1854 · London
by SURTEES, ROBERT SMITH
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854. Mister Sponges's Sporting Tour; Handley Cross, Ask Mamma, Plain or Ringlets, and Farcy Romford's Hounds, each with a wood-engraved vignette title-p., and with 13, 17, 13, 13, and 24 handcolored steel engravings respectively by John Leech; uniformly bound in later three-quarter calf by Morrell, red and green morocco labels on spines, a.e.g.; the front cover to Ask Mamma is almost off, and the joints on Handley Cross are rubbed, but otherwise this is just about a fine set.
(Inventory #: 31628)