Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour
Author(s):
Surtees, Robert Smith
; Florey, Combe (introduction)
Illustrator(s):
Leech, John
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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| Size: | 6 - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Near Fine |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Edition: | 1st Thus |
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| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | The R S Surtees Society |
| Publication Year: | 1981 |
| Publication Place: | Somerset, UK |
| SKU: | 041701 |
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| Categories: | Beautiful Books , Featured , Fiction - General |
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1st thus. A facsimile reproduction of the original 1853 publication. [xvi], 408pp, with colour plate frontispiece, colour vignette on the title page and further engravings on steel illustrating the text, all by John Leech. Red buckram cloth-covered boards with gilt decoration and lettering front and spine. 9vo. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. Still in original glassine wrapper: the wrapper itself is a little shelf worn and creased on the inner front flap.
The R S Surtees Society is dedicated to reprinting the novels of Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864). They describe Surtees as "England's greatest novelist of the hunting field".
Keywords:
R S Surtees
Hunting
Fiction
Novels
