WITH TWELVE HAND-COLORED HUNTING PLATES
SURTEES, Robert. "Plain or Ringlets?" London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., no date. Octavo, original gilt-stamped pictorial red cloth. $225.
Later edition.
As a creator of comic personalities, Surtees is still appreciated today. Thackeray is said to have envied Surtees powers of observation, and William Morris regarded him as “a master of life,” ranking him with Dickens. Illustrated with twelve full-page hand-colored plates by John Leech depicting various hunting scenes, etc. With numerous in-text illustrations.
A bright copy of this popular classic, slight fading to spine.