1854 Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrock's Hunt

Name: 1854 Robert Smith Surtees John Leech Handley Cross or Mr Jorrock's Hunt Hatchard
SKU: FIN3-D-5
Price: 500 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: London Bradbury and Evans

Size: 9" by 5.5" Pagination: 550pp

A beautifully bound copy of this work by Robert Smith Surtees.

£500.00

weight: 1.5kgs / stock code: FIN3-D-5

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Description

Colour Plates, Fine Binding, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Signed Binding

In an attractive hunting themed morocco binding by Hatchards.

Robert Smith Surtees was an English editor, novelist and writer who wrote particularly on sporting subjects. Handley Cross is one of his 'Jorrock' novels, following the vulgar though good natured sporting grocer Jorrock.

With 17 hand coloured plates by John Leech. Leech was a prolific caricaturist and illustrator who worked on many of Surtees's later novels.

Condition

In a straight-grained morocco binding by Hatchards with gilt detailing depicting horse and hunting devices. Externally, very smart with some rubbing and wear to the spine. Ink signature to front blank. Original cloth binding bound to rear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with some light spotting to first and last few pages.

Overall: Very Good Indeed

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