- Mr. Facey Romford&Apos;S Hounds

London , Bradbury and Evans , 1865 . First edition. Leather. A stunning first edition copy of Mr Facey Romford's Hounds, with beautiful hand coloured illustrations. Robert Smith Surtees was an English novelist most widely remembered for his invested character of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good natured cockney grocer. This is a wonderfully illustrated copy of Mr. Facey Romford's Hound, with twenty-four hand coloured illustrations by John Leech and Halbot K. Browne. John Leech was a caricaturist and illustrator best know for illustrating Punch magazine. Collated, complete. In half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart. The boards are a little marked. There is a bookplate to the front pastedown. Front hinge is starting and weak. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. The pages are occasionally a little spotted. Very Good . Ill.: John Leech and Hablot K. Browne. Very Good .

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