Mr Facey Romfords Hounds By The Author Of Handley Cross Mr Sponges Sporting Tour Ask Mama Etc Etc

by Robert S Surtees

$250 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1865. First edition in book form. 8vo. vi, 2 , 391 pp. Hand-colored plates. Angling book collector John G. Heckscher's copy, with his bookplates on front endpapers. Later three-quarter purple leather joints rubbed, corner's bumped , marbled boards and endpapers, spine richly gilt with title and ornaments between raised bands, t.e.g. Very good copy. Item #46436

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