Robert Smith Surtees — Mr. Romford&Apos;S Hounds

London, Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 1880. Leather. A smart illustrated edition of this exciting work from Robert Smith Surtees. Illustrated with colour frontispiece and twenty-three colour plates. Collated complete. This humorous work follows Facey, a trickster who seems to take advantage of the gullible and greedy without repercussions. Written by Robert Smith Surtees, an English editor, sporting writer, and novelist. Illustrated by John Leech, English caricaturist and illustrator, and Hablot Knight Browne, an English artist and illustrator known under the pen name of Phiz. In the original half calf with green cloth boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with spotting to the endpapers and title page. Contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: John Leech; H. K. Browne. Very Good .