JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD

Fitzpatrick (Sir Percy)

Description:

Illustrated by E. Caldwell.

Second impression.

475 pages, 8vo (215 x 160 mm), original green cloth titled gilt and with the gilt vignette of Jock on the upper cover, colour frontispiece, numerous plates and marginal illustrations, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and two inscriptions of previous owners on the paste-down endpaper, contents crisp, an usually good copy.

With the marginal vignettes of the dung beetle and Snowball the horse being dragged out of the river unchanged from the first impression.

Details:

  • Publisher: Longmans
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1907
  • Edition: Second impression
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (215 x 155 mm)
  • Lot No: 30
  • Hammer Price: $210
  • Bids: 2
  • Visits: 125
  • Estimate: $250/300
  • Reserve: $200

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