Five Sporting Novels : Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, Ask Mamma or The Richest Commoner in England. Mr. Romford's Hounds, Handley Cross; or Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt, Plain or Ringlets
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., [no date c1880. Illustrations by John Leech & H.K. Browne (Phiz). A Set of Good Half-Leather Hardcovers.
Half red leather to textured cloth and matching marbled endpages; five decorated raised bands. Each with hand-coloured title vignette from the plates of the original issue..
Bindings very tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. handling wear evident with wear to leather, scuffing on corners and spine tips. Illustrated with 87 tissue-guarded hand-colored plates by H.K. Browne (Phiz) and John Leech. Additional in-text illustrations in monochrome.
Good / No Dust Jacket Issued. Item #012495
Background:
Surtees' best-selling works are humorous and lively. The author was arguably a match for Dickens in the field of social observation, whilst surpassing him as an observer of the natural world: with warmth and humour.
Surtees captured an era and a way of life that reached its zenith during Queen Victoria's reign. The Sporting Novels were essential reading in the country houses of Victorian England and deserve a place on the shelves of today's private library.
Ref: Sadleir; NCBEL; R. S. Surtees Society; Gash.
Price: $250.00
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