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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. SURTEES, Robert Smith (1805–1864). Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour. London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co., n.d. [1853]. 8vo. 13 hand–colored steel–engraved plates and numerous in–text woodcuts by John Leech. Original gilt–decorated burgundy cloth (spine sunned); half–morocco vertical slipcase gilt stamp–signed by Riviere & Son. Provenance: Charles Thurman & Sons (booksellers’ ticket). FIRST EDITION. Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 361; Tooley, pp. 380–81. –– [With:] LEVER, Charles (1806–1872). Arthur O’Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many Lands. London: Henry Colburn, 1845. 8vo. 10 engravings by George Cruikshank. Original red cloth gilt (some wear at ends). Provenance: John Byram (armorial bookplate). FIRST SINGLE OCTAVO EDITION. Cohn 470. –– [Also with:] A’BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. The Comic Blackstone. Chicago: Callaghan & Cockcroft, 1869. Numerous plates by George Cruikshank. Original brown cloth (some wear at ends). Early American edition and an uncommon Chicago Pre–Fire imprint. –– Together, 3 works in 3 volumes.