Mr Facey Romford's hounds / illustrated with 24 hand-coloured engravings by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne ; text illustrations by W.T. Maud.
Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864)
Category
Books
Date
1900
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3260076.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 2 : ill. (some col.) ; 8vo. Uniformly bound and shelved with other works by Surtees. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's stamp on verso of front free endpaper: 'Brentano's, New York.' Binding: Early twentieth-century half red morocco, red cloth over boards; sewn onto five raised bands; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Facey Romford's hounds' and 'Surtees / Vol. II'; gilt stamped horseshoes and horse bits in remaining spine compartments; gilt top edge; purple endpapers; red ribbon marker. Binder's stamp on verso of front free endpaper: 'Morrell, Binder, London.'
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 Maud, W. T., illustrator