ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2005). (1858) 2005 Nonsuch Classics edition. Small 8vo (124 x 168mm). Pp538. B/w illustrations and photographs. Slight dent to top of front but a very good second-hand copy. This is the sixth in R.S. Surtees' nine-novel series of fox-hunting novels. "It may be a recommendation to the lover of light literature to be told that the following story does not involve the complication of a plot. It is a mere continuous narrative of an almost every-day exaggeration, interspersed with sport scenes and excellent illustrations by LEECH." March 31, 1858." .

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Title: ASK MAMMA: OR THE RICHEST COMMONER IN ENGLAND. By Robert S. Surtees. With illustrations by John Leech. Nonsuch Classics.
Publisher: Nonsuch Publishing Limited. Stroud, Gloucestershire. 1904
Publication Date: 2005
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1845880021
ISBN 13: 9781845880026
Binding: Soft cover

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This delightful Victorian novel, beautifully illustrated with woodcuts by John Leech, follows the romantic exploits of two generations of the Pringle family. Miss Emma Willing is a humble seamstress who makes a good first marriage to Mr. Billy Pringle, the result of which is the hero of the story, their son Fine Billy. After the untimely death of her husband, Mrs. Pringle secures the launch of her son into polite country society by the Earl of Ladythorne. Once ensconced in the countryside, Billy soon forgets an early dalliance with a serving girl and finds himself immersed in the world of fox hunting, and courted by local society, including the Miss Yammertons. Filled with colorful and humorous characters, this book presents an affectionate but irreverent view of country life for the wealthy Victorian.

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In 1831, after the death of his brother made him heir to his father�s fortune, Robert Surtees started the New Sporting Magazine. In the pages of this magazine Surtees developed the humorous character Mr. John Jorrocks.

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.

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