Ask Mamma

Red Leather spine with gilt decoration (hunting emblems) and title on the spine. Red marbled boards. Part of a set. Ask Mamma - or The Richest Commoner In England by Robert Smith Surtees It may be a recommendation to the lover of light literature to be told, that the following story does not involve the complication of a plot. It… Read more about this item

London/New York: Eyre & Spottiswoode/ Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929 Book. Illus. by John Leech. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint #655 of 976 Copies. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original red cloth on boards. Library gift plate and discard stamps, but no evidence of circulation. Vol. I missing front. and Vol II missing one colour plate. "It may be… Read more about this item

Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., London, 1892. 1st Edition Thus. HARDCOVER. Heavy 8vo. in colour printed and gilt embossed dark blue cloth, steel grey end-papers, hand-coloured frontispiece, with tissue guard, illustrations in text plus 8 hors-text full page plates on stiff paper, all done by John Leech, 423pp plus 4pp publishers ads at rear. __CONDITION : An exceptionally… Read more about this item

Published by The R.S. Surtees Society, 1983. 1st thus edition.. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Leech, John. Slightly better than very good condition with no wrapper. Bright red cloth with gilt title and decorations to spine; gilt vignette to front cover. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Slip case is very good - bumped along edges… Read more about this item

R.S.Surtees Society, 1983. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:095076972X

London: Methuen. Lightly soiled red cloth boards, spine slightly sunned. Internally crisp and tight with colour plates and woodcuts. No Jacket. . Good. Hardcover. 1949.

London: Bradbury, Agnew and Co. Ltd, 1899. Cloth. Good. 10" by 7". John Leech. A presumed limited edition of Surtees' "Ask Mamma". Matching the pagination of other limited editions, the status implied rather than written explicitly through the edition pages. The work is illustrated throughout with wood and steel engravings by John Leech, the latter of which are… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. John Leech. 1st printing. An unread book in a fine condition slipcase.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858. xii, 412pp. Frontispiece and 12 hand-coloured plates by John Leech. Gilt-decorated red cloth. Some slight rubbing/bumping to extremities, small chip at foot of spine, splitting to head and foot of spine, hinges split and straining, holding by cords only. Preserved in a cloth chemise and slip-case. With two bookplates to front endpapers (including the gilt-stamped… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858. First (Book) Edition. Hardcover. Very Good++.. First (Book) Edition. Hardcover. 51 engravings on wood in b&w, 13 hand coloured engravings on steel. A very handsome copy of this scarce volume. Light shelf/edge wear, small nick in one band, very light foxing at text block edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, red leather… Read more about this item

SOFTBACK ?SPANISH LANGUAGE, AUSTRAL EDITION No. 1296? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 3rd.* Date of Publication: 1973* Publisher: Espasa-Calpe, S.A.* Binding and cover condition: Blue & white soft card covers with black titles to spine & face, no bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, very slight creases to spine & hinge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY… Read more about this item

Bradbury & Evans, 1858. Hard Cover. Very Good. R S Surtees. Ask Mamma. First edition in book form. xii, 412pp., hand-coloured frontispiece and 12 hand-coloured plates with 69 wood engravings to the text by John Leech. A very good copy in original gilt cloth, spine just a little sunned. Private owner's book-plate. Slight wear to extremities. 8vo. Bradbury… Read more about this item

Folio Society, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1954. No Edition Remarks. 463 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Issued without slipcase. Colour illustrated plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. Ld. Book. Illus. by John Leech. Very Good. Three-Quarter Leather. Later Printing. Large 8vo. vii (iv), 423 pp, tissue-protected color frontis, preface to the original edition, engravings on wood, engravings on wood: full page, tissue-protected color engravings on steel, 63 chapters. no date. Printed for Subscribers from the plates of the Original Edition issued by… Read more about this item

Bradbury & Evans, 1858. ~13 hand-coloured steel engravings, numerous other black / white engravings. 19th-century red morocco binding elaborately decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Wide bands of gilt decorated turn-ins. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. No ownership marks. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. 1st edition. Hardback. Near Fine. x, 412pp. 13.5 x 21.5cm. Binding sound, text unmarked.

Bradbury, Evans and Co, NULL. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. No date, octavo, brown cloth binding, gilt lettering on backstrip, unopened pages, dog eared, loose binding, age toned, text clean, foxing Please note… Read more about this item

London: Metheun & Co, 1949. dj w/chipping, moderatee paper loss at spne panel, unclipped prie, in mylar; red c w//white spine titles; owner's name, lite toning of end papers. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by John Leech. 12 vo.

Bradbury, Agnew & Co., London. , 1858. 1st edition. Pictorial hard covers. Good/No Jacket. Cover worn, considerable edge wear, hinges starting, pages tanned at edges, pencil signature of former owner on front pastedown. With 13 hand-coloured illustrations by John Leech, some still quite humorous (e.g. "Imperial John's attempt to show the Way" (a horse taking a dip in… Read more about this item

no date 1870. Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. [no date c.1870]. 8vo., sometime handsomely bound in half red morocco over marbled paper boards, spine with gillt centre tools, raised bands richly gilt, top edges gilt; pp. xii + 412,with 13 hand coloured plates by Leech; a little foxing to a edges, otherwise a most attractive volume. Later edition.

R.S.Surtees Society, 1983-05-01T00:00:01Z. hardcover. Like New. 9x6x2. Book is in like new condition. It is unread and has no wear.