Plain Ringlets by Surtees Robert Smith John Leech: First Edition (28 results)

Fine Binding. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Miint. Facsimile Edition. PLAIN OR RINGLETS? R S Surtees Introduction by Molly Keane Illustrated by John Leech. R S Surtees Society, Craddock 1986 Facsimile Edition 406pp plus prelims. Illustrated Hardback. Robert Smith Surtees (born May 17, 1805, The Riding, Northumberland, died March 16, 1864, Brighton, Sussex) English novelist. Passionately addicted to riding to hounds from his youth, Surtees devoted nearly all his writings to horses and riding. In 1831 he launched New Sporting Magazine. His famous comic character Mr. Jorrocks, a blunt Cockney grocer entirely given over to fox hunting, appeared in Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities (1838), Handley Cross (1843), and Hillingdon Hall (1845). Among his other novels, which also portray the boredom, ill manners, discomfort, and coarse food of English provincial life, are Hawbuck Grange (1847) and Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds (1865). All his novels were originally published in serial form in magazines such as 'Punch' anonymously at first. This copy, a facsimile of the original, is prepared by the R S Surtees Society, with a specially commissioned introduction, is in MINT condition with no inscriptions, markings or marginalia. Bound in red skivertex boards with blind stamping borders front and rear and gilt titling and decoration to the front and spine. The stock is bright and tight . The book is encased in a gold paper covered board slipcase which is also in MINT condition. This is just one of eight Surtees Titles I am selling on this site. Ref O7 Size: 406pp + Prelims. John Leech (illustrator). …

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a poor, somewhat dust-dulled and edge-torn dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Tom Keneally Centre Research Collection. Physical description; 463 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 23cm. Subjects; Hunting England Fiction. Mate selection Fiction. English fiction 19th century. Surtees, Robert Smith 1805-1864. Leech, John 1817-1864. Folio Society. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of G.A. Pickis with is bookplate bearing the Latin inscription "Nunc ea congnosce quae maxime exoptas". Series; Handley cross sporting novels. Physical description; 398 p. : ill. Subjects; Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864). Handley Cross Sporting Novels. John Leech (1817-1864) [illustrator]. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of G.A. Pickis with is bookplate bearing the Latin inscription "Nunc ea congnosce quae maxime exoptas". Series; Handley cross sporting novels. Physical description; 398 p. : ill. Subjects; Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864). Handley Cross Sporting Novels. John Leech (1817-1864) [illustrator]. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very Good ++ , Light Spotting Throughout, Red Cloth With Gilt Decoration Undated C1860 Pp 423 Illustrations. John Leech (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Subscription Edition on lower spine. 43 list of vignettes. 8 extra illustrations. 12 steel engravings. Printed for Subscribers from the plates of the Original Edition 1847-58. Thus, presumed 1st ed. Light fading on the spine. John Leech (illustrator).…

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked, blind-bordered cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Subscription edition. Physical description; [2], x, [2], 398 p., frontis. plate (col.), [8] leaves of wd engr., [12] plates (col.): ill., plates, wdcuts; 8vo. Notes; Author of "Handley Cross" = Robert Smith Surtees. Coloured title page vignette. Subjects; Fox hunting - England - Humor. Great Britain - Social life and customs - 19th century - Humor. 2 Kg. …

First Edition. Good copy only in gilt-blocked cloth over beveled boards. Spine bands and panel edges dulled as with age. Hinges weak. Some unopened pages. Text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Date is suggested. Physical description: viii, 406, [2] pages, [13] leaves of plates: illustrations; 23 cm. Subjects: English fiction 19th century. Surtees, Robert Smith (1805-1864). Leech, John (1817-1864). 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 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. with illustrations by John Leech (illustrator).…

