hablot Knight Browne, and W. T. Maud. Collated, complete.'Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour', the first edition, published in 1853. The first impression, with the first state dedication to Lord Elcho, later corrected to Earl Elcho, and the corrected state of the woodcut on page 230, instead of page 229. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, twelve hand-coloured plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.'Handley Cross', an undated reprint of c1880. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, hand-coloured title page, and sixteen hand-coloured plates, by John Leech. Collated, complete.'Ask Mama', the first edition, published in 1858. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and twelve hand-coloured plates, by John Leech. Collated, complete.'Plain or Ringlets?', the first edition, published in 1860. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, hand-coloured title page, and eleven hand-coloured plates, by John Leech. Collated, all plates are present. Bound without the list of plates.'Mr. Romford's Hounds', an undated reprint of c1865. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, hand-coloured title page, and twenty-three hand-coloured plates, by John Leech and Hablot Knight Browne. Collated, complete.'Hillingdon Hall', a reprint dated 1888, being the first illustrated edition. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and eleven hand-coloured plates, by Wildrake, Heath, and Jellicoe.Bookplate of C. Beaufort Hunt to the front paste downs. In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards, bound by the Cornish Brothers, Birmingham.Externally, smart. 'Jorrock's', 'Hawbuck Grange', 'Sponge's', and 'Facey' faded to the head of the boards. Spines are a little faded. Light marks to the boards and spines. Patches of very light rubbing to the leather. Small amount of loss to the head of the front board of 'Plain or Ringlets'. A little discolouration to the front joint of 'Romford's'. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional scattered spot, mostly to the first and last few pages and plates. Edge wear to the frontispiece of 'Jorrock's'. Neat repair to the gutters of the final few pages of 'Handley Cross'. Plate facing page 6 of 'Mr. Romford's Hounds' is detached but present. Tape repair to the plate facing page 330 of 'Sponge's'. Neat repair to plate facing page 407 of 'Handley Cross'. Very Good Indeed. book.

hardcover. Zustand: near fine. Alken, Henry; Cook. (illustrator). First. 6 hand colored plates plus colored vignette title by H(enry) Alken. 43 wood engraved text illustrations by Cook. Tall 8vo, full crimson morocco, elaborately decorated front and back in gilt with images of hounds, foxes and stylized foliage, red silk doublures, g.t. & gilt dentelles by Riviere; original red cloth cover & spine bound in; 4 pages of ads First issue, with plates dated November 1846; 2 armorial bookplates.

Fine Binding. Zustand: Near Fine. Henry Alken (illustrator). A finely bound copy of Robert Smith Surtees' Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities. In a beautiful half crushed morocco binding, with the illustrations remaining bright. The full title being Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities, The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of the Renowned Sporting Citixen, Mr John Jorrocks. In a beautiful half crushed morocco binding with pictorial gilt stamping to the spine of some of the jaunts and jollities mentioned in the text. To the rear the original cloth binding is tipped in. Illustrated, with sixteen coloured plates, including a colour title page and frontispiece. Illustrations by Henry Alken, an English painter and engraver. He was chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of coaching scenes and sporting subjects. This is the third, revised edition of this text. Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities was written by sporting writer Robert Smith Surtees. Surtees started his writing career by contributing to Sporting Magazine. He created his own New Sporting Magazine in 1831, contributing his comic papers of Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities. The character of Jorrocks, the sporting cockney grocer was incredibly successful with the public and Surtees wrote many sporting works from Jorrocks' viewpoint. In a half crushed morocco binding with pictorial gilt stamping to spine. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with heavy spotting to the first and last few pages and scattered spots throughout though much less than usually seen. Newspaper article from 'The Sale Room' loosely inserted describing several lots from the library at Hornby Castle, of which this title was one of them. Near Fine. book.