HANDLEY CROSS: OR, MR. JORROCKS'S HUNT. THE "JORROCKS" EDITION. By the author of 'Sponge's Sporting Tour' etc., etc.

(1854) 1892 The "Jorrocks" edition. 8vo (139 x 209mm). Ppxii,578,ii[ads]. B/w illustrations by John Leech. Pictorial blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

This is the second in R.S. Surtees' nine-novel series of fox-hunting novels. This particular edition has handsome, illustrated boards. Leech's illustrations are all present, but apart from the colour frontispiece, the plates are all reproduced in black and white". Mr. Jorrocks, having for many years maintained his popularity, it is hoped that, with the aid of the illustrations, he is now destined for longevity. The Author, in the present edition, not being tied to space or quantity, has had a better opportunity of developing his sporting hero hero than before. The reader will have the kindness to bear in mind, that the work merely professes to be a tale, and does not aspire to the dignity of a novel". London, October, 1854.