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[Surtees, Robert Smith].
Handley Cross; Hawbuck Grange; Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour; Ask Mamma; Plain or Ringlets; Mr Facey Romford's Hounds [6 volume set].
Publisher: Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London;
Date of Publication: 1880
Stock Code: 5525
Six volume matching set, undated but circa 1880. Octavo, pp viii,[2], 550; x, 265; viii, [2], 408; x, [2], 412; viii, [2], 406; viii, [2], 405. Six hand-coloured vignettes to title pages and 87 hand-coloured steel engravings by John Leech, plus numerous wood engravings in text.Red half morocco with 5 raised bands, gilt titles and sporting motifs to spines and gilt ruling to to marbled boards. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers to match boards. Edges a little scuffed. Retailer’s ticket to front pastedown and ownership inscription to first blank of each; minor scattered foxing, mainly to margins. Inner rear hinge of “Plain or Ringlets” cracked. Overall a handsome set of Surtees’ comic novels. £275.00