Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt
by Surtees, R. S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good - Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. Ld. Book. Illus. by John Leech. Very Good - Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. Later Printing. Large 8vo. 550 pp, preface, color frontis, color illustration on title page, list of color engravings on steel, list of b&w engravings on wood, 80 chapters. no date. Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer, widely known as R. S. Surtees. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family. He launched out on his own with the New Sporting Magazine in 1831, contributing the comic papers which appeared as Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities in 1838. Jorrocks, the sporting cockney grocer, with his vulgarity and good-natured artfulness, was a great success with the public, and Surtees produced more Jorrocks novels in the same vein, notably Handley Cross and Hillingdon Hall, where the description of the house is very reminiscent of Hamsterley." Owner's small ex libris plate at top of ffep. Rebound in three-quarter leather. 1" closed tear to margin of preface with a few small black marks on spine with lightly age toned text block edges. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Three-quarter brown leather with marble paper-covered boards with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, and marble end-papers..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004514
- Title
- Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt
- Author
- Surtees, R. S
- Illustrator
- John Leech
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. Ld.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- LITERATURE ENGLISH SPORTS WRITING SURTEES ROBERT JAMES (1805-1864) NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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