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  • SUPERB FIRST EDITIONS IN VERY FINE HALF MOROCCO PULL OFF CASES
    Sponge's Sporting Tour; Handley Cross; Ask Mama; Plain or Ringlets; Facey Romford's Hounds. by SURTEES, Robert Smith
    SURTEES, Robert Smith
    Sponge's Sporting Tour; Handley Cross; Ask Mama; Plain or Ringlets; Facey Romford's Hounds.

    London: Bradbury & Evans 1853, 54, 58, 60 & 65. 5 volumes, 9 inches tall in half morocco cases 10 inches tall. The original cloth bindings are all in superb condition and are housed in top quality half morocco pull off cases with raised bands and gilt titles. The volumes have decorative titles and numerous hand-coloured plates, and further black and white illustrations in the texts. There is an armorial bookplate of Frederick George Hilton Price to 'Plain or Ringlets'. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. Surtees was hugely popular in his day and he is still considered the master of the picturesque comic 'Field Sport' novel. William Morris considered him "a master of life" and ranked him with Dickens.

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  • ELEGANT COLLECTION OF THESE SCARCE FIRST EDITIONS IN ENGLISH IN HALF MOROCCO
    Nina; The Neighbours; Strife & Peace; The President's Daughters; The H.... Family. by BREMER, Frederika
    BREMER, Frederika
    Nina; The Neighbours; Strife & Peace; The President's Daughters; The H.... Family.

    London: Clarke, 1844. 7 volumes, 5 inches tall. A finely bound little collection in half morocco with gilt raised bands and charming floral gilt tooling to the panels. Frederika Bremer was a Swedish writer whose 'Sketches of Everyday Life' became immensely popular in Britain and the United States during the Victorian Period. Through her works she was a great and successful influence for feminist reform. A fine little collection of the first English editions.

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