Hillingdon Hall; or The Cockney Squire

R.S Surtees, Illustrations by Wildrake, Heath and Jellicoe, Introduction by Robert Blake

Published by The Surtees Society, London, 1985

About this Item

1st Edition Thus, Published for the Subscribers of The Surtees Society 1985, with the Puvlishers Note frpm the 1888 Edition, upon which the volume in hand is based. Thick Royal 8vo. 519pp, with List of Subscribers and advanced notice of the 8 other volumes of Surtees fiction which we also have for sale. With many full page coloured plate illustrations, including frontispiece, by Wildrake, Heath and Jellicoe, and a black and white portrait. Volume appears unopened and unread, very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscriptions or marks of any kind, clean crisp corners and edges, well held in joints and hinges. Beautifully bound in triple blind ruled and illustrated, bright gilt lettered and embossed, full purple cloth, featuring gilt embossed fox, hind, saddlery to spine and upper board, the very palest of light sporadic foxing to top edge of leaves, not intruding in the least. Housed and protected in such good condition in transparent removable dustwrapper as issued. Dickens Pickwick Papers originated as a rival to the immensely popular Jorrocks; Thackeray envied Surtees his powers of observation, and William Morris considered him a master of life and ranked him with Dickens. The volume in hand is a great addition to the library of reader, scholar and collector alike. Please check our listings for 8 other volumes of Surtees fiction, and 2 nonfiction, bought from the same collector.

Seller Inventory # 100180364

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hillingdon Hall; or The Cockney Squire
• Publisher: The Surtees Society, London
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• Binding: HardBack
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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