Complete R.S. Surtees Folio Society Set: Jorrocks', Jaunts and Jollities; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Handley Cross; Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds; Plain or Ringlets; Ask Mamma; Hawbuck Grange; Hillingdon Hall (The Folio Society)

London: The Folio Society, 1949. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Alken, Henry; Leech, John; Browne, Hablot K. [Knight]; 'Phiz'; Johnson, Maud. Ford-Smith, Folio 76, #s 18, 28, 34, 49, 59, 70, 82 and 94: All the plates were printed lithographically in monochrome and hand-coloured by pochoir by Maud Johnson. The popularity of this work led Charles Ede to institute a series of the novels of Surtees with pochoir-coloured plates." Jackets toned, endpapers lightly foxed, large closed tear to jacket spine of Hillingdon Hall. 1949 Hard Cover. Complete in eight volumes. A collection of sporting stories with characters bearing some similarity to those in Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers. Illustrated by various artists, including Henry Alken, John Leech, and 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Browne). (Inventory #: 2347279)