THE SPORTING NOVELS: HANDLEY CROSS [ & ] MR. SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR [&] "ASK MAMA" [&] "PLAIN OR RINGLETS?" [&] MR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS [&] HILLINGDON HALL [6 VOLUMES].

Published by Bradbury & Evans; John C. Nimmo 1853-88, London, 1853

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Six volumes in a handsome fine binding of black morocco with five raised spine bands & elaborate gilt tooling to spine and boards. Gilt dentelles & top edges. Marbled endpapers. Texts and hinges are tight & intact. Beautifully illustrated with hand coloured plates engraved on steel, b/w wood engravings & each title page has a wood engraved vignette. MR. SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR: 13 colour illustrations & 84 wood engravings by John Leech; Bradbury and Evans; [10, 498pp]; 1853 (original illustrated front cover for part #1 bound in rear). [& ] HANDLEY CROSS; OR, MR. JORROCKS'S HUNT: 17 colour illustrations & 84 wood engravings by John Leech; Bradbury and Evans; [viii, 2, 550pp]; 1854 (original brown & gilt decorated cloth spine & covers bound in rear). [& ] "ASK MAMMA; " OR, THE RICHEST COMMONER IN ENGLAND: 13 colour illustrations & 69 wood engravings by John Leech; Bradbury and Evans; [xii, 412pp]; 1858; (publisher's original red-brown pictorial wrappers. Part #1 bound in rear). [&] "PLAIN OR RINGLETS?": 13 colour plates & 44 wood engravings by John Leech; Bradbury and Evans; [x, 406pp]; 1860. [&] MR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS: 24 colour illustrations by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne (Phiz) ; Bradbury and Evans; [vi, 2, 391pp]; 1865; (publisher's original red-brown pictorial wrapper for part #1 bound in rear). [&] HILLINGDON HALL; 12 colour illustrations by Wildrake, Heath & Jellicoe; John C. Nimmo; [8, 519pp, 24 (ads) ]; 1888; (original brown & gilt decorated cloth spine & covers bound in rear). Collated: all illustrations present. All first editions in book form except for Handley Cross and Hillingdon Hall, which are the first illustrated editions in a single volume. Condition: a few cover scuffs & a rare spot of foxing. Armorial bookplate: (the Ramseys of) Barnton with motto: "ORA ET LABORA". Sports, Fox hunting, Humor. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 2876 pages.…

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Title
THE SPORTING NOVELS: HANDLEY CROSS [ & ] MR. SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR [&] "ASK MAMA" [&] "PLAIN OR RINGLETS?" [&] MR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS [&] HILLINGDON HALL [6 VOLUMES].
Author
Surtees, Robert Smith [1803-1864]
Publisher
Bradbury & Evans; John C. Nimmo 1853-88, London
Publication year
1853
Condition
Very Good+
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
Illustrated by John Leech, Hablot K. Browne
Edition
First Edition.
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Humor/Cartoon, Sports

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Nick & Fran Bikoff have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century.

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