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Robert Smith Surtees. Seven Sporting Novels with Many Hand-Colored Plates,... (Total: 7 Items)
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Robert Smith Surtees. Seven Sporting Novels with Many Hand-Colored Plates, including: Hawbuck Grange: or, The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., [n.d., circa 1850]. Illustrations by Phiz. [and:] Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour. London: Bradbury and Evans. 1853. Illustrations by John Leech. [and:] Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854. Illustrations by John Leech. [and:] Ask Mamma; or, The Richest Commoner in England. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858. Illustrations by John Leech. [and:] Plain or Ringlets? London: Bradbury and Evans. 1860. Illustrations by John Leech. [and:] Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1865. Illustrations by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne. [and:] Hillingdon Hall, or The Cockney Squire, A Tale of Country Life. London: John C. Nimmo, 1888. Illustrations by Wildrake, Heath and Jellicoe. Original cover bound in at rear.All volumes uniformly bound in full red calf. Gilt-stamped leather labels and gilt horse and horseshoe decorations to spines. Gilt borders and inner dentelles. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Wear to spine ends; spines and labels faded. A set in very good condition.
Robert Smith Surtees (1803-1864) was an English editor and sporting writer whose popular novels were published anonymously. These comic novels, set amongst the horsey set, were admired by many, including William Makepeace Thackeray. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.
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2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
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October, 2008
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