(Surtees, R.S.)
Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt
London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 550pp. Illus.col.plates. Rebound in red cloth, with the original front and rear covers applied over the new cloth. Bookplate dated 1878 on front pastedown, a slot across the guard to the frontispiece has been repaired with selotape, marking both frontispiece and title page, the plate opposite p.57 is missing, the plate opposite p.81 has been bound in opposite p.2, the plate opposite p. 129 has been bound in opposite p.127 without a guard, the plate opposite p.362 lacks a guard, and an extra plate, "Simon Heavy-side and His Hounds" (the Frontispiece from "Mr. Romford's Hounds"), has been bound in opposite p.289 without a guard, foxed. Good-.
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