Robert Smith Surtees; Hugh S. Gladstone [ed.] — Shooting with Surtees

London, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming work containing all the mentions of hunting, guns and shooting in the work of English novelist Robert Smith Surtees. Illustrated throughout, and featuring bright colour plates. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this delightful compilation of the work of Robert Smith Surtees, produced with the aim of featuring every mention of shooting in Surtees' work, edited by Hugh S. Gladstone.Subtitled 'a collection of extracts relating to the gun', and of course featuring excerpts from Surtees's Jorrocks stories, a cockney grocer dedicated to fox hunting.Illustrated with four colour plates, and numerous further illustrations. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Light fading to back strip, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Boards exceptionally bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .