The Amateur Gentleman, A Romance SIGNED by Farnol, Jeffery

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1949. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Regency Romance featuring Barnabas Barty, the Boxing Champion's son. Red cloth cover with Black Linear Border and Monogram to front. Black lettering & Lines to spine. 436 Pages, 420g, 7 1/2" Tall. Spine colour faded. Hinges sound and Binding Firm. Some spots of browning on fore page edges but faces of pages in nice clean condition. Previous owner's name in small letters at top of free endpaper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

GB: Sampson Low, 1939. Standard designed cover (and dustwrapper when present). Sixpence. (1939). Name etc on front endpaper. Edges browned.. 1st Thus. Paperback. VG+/VG+ DW.

GB: Sampson Low Spring 1923 catalogue at rear. Spine slightly faded.. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/No DW.

FARNOL, Jeffery. The Amateur Gentleman. A Romance. Orig. cloth. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., n.d. New and cheaper edition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Yours very sincerely, Jeffery Farnol." Front panel and spine of dust jacket tipped in at back endpaper. A very good copy.

London: Sampson Law, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Type: Book pp. xi, 598 + 14

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co Ltd, nd. (c.1912).. Attractive decorated binding. Regency romance about Barnabas Barty, the son of John Barty, the former boxing champion of England and landlord of a pub in Kent. At the start of the tale, Barnabas comes fortuitously into the possession of a vast fortune - �700,000, an astronomical amount by Regency standards - and determines to use this fortune to become a gentleman. His father objects to this plan and they quarrel. They settle their differences in a round of fisticuffs, which Barnabas wins, beating his father fair and square. Barnabas sets off for London to further his ambitions and, on the way there, contrives to make a number of influential friends and enemies. 23cms x 17cms. Top edge gilt. Pp.xiv/599, colour illustrated title page, colour frontispiece + 20 further colour plates by C.E.Brock with tissue-guards, occasional light spotting. Dark green gilt decorated cloth, colour illustrated paper roundel pasted to front board is slightly rubbed,… Read More

London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 1913. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 599 [17]. Publisher's green cloth with titles in gilt to spine and white to upper. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf. Very light spotting to preliminaries, and some light toning to endpapers. Spine slightly toned, with some light rubbing to cloth. Very good. The Amateur Gentleman tells the story of Barnabas Barty, the son of John Barty, the former champion boxer of England and landlord of a pub in Kent. At the start of the tale, Barnabas comes fortuitously into the possession of a vast fortune - £700,000, an astronomical amount by Regency standards - and determines to use this fortune to become a gentleman. His father objects to this plan and they quarrel, and settle their differences in a round of fisticuffs, which Barnabas wins, beating his father fair and square. Barnabas sets off for London in the furtherance of his ambitions and on the way there contrives to make a number of influential… Read More