HANDLEY CROSS; OR, MR. JORROCKS'S HUNT.

[SURTEES, R. S.]

Published by London: Bradbury, Agnew and Company, 1854

About this Item

Publisher's red cloth stamped in black and gilt, octavo, pp. xv, [xvi], 1-578 plus one leaf of ads. Rich with 3 types of John Leech illustrations: (1) full page colored steel engravings; (2) full page wood engravings; and (3) many smaller wood engravings within the text. Fair condition with cloth faded, especially on spine. Some spots on cloth. Spine ends and board tips rubbed. Half-title page with a tear at the gutter. A few pages unopened at top edge. Some page tips bumped; some marginal foxing and random nicks. Towards the end of the book there is fore-edge margin tearing and crimping, approximately pp. 515-525. About Good, withal. Publication date of 1854 comes from (a) the preface; and (b) Podeschi, Books on the Horse and Horsemanship (New Haven, 1981, p. 185). First issued serially in 17 parts between 1853-1854 (Higginson, British and American Sporting Authors, Berryville, VA, 1949, p. 432). Seller Inventory # 21017

Bibliographic Details

Title: HANDLEY CROSS; OR, MR. JORROCKS'S HUNT.

Publisher: London: Bradbury, Agnew and Company

Publication Date: 1854

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair