Works by Surtees (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. no date given, (circa 1947); red-orange c; lite foxing spots, ownr's name; bookstore stamp; 124 clean, unmarked pages.12 full color plates. Earl of Yypres (illustrator).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947). ND c1947. 4to (190 x 250mm). Pp124. Full-page colour plates by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Ypres. Plain orange-red cloth, spine titled in black. Slight use, browning to end-papers and edges. Good-plus in rather frayed dust-wrapper. A chapter each on the author's favourite characters from the novels of R.S. Surtees, accompanied by colour illustrations by Field Marshall Sir John French. Chapters include: John Jorrocks; Soapey Sponge; Miserrimus Doleful; Lord Scamperdale; James Pigg; Facey Romford; Mr Jawleyford of Jawleyford Court; Benjamin Brady; Jogglebury Crowdey; Sir Moses Mainchance; Marmaduke Muleygrubs; Mr Puffington and Dick Bragg. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. 1st Edition. Green cloth with stamped titles in gilt and decorations in black. Top edge dulled gilt. 8vo; 8.75 inches tall; xvi,307 with an index. Colour and b/w plates. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. A few scatted pencil marks in the margins of the index. Armorial bookplate of Alan Evans. Illustrated with captioned tissue-guarded plates , four in color, by Henry Alken, John Leech and others. The stated purpose of the book was to put together every mention of shooting found in Surtees' writing. Illustrations by Henry Alken, John Leech and others. (illustrator). …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This illustrated anthology of characters developed by the Victorian novelist Robert Smith Surtees, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Undated, but published circa 1947.With twelve colour plate illustrations of the various characters by the Right Honourable Earl of Ypres including a frontispiece portrait of John Jorrocks with his celebrated hunter, Arterxerxes. Collated complete.With the original unclipped dust wrapper.Uncommonly found with the dust wrapper thus.Robert Smith Surtees was a Victorian author and editor who remains best remembered as a creator of humorous fictional characters. The most famous of these is his John Jorrocks, a ribald cockney grocer who leads a sporting life. John Jorrocks and Other Characters is an anthology of Surtees' most beloved characters featuring extended quotations from the original author, and includes descriptions of Soapey Sponge, Miserrimus Doleful, and James Pigg. In the original publisher's full cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart with a touch of fading and discolouration, heaviest to the spine and fore edge, and fractional rubbing. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Wrapper is sound with minor handling marks, some edgewear including marginal chips, and a few chips to the spine. Internally, binding is generally firm. Pages are bright and clean barring a touch of age toning, the odd spot, and light offsetting to the outer leaves. Very Good Indeed. The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Ypres (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Ten Works are: 1- Plain or Ringlets. Bradbury & Evans, 1860; 2- Mr. Romfords Hounds. Bradbury, Agnew, no date, c1865; 3- Ask Mamma.Bradbury, Agnew, no date, c1865; 4- Jorrocks Jaunts and Jollities. Routledge, no date, c1869; 5- Hawbuyck Grange. Bradbury, Agnew, no date, c1885; 6- Mr Jorrocks Thoughts on Hunting. Blackwood, Edingurgh, 1925; 7- Hillingdon Hall. Routledge, no date, c1920; 8- Young Tom Hall. Blackwood, Edingurgh, 1926. FINE COPY WITH DUST JACKET; 9- Hunting Tours of Surtees. Blackwood, Edingurgh, 1927. FINE COPY WITH DUST JACKET; & 10- Robert Smith Surtees: Creator of JORROCKS. 1860-1927, Written by himself and E.D.CUMMING. New York, Charles Scribners Sons, 1927. Fine copy with dust jacket. GENERAL CONDITION: All volumes are complete and bound in the origianl pictorial covers; On the whole all very good copies. Covers of some are faded and occational spotting. Size: 8vo. All Fully Illustrated and Complete with All the Origianl Hand Coloured Plates (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: As New.

Condition: near fine. Hbk facsimile of the 1838 Bradbury and Evans edition, Volume 1: 265pp; Volume 2: 266-557pp, of an edition of 950 copies these are number 229, royal 8vo, rough-cut edges, illustr 69 full-page b+w engravings, no djs as issued, red cloth boards with paper-spine labels, gilt top foredges, slight fading to the spines and a small patch of lifting to the cloth of Volume 2, but otherwise clean, bright and sharp, now in custom acetate jackets, appears unread and an excellent clean tight unmarked and very handsome set, almost as new.…

5 Lawns Parade, Cheltenham, 22 March, no year given. Uncommon. Fannie Surtees, Victorian author, pseudonym Cherith.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Two volumes of the sporting novels of Robert Smith Surtees. Containing: Mr Romford's Hounds Hawbuck Grange; or, the Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq. Illustrated with thirty-one coloured plates and many more illustrations in the text by John Leech and 'Phiz'. Surtees launched out on his own with the New Sporting Magazine in 1831, contributing the comic papers which appeared as Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities in 1838. Jorrocks, the sporting cockney grocer, with his vulgarity and good-natured artfulness, was a great success with the public, and Surtees produced more Jorrocks novels in the same vein, notably Handley Cross and Hillingdon Hall, where the description of the house is very reminiscent of Hamsterley. Another hero, Soapey Sponge, appears in Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, possibly Surtees best work. All Surtees' novels were composed at Hamsterley Hall, where he wrote standing up at a desk, like Victor Hugo. In decorative red and gilt cloth bindings. Externally, sound, though with some fading, marks and bumping. Internally, firmly bound. Two hinges are strained. Ink signatures to the front free-endpaper of Mr Romford's Hounds. Pages are bright, though with some foxing. Good. John Leech and 'Phiz' (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 7 volumes, Bradbury Agnew not dated but ca. 1880. Illustrated with wood engravings and 100 hand coloured steel engraved plates. A very good set in contemporary half morocco.

, 6 uniform volumes by Surtees, complete with 87 hand-coloured plates in total, plus black & white illustration throughout New edition , leather at spines slightly dulled but gilt remains bright, nice clean and tight bindings, light foxing to some pages margins but text clean, plates nice and clean, a nice looking set, in very good condition , half red calf with marbled paper to sides, raised bands, gilt titles and designs on spine, top edge gilt Octavo, 23 x 15 cm Hardback ISBN. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. THIS IS A VERY HEAVY SET SO ADDITIONAL POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED - PLEASE ASK FOR A POSTAGE QUOTATION BEFORE ORDERING. 5 Volumes, 8vo, very-well illustrated with colour plates, bound in half blue morocco with purple boards, elaborate gilt decorated spines, raised bands, all edges red, marbled endpapers, bound by W. Gouk, Mansfield, Provenance: with the armorial bookplate of Starkie, very good condition, Bradbury, Agnew & Co., London, circa 1890. * an attractive set. LEECH, John and BROWNE, H. K. (illustrator).…

Half Calf. Condition: Very Good. Complete in 6 volumes. No printed date, circa 1888. Prnted for Subscribers. Books measure 23x15.5.cm. Circa 87 hand coloured plates. Bound by Bayntun, in half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, raised bands, gilt lines and tooling, top gilt edges, marble endpapers. Bindings lightly rubbed, light marking, minor wear. All bindings in very good clean firm condition. Internally, one volume inscribed on free endpaper. Pages and plates in good clean condition. A very nice set. Size: 8vo. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This is a six volume set Printed for subscribers by Bradbury Agnew & Co missing Hillington Hall illustarted by John Leech throughout excpet for Hawbridge Grance which is ilutsrated by "Phiz" on decorative red cloth all collectable subscription editions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 7 volumes, bound in matching half red morocco and marbled boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, in bright condition, a little rubbed in places. Not dated, c1880s, all hand coloured plates present. Some occasional spotting, in the main restricted to the preliminaries and page edges. An attractive set which is heavy and will require an additional shipping fee for some international destinations, please contact for details, images available. Leech, Browne, Maud and Others (illustrator).…

Six works in six volumes, 8vo. (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches). Numerous hand-coloured plates after John Leech, H. K. Browne, and others. Red half morocco, spines with raised bands gilt in compartments. A finely bound set from the pen of the 19th-century's best known sporting author: Thackeray envied him, William Morris considered him a master of life. 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. …

Leather. Condition: Fine. A wonderful six volume collection of the works of Robert Smith Surtees, in lovely binding and with hand coloured plates. Selected works from the English novelist Robert Smith Surtees, beautifully bound in Bayntun binding.Including the works Mr. Romford's Hounds, Handley Cross, Ask Mamma, Plain or Ringlets, Hawbuck Grange and MR. Sponge's Sporting Tour.Robert Smith Surtees was a novelist and sporting writer who is primarily remembered for his creation of the character Jorrocks.John Leech was a British caricaturist and illustrator best known for his work in Punch, and being the first illustrator of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.With twenty four hand coloured plates to Mr Romford's Hounds, seventeen to Handley Cross, thirteen to Ask Mamma, twelve to Plain or Ringlets, eight to Hawbuck Grange and thirteen to Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour.Collated, complete.Rebound by Bayntun. Rebound by Bayntun in half morocco with gilt stamped spine. Externally, very smart with a mark to the front board of Handley Cross, others remain very smart indeed. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. Fine. John Leech (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Condition: Fine. The selected works of noted English author Robert Smith Surtees, sumptuously bound in Bayntun binding. This six volume library set collects the selected works of celebrated novelist Robert Smith Surtees which achieved praise for their vigorous and engaging style. Although these works were not particularly popular when they were originally published, due to the comic, satiric and unsentimental style of Surtees' writing which clashed with the Victorian ideals of moralistic literature, these colloquial and discursive novels have outlasted many other similar works of the time. Incorporating the illustrations of John Leech, the artists' work was often complimented for elevating Surtees' writing, and provided Leech with an opportunity to do some of his best work.The set collects the following works: 'Handley Cross', 'Hawbuck Grange', 'Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour', 'Ask Mamma', 'Plain Or Ringlets?', and 'Mr Romford's Hounds'.With monochrome vignette illustrations and coloured plates in all volumes, collated complete.The volumes in this set are all undated, dated from copac.A master of comic characters and observation, Robert Smith Surtees and his work is fondly remembered, presented here in an attractively bound library set. Rebound in attractive red half morocco with gilt stamped decoration to the spine, with Bayntun binders stamp to the front free end paper. Externally, very smart, with only very minor marks. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are generally bright and clean, with only some occasional minor handling marks, and some off-setting to the front and rear free end papers as expected. A few of the tissue guards to the coloured plates have minor tears. Fine. John Leech; H.K. Browne; W.T. Maud (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Condition: Good. A selection of Robert Surtees' works. All volumes are illustrated with numerous woodcut vignettes and colour plates. The works present are as follows: Plain or Ringlets? (c1899), Bradbury Agnew and Co. Handley Cross of Mr Jorrocks's Hunt (c1899), Bradbury, Agnew and Co. Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, (c1890) Bradbury, Evans and Co. Mr Romford's Hounds (c1899), Bradbury, Agnew and Co. Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities (1893) George Routledge and Sons, New Edition Ask Mama (c1899), Bradbury Agnew and Co. The Life of John Mytton Esq, (1893) George Routledge and Sons. Hillingdon Hall, Or The Cockney Squire (1888) John C Nimmo. Ask Mama is lacking title page, frontis and any contents pages. Lacking plates 'Mr Jorrocks Has a Bye Day', 'Mind The Bull' 'Mr Jorrocks Wants Twenty' and 'Pigg in the Melon Frame' to Handley Cross of Mr Jorrocks Hunt. Lacking one plate to Mr Sponge's, 'Mr Jogglebury Crowdey with His Dog and his Gun'. Eleven plates to Mr romford's Hounds, appears to be lacking one plate. Seven plates to Ask Mama, possibly lacking five plates according to collation. Plain or Ringlets, Mr Jorrocks, John Mytton and Hillingdon are all complete. Original cloth binding tipped in to endpapers at rear of Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour and Mr Romford's Hounds and Hillingdon Hall. Robert Surtees Smith was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. He launched his own Sporting Magazine titled the 'New Sporting Magazine' in which he wrote numerous comic papers. Thackeray envied Surtees for his powers of social observation. In uniform half calf bindings with gilt stamped designs to spines. Externally, generally smart. Minor rubbing to the spines of all volumes. Rubbing is heaviest to Ask Mama which also has a faded spine. Loss to the head and tail of spine of Ask Mama. Water Damage to boards and internals of The Life of John Mytton and Hillingdon Hall, resulting in a loss to the paper covered boards and tide marks to the morocco at edges. Damp staining and some mould to the first and last few pages, mostly to the outer margins. Margins of majority of pages are affected to Hillingdon Hall. Loss to the final few pages at margins of Hillingdon Hall due to water damage and damp staining/mould. Prior owner's bookplate, Frederick May, to most volumes at front pastedown. Half title page to Mr Romford is loosening at tail as is title page. Front hinge to 'Ask Mama' is tender, lacking the title page and frontispiece. Front hinge to Hillingdon Hall is tender. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with instances of light scattered spots. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Full Calf. Condition: Near Very Good. Complete in 6 volumes. Books measure 22x14.5.cm. Published by Bradbury and Evans, except for Hawbuck Grange, which is published by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Hawbuck Grange. No printed date, but 1847, first edition, second issue, without publishers catalogue. Mr Spone's Sporting Tour. 1853. First edition. Hadley Cross. 1854. First edition. '' Ask Mumma ''. 1858. First edition. Plain or Ringlets. 1860. First edition. Mr Facey. 1865. First edition. 79 cololured plates, many black & white illustrations. Bound in full period calf, raised bands, ornate gilt tooling, leather labels, gilt lines to board edges, full gilt edges, marble endpapers. Calf lightly rubbed, some abrasion wear on edges, some light wear to hinge joints, but all boards firmly attached. Generally bindings in very good clean condition. Internally, occasional light foxing. Pages and plates in good condition. A very nice well bounds set. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 8vo. No dates. c. 1860. Hand coloured steel engravings and numerous in-text illustrations, mainly by Leech. All plates present, with tissue guards. Bound in 3/4 red morocco over red cloth boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Gilt decorated and lettered spines with 6 raised bands. Top edges gilt. Boards very lightly rubbed at base, one volume with a small chip at head of spine. A nice, clean set. John Leech; H. K. Browne; W. T. Maud (illustrator).…