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked, blind-bordered cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Subscription edition. Physical description; [2], x, [2], 398 p., frontis. plate (col.), [8] leaves of wd engr., [12] plates (col.): ill., plates, wdcuts; 8vo. Notes; Author of "Handley Cross" = Robert Smith Surtees. Coloured title page vignette. Subjects; Fox hunting - England - Humor. Great Britain - Social life and customs - 19th century - Humor. 2 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Subscription edition. Physical description; [2], x, [2], 398 p., frontis. plate (col.), [8] leaves of wd engr., [12] plates (col.): ill., plates, wdcuts; 8vo. Notes; Author of "Handley Cross" = Robert Smith Surtees. Coloured title page vignette. Subjects; Fox hunting - England - Humor. Great Britain - Social life and customs - 19th century - Humor. 2 Kg.…

First Edition. Good copy only in gilt-blocked cloth over beveled boards. Spine bands and panel edges dulled as with age. Hinges weak. Some unopened pages. Text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Date is suggested. Physical description: viii, 406, [2] pages, [13] leaves of plates: illustrations; 23 cm. Subjects: English fiction 19th century. Surtees, Robert Smith (1805-1864). Leech, John (1817-1864). 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Subscription edition. Physical description; [2], x, [2], 398 p., frontis. plate (col.), [8] leaves of wd engr., [12] plates (col.): ill., plates, wdcuts; 8vo. Notes; Author of "Handley Cross" = Robert Smith Surtees. Coloured title page vignette. Subjects; Fox hunting - England - Humor. Great Britain - Social life and customs - 19th century - Humor. 2 Kg.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. First edition. A smart first edition of Robert Smith Surtees' humour novel, with charming illustrations including colour plates by John Leech. Initially published in twelve parts between 1858 and 1860, this is the first book edition.Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864) was an English editor and novelist, most widely known for the cockney character of Jorrocks.Illustrated with eleven colour plates by John Leech, as well as in-text illustrations throughout. Lacking the final plate.Complete with publisher's advertisements to the rear.A wonderful copy of this popular work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; a little worn to the head and tail of the spine. Ink stains to the front board. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound, with front hinge a little strained. Pages are occasionally spotted. Good. John Leech (illustrator). book.…

First Edition. Finely bound by RIVIERE in full, fine-ribbed burgundy calf with raised bands and gilt-tooled panels. Boards gilt-bordered with elaborate inner gilt dentelles. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and toned as with age. Remains a particularly we-preserved example; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description; viii, [2], 406p.,plates (some col.) : ill. ; 8vo. 12 pages of ads to the rear. Subjects; English fiction - 19th century. 0 Kg. …

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. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. HARDBACK VOLUME BOUND A HALF LEATHER BINDING, MARBLED ENDPAPERS & PAGE EDGES, HAND COLOURED FRONTIS & EXTRA ILLUSTRATED TITLE PAGE, NUMEROUS FULL PAGE HAND COLOUR PLATES + BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS AMONG TEXT. BOOKPLATE OF LIEUT COL. EDWARD REMINGTON HOBBS [ ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS ] BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 8 + 406 + 2 PAGES. OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES BUT SLIGHTLY HEAVIER TO ENDPAPERS, OCCASIONAL OFFSETTING FROM PLATES TO TEXT PAGES OPPOSITE, OCCASIONAL SMALL CREASE TO CORNER MARGINS, ONE PLATE & TWO TEXT PAGES TO REAR WITH MODERATE CREASES, THE PLATE & ONE FURTHER PLATE WITH A SMALL CLOSED TEAR. OVERALL A VERY COPY WITH GILT TO SPINE BRIGHT, BINDING TIGHT WITH MAJORITY OF PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS ARE POSTED IN A STURDY BOOK BOX.…

