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Surtees, Robert Smith, Handley Cross; a Mr Jorrock's Hunt, with illustrations by John Leech, Lond...

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Surtees, Robert Smith, Handley Cross; a Mr Jorrock's Hunt, with illustrations by John Leech, Lond...
Surtees, Robert Smith, Handley Cross; a Mr Jorrock's Hunt, with illustrations by John Leech, London, Bradbury, Evans & Co, 1854, Royal 8o, illustrated title, 12 hand-coloured plates, illustrations, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, two green morocco lettering pieces, inner gilt dentelles, corners bumped. Note: This was the second of Surtee's seven humorous works, (Jorrocks, Jaunts and Jollities, 1843; Handleys Cross, 1854; Ask Mama, 1858; Plain or Ringlets, 1860; Mr Farey Romfords Hounds, 1865 and Hillingdon Hall, 1888) "No finer series of sporting novels exists in the english language, as is so rarely the case in colour plate books, the text is as important as the illustrations" Tooley 476 (see illustration) £30-40