Author: [SURTEES, R. S.] (AUTHOR); WILDRAKE, HEATH & JELLICOE (ILLUSTRATIONS)
Title: Hillingdon Hall, or the Cockney Squire: A Tale of Country Life
Description: London: Methuen & Co, Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Stated sixth edition of the novel by Robert Smith Surtees featuring his Cockney character, Mr. Jorrocks. This, as in other Surtees novels, comically skewers English gentry. This 1950 edition is founded upon the George Routledge & Sons editions of 1844. With 12 hand-coloured Wildrake, Heath and Jellicoe illustrations printed back-to-back on gloss plates. --- In red-orange cloth with titling stamped in white on spine. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With slight discoloration to cloth, else a clean, firm, bright copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); viii, 472 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Illustrated Classics