First edition. 475 pages, colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the margins, dark green cloth with the gilt titling and gilt illustration of Jock on the upper cover, slight wear on the spine.
With the drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with his front legs rather than his back legs on pages 65, 337 and 457 and snowball the horse being dragged out of the river on page 316. These drawings were changed in later impressions.
5000 copies of the first impression were printed at a total cost to Longmans of £416. 7s. 11d.
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 8vo (217 x 163 mm)
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021 794 0600
- Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard via PayGate secure links and Bank transfers.
- Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA
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