ASK MAMMA, OR THE RICHEST COMMONER IN ENGLAND
[Surtees, Robert Smith]; Leech, John
From Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since September 8, 2020
From Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since September 8, 2020
About this Item
First book edition of this humorous tale of the romantic (mis)adventures of two generations of the Pringle family, an ambitious clan with a love of hunting with Leech's beautiful hand-colored plates. Robert Smith Surtees, though somewhat obscure today, was a cutting-edge humorist of the mid-to-late 19th century. William Morris "placed Surtees in the same rank with Dickens as a master of life" (Mackail, 227), and together with caricaturist John Leech, Surtees put out several heavily-illustrated character-driven novels. 8.75'' x 5.5''. Publisher's rose pictorial cloth boards. Illustrated with 13 hand-colored engravings and numerous black-and-white woodcuts. xii, 412 pages, a couple gatherings unopened. Binding spine and board edges lightly sunned, lower front joint starting about 1.5'' (still firm); a bit of chipping to spine ends. Clean. Seller Inventory # 35817
Bibliographic Details
Title: ASK MAMMA, OR THE RICHEST COMMONER IN ENGLAND
Publisher: Bradbury, Evans, and Co, London
Publication Date: 1858
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good plus.
Edition: 1st Edition
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