Lot 154
Surtees, R. S.
The Novels
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929. One of 976 sets, 10 volumes, large 8vo, contemporary green crushed half morocco by Birdsall by Charles Scribner's Sons, gilt fox-mask motifs to spines, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, colour plates;
Together with: Francis Gribble, [Nonce set of his works, mainly literary biographies], 1908-1913, mixed editions, 11 volumes, 8vo, uniform contemporary dark blue half morocco gilt by Bayntun for Brentano's, extremities rubbed;
Noel Williams, [Nonce set of his works on French history], c.1910, mixed editions, 20 works in 24 volumes, 8vo, uniform contemporary light blue half calf by Bickers & Son for Brentano's, top edges gilt, spines sunned;
W. H. Ainsworth, [The Novels], London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, c.1860, 16 volumes, 8vo, later half morocco for William Brown of Edinburgh, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, wood-engraved plates (61)
Provenance
Property from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan, Dowager Countess of Airlie (1933-2024).