c1885 6 Vols The Sporting Novels of R. S. Surtees

Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Pleasing Copy, Signed Binding

Bound in a handsome red half calf with marbled boards by Henry Young & Sons.

A handsome collection of six classic Victorian sporting novels by Robert Smith Surtees, richly illustrated with steel engravings by some of the leading illustrators of the period, including John Leech and H. K. Browne (“Phiz”).

Each volume is vibrantly illustrated with numerous charming in-text illustrations and colour plate engravings on steel, with a total of 88 colour plates across all volumes. Collated, complete. 

These copies are undated. Dated here, using Jisc from copies held at the National Trust Libraries. 

This collection consists of: 

Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks’s Hunt. Illustrated with seventeen colour engravings on steel. 

Hawbuck Grange; or, The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq. Illustrated with eight colour engravings on steel. 

“Plain or Ringlets?”. Illustrated by John Leech. Thirteen colour engravings including a frontispiece and vignette title.

Mr. Romford’s Hounds. Illustrated with twenty-four colour engravings including a frontispiece. 

Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour. Illustrated with thirteen colour engravings.

“Ask Mama;” or, The Richest Commoner in England. Illustrated with thirteen colour engravings.

A vibrant and quintessentially English collection capturing the humour, character, and energy of 19th-century sporting life.

Robert Smith Surtees (1805–1864) was an English novelist and sporting writer best known for his humorous depictions of country life, hunting, and the eccentric English gentry.