Plain Ringlets by Surtees Robert Illustrations John Leech (10 results)

Hard. Condition: Good+. With illustrations by John Leech. (illustrator). This issue is founded on the edition pub. Good+. Lacking dust jacket. Endpapers and page edges slightly foxed and toned.

Hard with Dust Jacket. Condition: As new in near fine mylar dust. With illustrations by John Leech. (illustrator). First printing thus. Facsimile. As new in near fine mylar dust jacket (light shelf rubbing). Lacking slipcase. 426pp.

Hard with Dust Jacket. Condition: As new in near fine glassine d. With illustrations by John Leech. (illustrator). First printing thus. Facsimile. As new in near fine glassine dust jacket (light shelf rubbing). Lacking slipcase. 426pp.

Hard with Dust Jacket. Condition: As new in near fine glassine d. With illustrations by John Leech. (illustrator). First printing thus. Facsimile. As new in near fine glassine dust jacket (light shelf rubbing). Lacking slipcase. 426pp.

Bath: George Bayntun, 1926. Hardcover book bound in the publisher's original full decorative cloth-gilt. 21 cm. 398 pp. Contains a hand-colored frontispiece illustration, 8 full-page black-and-white illustrations, along with 43 vignettes. Part of the publisher's "Jorrocks Edition".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. London: Printed for Subscribers from Plates of Original Edition By Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1860. Undated [1860s]. Early reprint. One in a series of sporting novels illustrated by the noted caricaturist John Leech. Includes hand colored plates and dozens of additional full page engravings and vignettes. Fine binding by Lauriat, bright crimson red morocco leather over red cloth, gilt spine lettering, slightly raised spine bands with themed decorated compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Good to very good with an unfortunate light colored stain to the bottom of the rear cover, otherwise very good with light edge rubbing, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. with illustrations by John Leech (illustrator). 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION - IN HALF LEATHER. By the author of "Handley Cross," "Sponge's sporting tour," "Ask Mamma," etc. etc. Bound from the original issued parts. Nice example, in a smart binding, gilt embellishments to spine. Tight, clean and square. Internally secure and clean, lovely illustrations, just some light offset to each page that faces these, as no tissue guards were issued with this edition. Silk bookmark included. Excellent. viii, 2 unnumbered pages, 406 pages, plates : illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: g to vg. First edition. Large octavo. VIII, [2], 406pp. Contemporary 3/4 red crushed morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Color frontispiece. Illustrated title page and initials. "Plain or Ringlets ?" tells the story of Rosa McDermott and her decisions on marrying either Mr Bunting or young Jasper Goldspink, this story is played out against a wonderful broad background of scoundrels, Dukes and Duchesses, fox-hunting, harriers, country folk, match-making mammas and all sorts who make a colorful tapestry of nineteenth-century life as lovingly and devastatingly satirically described by Surtees. The title refers to Rosa's suitors, each of whom prefers Rosa to wear her hair in a different style; and whichever appears to be more in favor at any particular time looks to see how her hair is being styled. This remarkable work is splendidly illustrated throughout with 13 colored steel engravings and 44 woodcuts by English caricaturist and illustrator John Leech. Moderate rubbing along edges of binding. Binding in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition.

Half Morocco. Cloth boards. Condition: Fine. Six volume set of Surtees bound in green half morocco by Bayntun Riviere. N.d., circa 1890. 8vo. 22 by 14.5 cm.

Octavo, 6 volumes. Three quarters red leather over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, gilt lined, marbled endpapers, colored frontispiece to each volume, as well as the title page. Illustrations by John Leech and H.K. Browne. In near fine condition. Surtees' was arguably a match for Dickens in the field of social observation, whilst surpassing him as an observer of the natural world: with warmth and humor Surtees captured an era and a way of life that reached its zenith during Queen Victoria's reign.