Add this copy of Ask Mama; Or the Richest Commoner in England to cart. $64.00, fair condition, Sold by BookHouse On-Line rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1858 by Bradbury, Agnew and Company.
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Fair. First edition of a sporting classic. 3/4 leather. 12 hand-colored engravings plus frontispiece. Numerous illustrative wood engravings in the text. Gilt decorated spine, raised bands (6 panels) and marbled endpapers. Spine is evenly sunned, with staining at right edge of spine, as in photo. A few light stains to linen boards. Binding is tight and square. Text and plates are very good. Fine armorial bookplate of P. W. Jewson, with the motto: "Facilius Vastare Quam Construere" (It is easier to lay waste than to construct) Surtees was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer, widely known as R. S. Surtees. In 1835, Surtees abandoned his legal practice and after inheriting Hamsterley Hall in 1838, devoted himself to hunting and shooting, meanwhile writing anonymously for his own pleasure. As a creator of comic personalities, Surtees is still readable today. Thackeray envied him his powers of observation, while William Morris considered him "a master of life" and ranked him with Dickens. The novels are engaging and vigorous, and abound with sharp social observation, with a keener eye than Dickens for the natural world. Most of Surtees's later novels, were illustrated by John Leech. Some of Leech's best work is to be found among his illustrations to Surtees's later novels, notably Ask Mamma and Mr. Romford's Hounds, which were published posthumously [wiki].
Add this copy of Ask Mama to cart. $27.94, good condition, Sold by Neil Shillington rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hobe Sound, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1926 by George Bayntun.
Add this copy of Ask Mama Or the Richest Commoner in England (With 69 to cart. $37.00, good condition, Sold by Dunaway Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Louis, MO, UNITED STATES, published by Bradbury and Evans.
Add this copy of "Ask Mama" Or the Richest Commoner in England to cart. $101.00, very good condition, Sold by Tiber Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cockeysville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1858 by Bradbury and Evans, London.
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Very good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Vg+ condition. Full red leather binding. Gilt spine title, with added gilt foxhunting vignettes. Very slight wear to spine edges, leather still fairly supple. Contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy, square and tight. 13 color illustrations, collated-all present. Attractively bound, and uniform with 5 other Surtees titles in our inventory. Pictures on request.
