Beschreibung
A privately printed edition of the Surtees' Sporting novels, complete with its lovely hand-coloured plates, in attractive uniform Bayntun bindings. Six popular sporting novels by Robert Smith Surtees. A privately printed edition, illustrated from the plates of the Original edition issued by Bradbury, Agnew& Co. with both black and white and hand-coloured plates as issued by Phiz, John Leech, W. T. Maud, and others. Coloured plates mostly protected by tissue guards.In lovely uniform half morocco bindings signed Bayntun of Bath. Complete with half titles.These 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.The titles included in this series are the following:Hawbuck Grange, dated c1888 from Jisc. Illustrated by Phiz and W. T. Maud with a hand-coloured frontispiece and title page, as well as numerous engravings in text, thirteen full page plates in black and white, and seven full page engravings on steel, hand-coloured. Collated, complete. Including a sketch of the careers of Robert Smith Surtees and John Leech.Mr Romford's Hounds, dated c1900 from Jisc. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece and title page, illustrations in text, as well as four full page plates in black and white, and twenty-three full page engravings on steel, hand-coloured, by John Leech, Hablot K Browne, and others. Collated, complete.Ask Mamma, c1898 from Jisc. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, numerous illustrations in text, nineteen full page engravings on wood in black and white, and twelve hand-coloured engravings on steel by John Leech. Collated, complete.Plain or Ringlets?, c1899 from Jisc. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, numerous illustrations in text, eight full page engravings on wood in black and white, and eleven hand-coloured engravings on steel by John Leech. Collated, complete.Mister Sponge's Sporting Tour, c1892 from Jisc. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, numerous illustrations in text, nine full page engravings on wood in black and white, and twelve hand-coloured engravings on steel by John Leech. Collated, complete.Handley Cross, c1888 from Jisc. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, numerous illustrations in text, thirty full page engravings on wood in black and white, and sixteen hand-coloured engravings on steel by John Leech. Collated, complete. In uniform half morocco bindings over cloth covered boards signed Bayntun of Bath, gilt to the top edge. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Pictorial bookplate to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Occasional odd minor odd spotting, particularly to the edges, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Minor staining mark to pp. 195-8 of 'Mr. Romford's Hounds,' not affecting the text. Illustrated with numerous engravings in text, full page plates in black and white, and hand-coloured full page engravings on steel. Collated, complete. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 801A49
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