Jock of the Bushveld
Author:
FITZPATRICK, Sir PERCY & CALDWELL, E (Illus)
Title:
Jock of the Bushveld
Publisher:
Longmans, Green & Co 1907
Description:
FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE - first issue points all present: dung beetle on pg.65, 337, 457 & horse dragged up cliff p.316, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering & animal illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvi + 475pp, illus, VG- (moderate rubbing & cracking to spine/hinges, moderate bruising & scuffing to board extrems, moderate chafing & surface loss to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ffep & tissue guard of frontispiece detached/missing, moderate cracking to some gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout)
Keywords:
first editions first issues illustrated Sir Percy Fitzpatrick travel South Africa Transvaal writing anecdotes