Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities - the Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of That Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr. John Jorrocks
by SURTEES, R. S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Sleaford, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Routledge & Co, 1874. Book. Illus. by ALKEN, Henry. Very Good+. Hardcover. Fourth & Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Old half red calf leather with raised bands and orange cloth boards. In each of the spine panels is a different gilt vignetter ie, dog, horse, fox, horseshoe etc. The cloth has a number of light marks and dusting but the leather is in lovely condition with light wear only to spine with NO CHIPPING & NO SPLITTING. Small mark to head of leather on top left of front panel. Normal wear to leather corners. Internally CLEAN. Neat old ink name & date 1876 to endpaper. 16 hand coloured illustrations by Alken. An occasional light fox spot within text. Hand marbled endpapers. A very nice edition & would make a lovely present..
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- Bookseller
- Julian Roberts Fine Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12835
- Title
- Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities - the Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of That Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr. John Jorrocks
- Author
- SURTEES, R. S
- Illustrator
- ALKEN, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Fourth & Revised Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Co
- Date Published
- 1874
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hunting, Shooting & Fishing;
Terms of Sale
Julian Roberts Fine Books
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About the Seller
Julian Roberts Fine Books
Biblio member since 2006
Sleaford, Lincolnshire
About Julian Roberts Fine Books
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...