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SURTEES**, R[obert] S[mith]: : HAWBUCK GRANGE; OR,THE SPORTING ADVENTURES OF THOMAS SCOTT, ESQ.

UK.NUNNEY,Nr FROME,SOMERSET.THE R.S. SURTEES SOCIETY,1988.

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UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,facsimile 1st edn thus.[Facsimile reprint of edition originally published (London) Longman, Brown,1847.] FINE-.No owner inscrptn but laid in loose,Society's printed blank RSSS white rectangular card.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt decoration of a huntsman astride a hedge-jumping horse to upper board,a bright crisp,blocked gilt illustration of huntsman holding aloft a fox and three hounds leaping and jumping around his feet,gilt single-line border to head+foot of spine/backstrip along with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettering to same,and both boards with blind tooling borders and blind-tooled decoration within those corners of same,immaculate and clean plain white sets of endpapers; with negligble shelf-wear,bumping,creasing - no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges inevitably but lightly aged/toned with minimal blemish; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no foxing/spotting to text body and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread,apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,facsimile 1st edn thus,2- 265pp [paginated] includes XVII (17) chapters,bright,clean facsimile reproductions of the original 8 hand-coloured colour steel engravings,colour plates by Phiz [pseud. Hablot Knight Browne] includes the frontispiece,and an assortment of 36 either full page b/w woodcut engravings,or b/w vignettes interspersed throughout the the text or book by W.T. Maud.Plus [unpaginated] an introduction by Michael Clayton (Horse and Hound,London,1988),facsimile half-title+ title pages,a Preface,contents list/table with list of steel engravings to its verso,a list/table of b/w vignettes with a list of extra illustrations to its verso and to the rear,7pp Subscribers list,and Society's 2pp advertisement as last pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults and lack of dw/dj described that prevent a higher grading. The book presents as if the dw/dj was discarded only yesterday - it never had one present,when it came into my possession! One of Surtees' series of sporting novels involving the adventures afield of country gentlemen,their associates,and employees. Surtees, who published his books anonymously,wrote about the sporting life and was among the foremost satirical authors of the nineteenth century, being considered coarse by many contemporaries. Best known for his contributions to the first English sporting periodical to devote itself to every type of sport,'The Sporting Magazine'.Surtees launched his own sporting magazine entitled the 'New Sporting Magazine' in 1831,contributing the comic papers which appeared as 'Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities' in 1838 (see my book ID rja231 for Folio Society HB+dw/dj,1st edn of same title) and in the same vein as his 'Jorrocks novels' is this text, 'Hawbuck Grange'. Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864) was an English editor,novelist and sporting writer,widely known as R. S. Surtees. 'Hawbuck Grange' is largely autobiographical,and Surtees unashamedly confirms that one side of his personality was cantankerous and intolerant.Here Surtees chooses to inform and amuse,by recording the happenings of the exceptionally poor hunting season of 1846-47. Phiz,[pseud. Hablot Knight Browne (1815- 1882)],was a well-known artist and illustrator renowned for his illustrations in the works of Charles Dickens,Charles Lever,and Harrison Ainsworth. The R. S. Surtees Society was founded in 1979 and holds an annual dinner in London. Its stated objectives are: To promote the works of R. S. Surtees, to maintain his reputation as an author and to stimulate interest in his literary merits. To republish the works of R. S. Surtees as and when the Executive Committee considers necessary and is satisfied that demand exists; and to publish or republish any biographical or appreciative material about R.S. Surtees. To arrange such meetings and events as in the opinion of the Committee will achieve the above object; and if,in the opinion of the Committee,it is considered advisable to raise funds to achieve the above objects,to publish or republish works by other authors,or prints by artists,or other items of a literary artistic association. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! 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UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,facsimile 1st edn thus.
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Surtees, R. S : HAWBUCK GRANGE or THE SPORTING ADVENTURES OF THOMAS SCOTT Esq

Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., London, 1885

large 8vo. ND [c1885]. 329, 16 pub. ads [dated 1885] pp. Coloured frontis. and 7 coloured plates. Scarlet dec. cloth. A nice copy. Spine sunned as often. Bevelled edges to the boards. Please email for photo.. Illustr.: Phiz. Book Condition: V.g.. Binding: hard back

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