SELECT SPORTING NOVELS OF R.S. SURTEES Handley Cross or Mr Jorrocks’s Hunt Hawbuck Grange or The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott Esq. Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour Plain or Ringlets Mr Romford's Hounds [Later Bayntun Edition – Five Volumes – Bayntun Half Leather Binding]

Bath: George Bayntun, 1926, Later Editions. Five Volumes. Half leather binding, stamped Bayntun to the reverse of the front end papers, with gilt titles, faded, rubbed, marked and worn to the spine leather, cloth covered boards, page top edges gilt, others tanned, all volumes illustrated, mostly by Leech.Colour frontispiece to each volume, all other illustrations are monochrome. Pagination: Handley Cross or Mr Jorrocks’s Hunt, xiii, [iii], 578pp. Mr Romford's Hounds, viii, 405pp. Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, x, [ii], 450pp. Hawbuck Grange or The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott Esq., [xii], 265pp. Plain or Ringlets, x, [ii], 398pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 8 inches (20.5cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine – good condition – gilt titles and decoration, rubbed and worn with some marks and small areas of damage. Joints – good condition – sound, rubbed and worn. Corners – good condition – gently bumped and worn. Boards – good condition – half morocco with cloth covered boards, marks and minor wear, faded to white on the outer cloth edges. Page edges – good condition – top edge gilt, other edges tanned. Binding – good condition – attractive. See above and photos. Internally Hinges – good condition – sound. Paste downs – good condition – marbled. End papers – good condition – marbled, subsequently tanned to front and rear. Title – good condition. Pages – good condition – minor tanning, otherwise bright with attractive colour illustrations. See photos.…