Florey Combe Introduction (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 1st Thus. 1st thus. A facsimile reproduction of the original 1853 publication. [xvi], 408pp, with colour plate frontispiece, colour vignette on the title page and further engravings on steel illustrating the text, all by John Leech. Red buckram cloth-covered boards with gilt decoration and lettering front and spine. 9vo. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. Still in original glassine wrapper: the wrapper itself is a little shelf worn and creased on the inner front flap. The R S Surtees Society is dedicated to reprinting the novels of Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864). They describe Surtees as "England's greatest novelist of the hunting field". Leech, John (illustrator).…