THE SPORTING NOVELS OF R.S. SURTEES Handley Cross or Mr Jorrocks’s Hunt Jorrocks Jaunts and Jollities Hillingdon Hall or The Cockney Squire, A Tale of Country Life Hawbuck Grange or The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott Esq. Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour Ask Mamma or The Richest Commoner in Egland Plain or Ringlets Mr Romford's Hounds [Various Later Editions – Eight Volumes –Sotheran Half Leather Binding]

Published by London: Bradbury Agnew & Co.; George Routledge & Sons, Limited; John C. Nimmo., 1899

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London: Bradbury Agnew & Co.; George Routledge & Sons, Limited; John C. Nimmo, 1899, Later Editions. Eight Volumes. Half leather binding, stamped H. Sotheran & Co. to the reverse of the end paper, with gilt titles, faded to the spine leather, cloth covered boards, page top edges are gilt, others untrimmed, all volumes illustrated, mostly by Leech. Pagination: Ask Mamma or The Richest Commoner in England, Bradbury Agnew & Co., viii, [iv], 423pp. Handley Cross or Mr Jorrocks’s Hunt, Bradbury Agnew & Co., xv, [i], 578pp. Mr Romford's Hounds, Bradbury Agnew & Co., xii, 405pp. Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, Bradbury Agnew & Co., x, [ii], 450pp. Jorrocks Jaunts and Jollities, George Routledge & Sons, Limited, viii, 272pp. Hawbuck Grange or The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott Esq., Bradbury Agnew & Co., [xii], 265pp. Plain or Ringlets, Bradbury Agnew & Co., x, [iv], 398pp. Hillingdon Hall or The Cockney Squire, A Tale of Country Life, with Twelve Illustrations by Wildrake, Heath, and Jellicoe, coloured by hand, 1899, John C. Nimmo, [viii], 519pp. Provenance: bookplate of R. St. M. Delius to the front of each volume. Approximately 9 ¼ inches (23.5cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine – good condition – faded to brown from the original green morocco, gilt titles and decoration, rubbed and worn with some marks and small areas of damage. Joints – good condition – sound, rubbed and worn. Corners – good condition – gently bumped and worn. Boards – good condition – half morocco with cloth covered boards, marks and minor wear. Page edges – good condition – top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed and tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges – good condition – sound. Paste downs – good condition – marbled, bookplate to the front. End papers – good condition – marbled, subsequently foxed and tanned to front and rear. Title – good condition. Pages – good condition – minor tanning, otherwise bright with attractive colour illustrations. Binding – good condition – attractive. See photos.…

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THE SPORTING NOVELS OF R.S. SURTEES Handley Cross or Mr Jorrocks’s Hunt Jorrocks Jaunts and Jollities Hillingdon Hall or The Cockney Squire, A Tale of Country Life Hawbuck Grange or The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott Esq. Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour Ask Mamma or The Richest Commoner in Egland Plain or Ringlets Mr Romford's Hounds [Various Later Editions – Eight Volumes –Sotheran Half Leather Binding]
Author
R.S. SURTEES John LEECH (Illustrator)
Publisher
London: Bradbury Agnew & Co.; George Routledge & Sons, Limited; John C. Nimmo.
Publication year
1899
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
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