First Edition. Finely bound by RIVIERE in full, fine-ribbed burgundy calf with raised bands and gilt-tooled panels. Boards gilt-bordered with elaborate inner gilt dentelles. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and toned as with age. Remains a particularly we-preserved example; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description; viii, [2], 406p.,plates (some col.) : ill. ; 8vo. 12 pages of ads to the rear. Subjects; English fiction - 19th century. 0 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine copy half analine calf over cloth boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of John Ingleby Jefferson with his book plate. Physical description; x,408 p., [42] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Notes; No date given. Title vignette, in colors. Subjects; Hunting stories. Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864) [author]. John Leech (1817-1864) [Illustrator]. Genres; Fiction. Illustrated. 2 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine copy half analine calf over cloth boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of John Ingleby Jefferson with his book plate. Physical description; x,408 p., [42] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Notes; No date given. Title vignette, in colors. Subjects; Hunting stories. Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864) [author]. John Leech (1817-1864) [Illustrator]. Genres; Fiction. Illustrated. 2 Kg.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A first edition of Robert Smith Surtees' "Plain or Ringlets?" in the original cloth binding. Originally published in twelve installments between 1858-1860, the edition here is the first complete one, and is embellished with twelve hand-coloured, steel-engraved plates by Surtees' long-term collaborator John Leech, collated complete, as well as forty-six in-text wood engravings. Contains the bookbinders' label of one H&C Treacher of Brighton to pastedown. In cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally quite smart, there is slight wear to the extremities and joints, with some fading to backstrip and markings to boards, with mild tenderness to hinges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout, aside from the odd spot and handling mark, with an ink inscription to endpages. Near Fine. John Leech (illustrator). book. …

