Robert Smith Surtees 213318

Mr. Sponge´s Sporting Tour / Ask Mamma / Handley Cross / Plain or Ringlets & Mr. Romford's Hounds

Bradbury, Agnew & Co. [1853 - 1864]. Ed./Druk: 1e druk. Linnen band. 5 vols. 8vo. With 80 handcoloured steel engraved plates and numerous wood engravings in the text, all after John Leech. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

De SlegteProfessional seller

Book number: 29527

Mr Facey Romford&Apos;S Hounds

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1865. First edition. Leather. First edition of this sporting novel by Robert Surtees, adorned with hand-coloured plates. The first edition of this work. Collated, complete with half title, engraved title page and twenty-three hand-coloured full page plates by celebrated illustrators John Leech and Hablot K. Browne. A Surtees's sporting novel following the adventures of Facey, a trickster who takes advantage of society's greed and gullibility. Sequel to Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour. Robert Smith Surtees's novels follow the adventures of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured sporting cockney grocer. Surtees' novels are entertaining and witty, and his writing style and characters are often compared to Charles Dickens.Published anonymously. Rebound in half calf signed Henderson & Bisset. Rebound in half calf over marbled boards. Externally, sound with some shelf wear, boards lightly marked, rear joint starting, boards holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. ink staining mark to lower outer margin of pp. 185-187, not affecting any of the text but bleeding through to plat to face p. 185. Light minor spotting scattered to odd leaf, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Good . Ill.: John Leech; Hablot K. Browne. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 841A90

Catalogue: English Literature Pre 1900

Keywords: robert smith surtees sporting novels illustrated sporting novels John Leech; Hablot K. Browne

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 .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 820B24

Catalogue: English Literature Pre 1900

Keywords: Robert Smith Surtees Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds fiction illustrated Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds John Leech and Hablot K. Browne

LEECH

Mr Facey Romford's Hounds

London: Bradbury Agnew and Co, 1892. Hardcover. Illustrated by John Leech. 403pp, hand coloured frontis with tissue guard, illustrated with steel engravings, some full-page , in original blue cloth, with gilt/black/red decoration, spine sunned . ; The Jorrocks Edition; Octavo. Very Good .

Castle Hill BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 65806

Keywords: Childrens Plate Books

SURTEES R S

Mr Facey Romford's Hounds (Jorrocks edition)

London, Bradbury Agnew & Co. reprint. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: John Leech. undated but pre 1900. blue cloth dec in gilt and black and red with horse and hounds design, gilt titled spine includes 'Jorrock's edition' and 'John Leech'. half title has been neatly removed, cloth rubbed to tips and small splits at ends of spine joints, front hinge cracked, former owner HENRY HEARN 80 CAVE TERRACE REDCLIFFS (New Zealand) rubberstamp to paste down, title, contents, list of illustrations, ink name and stamp to pp1, and at least once more in the text, some minor fingermarks, covers slightly soiled by handling. still tight copy, the top edge is untrimmed. hand-coloured frontis present but the guard is missing, 405pp, line illustrations throughout the text as well as plates. Good/No Jacket.

Fortuna BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 013094

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Horse and Hound Fox Hunting British Gentry Country Life Humor Surtees Illustrated Victorian Fiction, Henry Hearn 80 Cave Terrace Redcliffs John Leech

SURTEES R.S., LEECH John

Mr Romford's Hounds

Bradbury and Evans, c. 1865. 8vo. Contemporary gilt tooled half morocco on marbled paper-laid boards, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers (VG). Pp. vi + 391, illus with hand-coloured plates by John Leech and H.K. Browne (1 plate loose and worn at fore-edge; some light spotting on prelims; no inscriptions). .

Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 134976

Catalogue: Sporting Books-Hunting & Horses

SURTEES R.S., LEECH John

Mr Facey Romford's Hounds

Bradbury and Evans, 1865. 1st edn. 8vo (9 x 6 ins). Rebound in amateurish recent half morocco with marbled endpapers (near Fine). Pp. vi + 391, illus with hand-coloured plates by John Leech and H.K. Browne (inner hinges partly cracked; no inscriptions). .

Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 147730

Catalogue: Sporting Books-Hunting & Horses

SURTEES R.S., LEECH John

Works Handley Cross or Mr Jorrocks's Hunt 2 Vols, Mr Romford's Hounds 2 Vols, Plain or Ringlets? 2 Vols, Hawbuck Grange or the Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott Esq, Ask Mamma or the Richest Commoner in England 2 Vols, Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour 2

Bradbury Agnew & Co. 1900. M.F.H. edn. 11 vols. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth, top edges gilt (spines faded and rather chipped at head and tail; tear at centre of spine of Sponge vol I). Pp. various, illus with coloured plates with tissue guards and b&w drawings in text from the original editions by John Leech. .

Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 108966

Catalogue: Sporting Books-Hunting & Horses

Surtees, Robert Smith; Leech, John (Illus.)

Ask Mamma; Handley Cross; Mr. Romford's Hounds; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Plain Ringlets / Five Volume Set

London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co, 1880. Hardcover. 8vo. Uniformly bound in 3/4 red polished calf. Boards are marbled, as are the foredges and endpapers. All full page plates have been hand-coloured. Many b&w illustrations. Each volume shows minor rubbing to extremities of boards. Leather on spine a bit wrinkled, as from the volumes being pressed open - leather still sound - no cracking. Former owner's bookplate on inside front board of each volume. No other markings, and contents clean throughout. A few small scrapes to front endpapers of 'Mr. Horrock's Hounds'. Hinges and joints tight. Small 'bubbles' to cloth of all volumes, possibly due to production defect in the application of the glue. Dark spot to rear board of 'Handley Cross'. A very handsome set on the shelf and overall in good plus condition. Images are available. Due to the size and weight of this offering, we ask that you enquire of us first, as to options and costs to ship. Five of Surtees' sporting novels. Ill.: Leech, John.

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9900037193

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Bindings; BritLit; Humor; Humour; Leech, John

Robert Smith Surtees

Ask Mamma or the Richest Commoner in England; Mr Sponge&Apos;S Sporting Tour; Mr Romford&Apos;S Hounds; Handley Cross or Mr. Jorrocks&Apos;S Hunt

London, Bradbury, Agnew and Co, c1880. Cloth. A smart selection of Robert Smith Surtees' humorous sporting novels, illustrated throughout by John Leech. A set of four sporting novels by English writer and editor, Robert Smith Surtees. Bound in the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Surtees is best known for creating Mr. Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured sporting cockney grocer who features in his novels. These works offer as a terrific example of the humour of the Victorian upper-classes, primarily dealing with fox-hunting and other recreational activities. Each complete with a coloured title vignette, many in-text engravings, and a series of coloured plates as detailed below. Illustrated by John Leech, a British caricaturist best known for his work for 'Punch&apos. 'Ask Mamma or The Richest Commoner in England' - Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve steel engraved plates in colour. Collated, complete. 'Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour' - Illustrated with thirteen steel engraved plates in colour. Collated, complete. 'Mr. Romford's Hounds' - Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-three steel engraved plates in colour. Collated, complete. 'Handley Cross or Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt' - Illustrated with seventeen steel engraved plates in colour. Collated, complete. In the original red decorative cloth bindings. Externally, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities, heaviest to the spines' heads and tails. Instances of darkening to the cloth. Marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. With heavier spotting and offsetting to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: John Leech. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 943Y40

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Robert Smith Surtees English Literature Ask Mamma Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour English Literature John Leech John Leech

R. S. Surtees

Ask Mamma" or the Richest Commoner in England and Mr. Facey Romford&Apos;S Hounds

London, Bradbury, Agnew and Co. Ltd. c1899-1900. Cloth. A collection of two of the Handley Cross novels by R. S. Surtees "Ask Mamma" or the Richest Commoner in England in two volumes illustrated by John Leech and Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds illustrated by John Leech, Hablot K. Browne and W. T. Maud. Four volumes in total. Both volumes have dates of different editions to front, the latter being 1899 and 1900 Royal Octavo (Limited Edition). There is no evidence that these are limited editions. With illustrated second titles to all volumes. "Ask Mamma" or the Richest Commoner in England is illustrated with thirteen hand-coloured engravings on steel and many woodcuts by John Leech. [counted, all present] Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds is illustrated with twenty-four hand-coloured engravings on steel by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne and with text illustrations by W. T. Maud. [counted, all present] Robert Smith Surtees (1805 - 1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. John Leech (1817 - 1864) was an English caricaturist and illustrator. In the 1850s he drew the numerous etchings of sporting scenes, contributed, together with woodcuts, to the Handley Cross novels by Robert Smith Surtees. Hablot Knight Browne (1815 - 1882) was an English artist, famous as Phiz, illustrator of books by Charles Dickens, Charles Lever and Harrison Ainsworth. In cloth bindings. Externally, generally smart but with slight wear to extremities, marks and some stains to boards. Internally, bindings slightly strained in places with some pages, especially plates, detached. Bright and generally clean but with handling marks to text block edges. Good . Ill.: John Leech, Hablot K Browne and W T Maud. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: SET23-I-2

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Surtees John Leech Hablot Knight Browne John Leech John Leech, Hablot K Browne and W T Maud

Robert Smith Surtees

Ask Mamma or the Richest Commoner in England Mr Romford&Apos;S Hounds Mr Sponge&Apos;S Sporting Tour

London, Bradbury, Agnew and Co. c1880. Cloth. A profusely illustrated three volume set of these much loved humorous works by Robert Smith Surtees, complete with numerous charming colour illustrations by noted ilustrator John Leech. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of Mr Romford's Hounds and Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour. Dated from publisher's advertisements. Profusely illustrated. Collate complete with 'Mr Romford's Hounds' containing twenty four colour steel engravings and a coloured vignette title page illustration; 'Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour' containing thirteen colour steel engravings, numerous other monochrome vignette woodcuts and a coloured vignette title page illustration; and 'Ask Mamma' containing thirteen colour steel engravings, numerous other monochrome vignette woodcuts and a coloured vignette title page illustration. All the illustrations in Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour' and 'Ask Mamma' are by John Leech with Leech and H. K. Browne (Phiz) illustrating 'Mr Romford's Hounds&apos. John Leech was a noted illustrator and caricaturist, best known for his work in the satirical periodical, Punch. Robert Smith Surtees was an English novelist and sporting writing. His work is still well read and enjoyed today, thanks to his powers of satirical observation and his creation of timeless comic personalities. These three works are a fine example of the humour of the Victorian upper-classes, dealing primarily with fox-hunting and other leisure activities. An excellent example of three of Surtees's most loved novels, profusely illustrated throughout. In uniform red pictorial cloth bindings. Externally in excellent condition with just some slight bumping to the extremities and the head and tail of the spines. Slight fading to the spine. The odd mark to the boards. Very light damp staining to the front board of 'Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour&apos. Contemporary ink inscription to front pastedown of 'Ask Mamma' Slight strain to the hinges of 'Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour' and 'Ask Mamma&apos. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot and marginal age toning. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: John Leech; H. K. Browne. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 622K21

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Ask Mamma Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour Mr Romford's Hounds Punch Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour John Leech Phiz John Leech; H. K. Browne