JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD (1st 'Special Complete Edition')

Fitzpatrick (Percy, Sir)

Description:

Book Description: 320pp. Original Hardboard cover. Includes map of "lost in the veld" at the back of the book.

Book Condition: The book belonged to a schoolgirl and includes some underlinings and footnotes in pencil on certain pages. One of the text pages has been lavishly 'decorated' with a random bright display of green fountain pen ink. The cover pictorial has been outlined in pencil. Both the front end-papers include her name and a hand-traced title (traced through the EP from the title page). Otherwise the book is still in remarkably good condition considering its age and the fact that it belonged to a child. Bindings are tight and the cover is not too worse for wear.

Reviewing the book in the TLS on first publication in 1907, John Buchan wrote; " to those who have some experience of the land and the life about which Fitzpatrick writes, Jock of the Bushveld will be a cherished possession. We know of no African book in which there is the same minute and loving observation of nature. Sir Percy sees the beauty of a landscape while the average man thinks of a waste of thorn and swamp. There is something of Jefferies in the style, something of Borrow, a touch of Mr. Kipling, and a great deal which is his own " While Mendelssohn describes it as "Perhaps one of the best dog stories ever written."

Details:

  • Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1936
  • Edition: 1st 'Special Complete Edition'
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Fair to good
  • Size: 182mm x 121mm
  • Lot No: 33
  • Hammer Price: $50
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 62
  • Estimate: $100
  • Reserve: $50

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