Leather. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this popular Surtees hunting novel, illustrated beautifully with hand-coloured plates throughout, with an impressive provenance. The first edition of this work.'Plain or Ringlets' is one of Robert Smith Surtees' popular hunting novels, featuring heavy overtones on the social life and customs of the nineteenth century.Illustrated with a hand-coloured title page, twelve hand-coloured plates, and in-text engravings.Collated, complete.Robert Smith Surtees was a popular sporting writer, beginning his writing career by contributing to the "Sporting Magazine". His best novel is often considered to be "Mr Sponge"s Sporting Tour", with his hero, Soapey Sponge, being as popular as his comic character Jorrocks, featured in numerous novels, including "Handley Cross". His comical novels are engaging and witty, with his writing style and character sometimes being compared to Charles Dickens.Illustrated by John Leech, a caricaturist best known for his work for 'Punch'. His scathing portrayal of current events led to a great popularity of his work. He also illustrated edition of Charles Dickens' works.Bookplate to the front paste down and to the recto to the front endpaper.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, from her library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. After being widowed at 25, Audrey married the fabulously wealthy American department store heir, Marshall Field III, later divorcing him and marrying the Honorable Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. In 1940 she bought Julians Park and redesigned the interior. Her library was impressive, with many examples of her own bookbinding.Audrey was an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty, the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII (though she was also rumoured to be his daughter, or the lover of King Edward VIII), featured in the 'Book of Beauty' by Cecil Beaton. She had many high profile friends, such as Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel, Fred Astaire, and Nancy Mitford, a sparkling hostess of the Edwardian period, her hedonistic antics bringing her into the Bright Young Things. In a half crushed morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Light rubbing to the spine and extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Hinges are starting a little but remain firm. Bookplate to the front paste down and to the recto to the front endpaper. Prior bookseller's label to the verso to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some odd spots. Very Good. John Leech (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A finely bound three volume set of these humorous sporting novels by Robert Smith Surtees. With hand-coloured illustrations throughout all volumes. All volumes are undated and are therefore dated using the British Library and Oxford Libraries listings on Copac. 'Plain or Ringlets' is dated 1860 and is a first edition in book form, 'Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour' is a first edition second state, with the woodcut to page 230 rather than 229 (Tooley) and 'Mr Romford's Hounds' is a first edition from 1865. With prior owner's stamp to the front endpapers, George C Williams, Llanrumney Hall Cardiff. Prior owner's inscription to the verso of front endpaper to 'Mr Romford's Hounds' and Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour'. 'Herbert B Cory July 1893'. 'Mr Sponge Declares Himself' plate is bound in as a frontispiece to 'Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour'. With thirteen hand-coloured plates to 'Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour', twelve hand-coloured plates to 'Plain or Ringlets', a frontispiece and twenty three plates to 'Mr Romford's Hounds. Collated, the volumes contain all plates. Robert Surtees Smith was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. He launched his own Sporting Magazine titled the 'New Sporting Magazine' in which he wrote numerous comic papers. Thackeray envied Surtees for his powers of social observation. In half calf bindings with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with just some patches of light rubbing to the raised bands and to the paper covered boards. With prior owner's stamp to the front endpapers, George C Williams, Llanrumney Hall Cardiff. Prior owner's inscription to the verso of front endpaper to 'Mr Romford's Hounds' and Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour'. 'Herbert B Cory July 1893'. To Sporting Tour Cory's inscription it to the dedication leaf also. Internally, 'Plain or Ringlets' and 'Romford's Hounds' are firmly bound. 'Sporting Tour' is generally firmly bound with a few leaves loosening. 'Hunting the Hounds' and page 288 to 'Sporting Tour' are detached but present. Pages are bright with just the occasional spots to pages. Very Good Indeed. John Leech; H K Browne (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Six volumes in a handsome fine binding of black morocco with five raised spine bands & elaborate gilt tooling to spine and boards. Gilt dentelles & top edges. Marbled endpapers. Texts and hinges are tight & intact. Beautifully illustrated with hand coloured plates engraved on steel, b/w wood engravings & each title page has a wood engraved vignette. MR. SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR: 13 colour illustrations & 84 wood engravings by John Leech; Bradbury and Evans; [10, 498pp]; 1853 (original illustrated front cover for part #1 bound in rear). [& ] HANDLEY CROSS; OR, MR. JORROCKS'S HUNT: 17 colour illustrations & 84 wood engravings by John Leech; Bradbury and Evans; [viii, 2, 550pp]; 1854 (original brown & gilt decorated cloth spine & covers bound in rear). [& ] "ASK MAMMA; " OR, THE RICHEST COMMONER IN ENGLAND: 13 colour illustrations & 69 wood engravings by John Leech; Bradbury and Evans; [xii, 412pp]; 1858; (publisher's original red-brown pictorial wrappers. Part #1 bound in rear). [&] "PLAIN OR RINGLETS?": 13 colour plates & 44 wood engravings by John Leech; Bradbury and Evans; [x, 406pp]; 1860. [&] MR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS: 24 colour illustrations by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne (Phiz) ; Bradbury and Evans; [vi, 2, 391pp]; 1865; (publisher's original red-brown pictorial wrapper for part #1 bound in rear). [&] HILLINGDON HALL; 12 colour illustrations by Wildrake, Heath & Jellicoe; John C. Nimmo; [8, 519pp, 24 (ads) ]; 1888; (original brown & gilt decorated cloth spine & covers bound in rear). Collated: all illustrations present. All first editions in book form except for Handley Cross and Hillingdon Hall, which are the first illustrated editions in a single volume. Condition: a few cover scuffs & a rare spot of foxing. Armorial bookplate: (the Ramseys of) Barnton with motto: "ORA ET LABORA". Sports, Fox hunting, Humor. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 2876 pages. Illustrated by John Leech, Hablot K. Browne (illustrator).…

First edition in book form, following publication in 13 monthly parts between 1859 and 1860, of the last novel to be published in Surtees's lifetime. Leech's humorous illustrations and his "caricatured but more modern approach [were] the perfect foil to Surtees's writing" (ODNB). Surtees's (1805-64) novels revolve around British field sports. His "sharp, authentic descriptions of the hunting field have retained their popularity among fox-hunters" and "his mordant observations on men, women, and manners; his entertaining array of eccentrics, rakes, and rogues; his skill in the construction of lively dialogue (a matter over which he took great pains); his happy genius for unforgettable and quotable phrases have won him successive generations of devoted followers" (ODNB). Tooley 477; Wolff 6636. Octavo. Engraved title page, 12 engraved plates, all with contemporary hand-colouring, 44 engraved illustrations in text. Original vertical-ribbed reddish brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, ornate blind border to covers, gilt design to front cover, yellow coated endpapers. Spine faded with a few nicks and small chips at ends, sides bright, extremities lightly rubbed, foxing to endpapers and a few initial and final leaves, verso of last leaf browned, otherwise generally bright and clean. A very good copy. …