Octavo, 6 volumes. Three quarters red leather over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, gilt lined, marbled endpapers, colored frontispiece to each volume, as well as the title page. Illustrations by John Leech and H.K. Browne. In near fine condition. Surtees' 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 humor Surtees captured an era and a way of life that reached its zenith during Queen Victoria's reign.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. 11 volumes (complete), Royal octavo, Handley Cross, 2 vols., xvi, 430pp. + xii, 427pp., illustrated with 17 hand-coloured steel engraved plates and many woodcuts by John Leech; Ask Mamma, 2 vols., xvi, 300pp. + xii, 300pp., illustrated with 13 hand-coloured steel engraved plates and many woodcuts by John Leech; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, 2 vols., xvi, 323pp. + xii, 328pp., illustrated with 13 hand-coloured steel engraved plates and many woodcuts by John Leech; Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds, 2 vols., xii, 275pp. + xii, 273pp., illustrated with 24 hand-coloured steel engraved plates by Leech and Hablot K. Browne, with text illustrations by W.T. Maud; Plain or Ringlets, 2 vols., xiv, 298pp. + xii, 286pp., illustrated with 12 hand-coloured steel engraved plates and many woodcuts by John Leech; Hawbuck Grange Or the Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esquire, xii, 293pp., illustrated 8 hand-coloured steel engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne with text illustrations by W.T. Maud. With half-titles and additional wood-engraved titles to each volume, title pages printed in red and black, some occasional slight scattered spotting mainly affecting blank endpapers, each volume with matching marbled endpapers and top edges gilt, all uniformly bound in very good quality half red morocco, spines neatly titled in gilt and beautifully gilt decorated in six compartments with hunting scenes and symbols including the fox, foxhounds, huntsmen on horseback, horseshoes, riding hat and crop. A lovely bright LIMITED EDITION SET in a most handsome and desirable binding with only some minor wear to extremities. (Images available on request). Robert Smith Surtees (17 May 1805 16 March 1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family. He left for London in 1825, intending to practise law in the capital, but had difficulty making his way and began contributing to the Sporting Magazine. He launched out on his own with the New Sporting Magazine in 1831, contributing the comic papers which appeared as Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities in 1838. Jorrocks, the sporting cockney grocer, with his vulgarity and good-natured artfulness, was a great success with the public, and Surtees produced more Jorrocks novels in the same vein, notably Handley Cross, where the description of the house is very reminiscent of Hamsterley. Another hero, Soapey Sponge, appears in Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, possibly Surtees best work. All Surtees' novels were composed at Hamsterley Hall, where he wrote standing up at a desk, like Victor Hugo. In 1835, Surtees abandoned his legal practice and after inheriting Hamsterley Hall in 1838, devoted himself to hunting and shooting, meanwhile writing anonymously for his own pleasure. He was a friend and admirer of the great hunting man Ralph Lambton, who had his headquarters at Sedgefield County Durham, the 'Melton of the North'. Surtees became Lord High Sheriff of Durham in 1856. He died in Brighton in 1864 and was buried in Ebchester church. Though Surtees did not set his novels in any readily identifiable locality, he uses North East place-names like Sheepwash, Howell (How) Burn, and Winford Rig. His memorable Geordie, James Pigg in Handley Cross is based on Joe Kirk, a Slaley huntsman. The famous incident, illustrated by Leech, when Pigg jumps into the melon frame was inspired by a similar episode involving Joe Kirk in Corbridge. As a creator of comic personalities, Surtees is still very readable today. Thackeray envied him his powers of observation, while William Morris considered him 'a master of life' and ranked him with Dickens. The novels are engaging and vigorous, and abound with sharp social observation, with a keener eye than Dickens for the natural world. Perhaps Surtees most resembles Dickens of Pickwick Papers, which was originally intended as mere supporting matter for a series of sporting illustrations to rival Jorrocks.…

