Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, blind-tooled. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 412 pages; Physical description; xi, 412p, 13 plates : col. ill., facsims., ports. ; 22cm. Notes; Facs. reprint of ed. originally published, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. Other names; Leech, John b.1817. R. S. Surtees Society. 3 Kg.

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Title: 'Ask mamma' : or, The richest commoner in England / [R.S. Surtees] ; with illustrations by John Leech ; [introduction by Rebecca West]
Publisher: Craddock : R. S. Surtees Society
Publication Date: 1983
Language: English
ISBN 10: 095076972X
ISBN 13: 9780950769721
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: Facsimile.
Weight: 3 kilograms

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. no dustjacket, 1983 Surtees Soc, clean bright copy

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John Leech (1817-1864) was a well regarded English caricaturist, whose works often appeared in Punch and the London News. An accomplished lithographer and engraver, Leech's illustrations illuminated the original edition of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.

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