First Edition. In the Original Monthly Parts With Hand Colored Vignette Title and Twelve Humorous Hand Colored Plates by John Leech SURTEES, Robert Smith. [LEECH, John, illustrator]. Plain or Ringlets? London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. First edition. Thirteen parts bound in twelve. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 5/8 in; 223 x 144 mm). viii, [2], 406, pp. Thirteen hand-colored steel-engraved plates, heightened with gum arabic. Hand-colored etched vignette title and twelve hand-colored plates. Black and white wood engravings throughout. Bound without the 12-page catalogue at end of the thirteenth part. However this set has two additional advertisements: "New Books published by John Camden Hotten" 2 pp. at end of part IX. and "New Books published by John Camden Hotten. Rubbing the Gilt Off" at the front of part X. Publisher's original red-brown pictorial wrappers. A very good set, chemised and housed in a red cloth clamshell case with black leather spine label lettered in gilt. One of the great pleasures of Plain or Ringlets is the interpretation of its events by the artist John Leech. He was introduced to Surtees by William Thackeray, a great friend and admirer of Surtees' work. The first novel Leech illustrated for Surtees was Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour. Surtees had originally asked Thackeray to illustrate this work, but Thackeray declined on the grounds that he could not draw horses; instead, he recommended Leech, being 'of a sporting turn' and who 'to my mind draws a horse excellently'. Leech illustrated all of Surtees' subsequent works and the two men became friends. The illustrations follow the text closely, a result of close collaboration between the artist and writer. Although Leech was responsible for numerous book illustrations, and is lauded as the chief cartoonist of Punch, some of his best work is to be found in the pages of Surtees' novels. Provenance: Van Santvoord Merle-Smith (1889-1943) was a United States soldier, lawyer, and investment banker, who served as Third Assistant Secretary of State from 1920 to 1921, and as Executive Intelligence Officer to General Douglas MacArthur during World War II. Field, p. 212; Podeschi 199; Sadleir 3167; Schwerdt Ii, p. 238; Tooley 477..…

First edition. Thirteen parts bound in twelve. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 11/16 inches; 223 x 145 mm.). Publisher's original red-brown pictorial wrappers. With the bookplates of H. Bradley Martin and Fitz Eugene Dixon. Hand-colored etched vignette title and twelve hand-colored plates. Black and white wood engravings throughout. Bound without the 12-page catalogue at end of the thirteenth part. Chemised and housed in a red cloth clamshell case with black leather spine label lettered in gilt. First and final parts with small losses at spine foot, color plate in part five with light crease, still a very good set. One of the great pleasures of Plain or Ringlets? is the interpretation of its events by the artist John Leech. He was introduced to Surtees by William Thackeray, a great friend and admirer of Surtees' work. The first novel Leech illustrated for Surtees was Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour. Surtees had originally asked Thackeray to illustrate this work, but Thackeray declined on the grounds that he could not draw horses; instead, he recommended Leech, being "of a sporting turn" and who "to my mind draws a horse excellently." Leech illustrated all of Surtees' subsequent works and the two men became friends. The illustrations follow the text closely, a result of close collaboration between the artist and writer. Although Leech was responsible for numerous book illustrations, and is lauded as the chief cartoonist of Punch, some of his best work is to be found in the pages of Surtees' novels. Podeschi 199. Tooley 477. Schwerdt Ii, p. 238. Field 212.…

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.…