Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
by By The Author of "Handley Cross," Jorrocks's Jaunts," Etc. Etc
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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St. Charles, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
LD., 11, Bouverie St., London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. Hard Cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. By the Author of "Handley Cross", "Jorrocks's Jaunts" "Ask Mama"Etc.,Etc., Etc. It may be a recommendation to the lover of light literature to be told, that the following story does not involve the complication of plot. It is a mere continuous narrative of an almost every day exaggeration, interspersed with sporting scenes and excellent illustrations by Leech. Good/No dust jacket, Moderate wear, rubbing & bumping to Marbled boards w/quater bound leather, raised banded spine strip w/gilt lettering & decor in title boxes, cracked hinges, owner's name & date on pastedown (1859), mild foxing, illustrated w/WONDERFUL ("Huntsman") engravings on steel and woodcuts by John Leech. 408pp. All text basically bright, clean & solid. . Good. Half-Leather. 1853.
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- Bookseller
- Julie's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006614
- Title
- Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
- Author
- By The Author of "Handley Cross," Jorrocks's Jaunts," Etc. Etc
- Illustrator
- John Leech
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- LD., 11, Bouverie St., London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- NARRATIVES, ENGLISH FOX HUNTING EPISODES, HUNTS, SPORTING SCENES, HUMOR. L EECH, JOHN-ILLUSTRATORS-ENGLISH ILLUSTRATORS. THE AUTHOR-"ASK MAMA" OR RICH EST COMMONER IN ENGLAND" JOHN LEECH Humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Long.
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Julie's Books
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St. Charles, Michigan
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- Jacket
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- Cracked
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- Spine Strip
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- First Edition
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