Robert Smith Surtees — Hunts with Jorrocks from Handley Cross

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1908. Cloth. A stunning collection of some of Mr. Jorrocks's Hunts, with charming colour plate illustrations. Illustrated with twenty-five tipped in colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of some of Mr. Jorrocks's Hunts, including: Mr. Jorrock's Journal, A Quiet Bye, The Shortest Day, The Prophet Gabriel, and The Waning Season. Written by Robert Smith Surtees, an English editor, novelist and sporting writer remembered for creating the character of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured sporting cockney grocer. Illustrated by George Denholm Armour, a British painter and illustrator who made hundreds of illustrations for The Graphic, Punch and Country Life. In the original full red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: G. Denholm Armour. Very Good Indeed .