Author: [SURTEES, R.S].
Title: Handley Cross. or Mr Jorrocks's Hunt. (with illustrations by John Leech).
Description: London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Ltd, nd. (c.1899). A great comic character, on a par with the creations of Dickens, Jorrocks is a self made Cockney grocer with a penchant for fox hunting. This Rabelaisian novel recounts his muddling adventures as an amateur huntsman who comes to the up and coming spa town of Handley Cross to take over its pack of hounds for a season, having been pinpointed for the task on account of his wealth and the fame of his exploits out hunting with 'the Surrey'. 22.5cms x 15cms x 5cms. Pp.xvi/578, coloured illustration to title page, 17 coloured plates + many full page steel engravings and more engravings on wood by John Leech, gift message to front free endpaper, endpapers tanned. Brightred gilt decorated cloth, gilt illustrated title to front and spine, small chip to base of spine. VG.

Keywords: Surtees Handley Cross Mr Jorrocks Hunt Illustrated John Leech Fox Hunting Horses Hounds Fiction Novel Humour 51031 Fiction


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