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    By Robert [Smith] Surtees; Lt.-Col. the Hon. Gerald French.
    London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Town.   Hutchinson & Co.
    12" by 10" 124 pp.
    This illustrated anthology of characters developed by the Victorian novelist Robert Smith Surtees, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
    By Robert [Smith] Surtees; Lt.-Col. the Hon. Gerald French.

    No date [c1947] John Jorrocks and Other Characters From the Works of Robert Surtees

    London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Town.   Hutchinson & Co.
    12" by 10" 124 pp.
    This illustrated anthology of characters developed by the Victorian novelist Robert Smith Surtees, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
    £39.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 936E7
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    Description

    Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

    Undated, but published circa 1947.

    With twelve colour plate illustrations of the various characters by the Right Honourable Earl of Ypres including a frontispiece portrait of John Jorrocks with his celebrated hunter, Arterxerxes. Collated complete.

    With the original unclipped dust wrapper.

    Uncommonly found with the dust wrapper thus.

    Robert Smith Surtees was a Victorian author and editor who remains best remembered as a creator of humorous fictional characters. The most famous of these is his John Jorrocks, a ribald cockney grocer who leads a sporting life. John Jorrocks and Other Characters is an anthology of Surtees' most beloved characters featuring extended quotations from the original author, and includes descriptions of Soapey Sponge, Miserrimus Doleful, and James Pigg.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's full cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart with a touch of fading and discolouration, heaviest to the spine and fore edge, and fractional rubbing. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Wrapper is sound with minor handling marks, some edgewear including marginal chips, and a few chips to the spine. Internally, binding is generally firm. Pages are bright and clean barring a touch of age toning, the odd spot, and light offsetting to the outer leaves.

    Very Good Indeed

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