"Ask Mamma" or the Richest Commoner in England and Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds

A collection of two of the Handley Cross novels by R. S. Surtees "Ask Mamma" or the Richest Commoner in England in two volumes illustrated by John Leech and Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds illustrated by John Leech, Hablot K. Browne and W. T. Maud. Four volumes in total. Both volumes have dates of different editions to front, the latter being 1899 and 1900 Royal Octavo (Limited Edition). There is no evidence that these are limited editions. With illustrated second titles to all volumes. "Ask Mamma" or the Richest Commoner in England is illustrated with thirteen hand-coloured engravings on steel and many woodcuts by John Leech. [counted, all present] Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds is illustrated with twenty-four hand-coloured engravings on steel by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne and with text illustrations by W. T. Maud. [counted, all present] Robert Smith Surtees (1805 - 1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. John Leech (1817 - 1864) was an English caricaturist and illustrator. In the 1850s he drew the numerous etchings of sporting scenes, contributed, together with woodcuts, to the Handley Cross novels by Robert Smith Surtees. Hablot Knight Browne (1815 - 1882) was an English artist, famous as Phiz, illustrator of books by Charles Dickens, Charles Lever and Harrison Ainsworth. In cloth bindings. Externally, generally smart but with slight wear to extremities, marks and some stains to boards. Internally, bindings slightly strained in places with some pages, especially plates, detached. Bright and generally clean but with handling marks to text block edges. Good.…