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1911 Handley Cross or Mr Jorrock's Hunt
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
An illustrated edition of this popular sporting novel, complete in two volumes.
Undated, dated from an identical copy held at the British Library.
In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt embossed illustration to the front boards.
Illustrated by British artist Cecil Aldin, with twelve colour plates and vignettes to both volumes. Collated, complete.
'Handley Cross' follows the humorous activities of cockney grocer Mr Jorrocks, particularly focusing on his hunts. Written by English editor and sporting writer Robert Smith Surtees.
Condition
In the publisher's red cloth binding, with gilt illustration to the front boards. Externally, very smart, with slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Slight darkening to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and scattered spots throughout, heavier to the first and last few leaves. Tipped in contemporary inscribed slip to the front free endpaper of Vol I.
Very Good
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