Many hand colored plates, mostly by John Leech, and many illustrations in text. 9 vols. Royal 8vo. Bound in original two toned red cloth, t.e.g., other edges uncut. Bookplate of Walter Rutherford Peterson. Fine Many hand colored plates, mostly by John Leech, and many illustrations in text. 9 vols. Royal 8vo. …

6 Volumes. Hardback, approx 9 x 6 inches. Halfbound crushed green morocco leather and green cloth to boards with gilt line edging. Raised banding and gilt panelling and lettering to spines. Top page edges gilt, grey endpapers. Fine bindings by ?Hatchards & Co.? In very good conditions. Some minor handling marks to cloth on boards. A couple of minor bumps to corners. No penned inscriptions. Some occasional minor handling marks, some mild foxing to pages (mostly to page edges) Plates clean and bright. Else a very good clean and tight set. 6 vols. Illustrated with coloured frontispieces, full-page colour & B&W plates, and text illustrations, by John Leech & others.…

1st Edition. Leech, John. First editions except Handley Cross, first illustrated edition (first published in 1843, without illustrations). Hand colored plates, mostly by John Leech, and many illustrations in text (the first title is illustrated by Phiz). 7 vols. 8vo. An attractive set of these classics of English sporting literature. Bound in full red morocco, t.e.g. by Riviere, original cloth bound in Hand colored plates, mostly by John Leech, and many illustrations in text (the first title is illustrated by Phiz). 7 vols. 8vo First editions except Handley Cross, first illustrated edition (first published in 1843, without illustrations).…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1860 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 587 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 587.…