Mr Facey Romford's hounds. / By the author of "Handley Cross," "Mr. Sponge's sporting tour," "Ask Mamma," etc. etc. ; with illustrations by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne.
Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864)
Category
Books
Date
1865
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3146000
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi, 391, [1] p., [24] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 8vo. Uniformly bound and shelved with other works by Surtees. With unnumbered leaf following contents with list of "Engravings on steel". Pencil marks against list of "Engravings on steel". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full red morocco; triple gilt fillet to form an outer border on boards; sewn onto five recessed cords; five false bands; gilt tooled spine, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Mr. Facey Romford's hounds' and 'Surtees'; double gilt fillet on board edges; gilt fillets and rolls on turn-ins; gilt textblock edges. Binder's gilt stamp on front turn-in: 'Bumpus, Ltd. Oxford St. W.'.
Makers and roles
Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864), author Hablot Knight Browne 'Phiz' (London 1815 - Hove 1882), illustrator John Leech (London 1817 - London 1864), illustrator