R S Surtees John Leech Illustrator (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. Reprint. 525 pages. No dustjacket. Red hardback binding with gilt titles to spine, spine has colour fading and titles are also a little faded but clear. Wear to spine-ends and boards' corners, light wear to spine-edges and boards' edges. Light surface wear to boards, half-title page has a large chunk TORN out of the bottom of it. Page-edges are darkened with age and are foxed, light foxing to end-papers with a little yellowing. B&W illustrations within text and full page colour plates. Pages clean. Leech, John (Illustrator) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bath: George Bayntun, 1926, Later Editions. Five Volumes. Half leather binding, stamped Bayntun to the reverse of the front end papers, with gilt titles, faded, rubbed, marked and worn to the spine leather, cloth covered boards, page top edges gilt, others tanned, all volumes illustrated, mostly by Leech.Colour frontispiece to each volume, all other illustrations are monochrome. Pagination: Handley Cross or Mr Jorrocks's Hunt, xiii, [iii], 578pp. Mr Romford's Hounds, viii, 405pp. Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, x, [ii], 450pp. Hawbuck Grange or The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott Esq., [xii], 265pp. Plain or Ringlets, x, [ii], 398pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 8 inches (20.5cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine - good condition - 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, faded to white on the outer cloth edges. Page edges - good condition - top edge gilt, other edges tanned. Binding - good condition - attractive. See above and photos. Internally Hinges - good condition - sound. Paste downs - good condition - marbled. End papers - good condition - marbled, subsequently tanned to front and rear. Title - good condition. Pages - good condition - minor tanning, otherwise bright with attractive colour illustrations. See photos. John LEECH (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Collectible rare antique book. Subscription Edition. Published in 1854, by Bradbury Agnew And Co., London. Illustrated by John Leech. 577 pages.