Lot 137
Surtees, R. S.
[Finely bound set of his sporting novels]
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Handley Cross; Hawbuck Grange; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; "Ask Mamma"; "Plain or Ringlets?"; Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854-[undated]-53-58-60-65. Later editions of Handley Cross and Hawbuck Grange, first editions of the remaining titles, 6 works, 8vo (21.8 x 14cm), later red crushed full morocco by Maclehose of Glasgow, spines lavishly gilt in compartments with pointillé arabesques, covers tooled in gilt with concentric dogtooth and fillet rolls enclosing curvilinear central panels with elaborate pointillé arabesque decoration to spandrels, each corner with onlaid green morocco roundel containing gilt hunting motif (fox's head, hound's head, riding crop and post-horn), japon doublures, all edges gilt, Hawbuck Grange with 8 uncoloured etched plates by Phiz, the remaining works with hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech (each work with all listed plates present, respectively, 17, 13, 13, 13 and 24), “Plain or Ringlets?” with additional hand-coloured vignette title-page, Hawbuck Grange and "Plain or Ringlets?" with original cloth spine and cover bound in at rear, remaining volumes with original wrappers bound in, Hawbuck Grange with small abrasion to rear cover, Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour spine misdated 1863 (6)
Provenance
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman
